_Oli_ Ka wai opua-makani o Wailua,[506] I hulihia e ke kai; Awahia ka lau hau, Ai pála-ka-há, ka ai o Maká’u-kiu. 5 He kiu ka pua kukui, He elele hooholo na ke Koolau;[507] Ke kipaku mai la i ka wa’a—[508] “E holo oe!” Holo newa ka lau maia me ka pua hau, 10 I pili aloha me ka mokila ula i ka wai; Maalo pulelo i ka wai o Malu-aka. He aka kaua makani kaili-hoa; Kaili ino ka lau Malua-kele, Lalau, hopu hewa i ka hoa kanáka;[509] [Page 256] 15 Koe a kau me ka manao iloko. Ke apo wale la no i ke one, I ka uwe wale iho no i Mo’o-mo’o-iki,[510] e! He ike moolelo na ke kuhi wale, Aole ma ka waha mai o kánaka, 20 Hewa, pono ai la hoi au, e ka hoa; Nou ka ke aloha, I lua-ai-ele[511] ai i-o, i anei; Ua kuewa i ke ala me ka wai-maka. Aohe wa, ua uku i kou hale— 25 Hewa au, e! [Footnote 506: The scene is laid in the region about the _Wailua_, a river on Kauai. This stream, tossed with waves driven up from the sea, represents figuratively the disturbance of the woman’s mind at the coming of the officers.] [Footnote 507: _Koolau_. The name of a wind; stands for the messengers of the king, whose instructions were to expel (_kipaku_, verse 7) and then to slay.] [Footnote 508: _Wa’a_. Literally canoe; stands for the woman herself.] [Footnote 509: _Hoa kanáka_. Human companion; is an allusion to the bundle of her husband’s bones which she carries with her, but which are torn away and lost in the flood.] [Footnote 510: _Mo’o-mo’o-iki_. A land at Wailua, Kauai.] [Footnote 511: _Lua-ai-ele_. To carry about with one a sorrow.] [Translation.] _Song_