[Page 52] Akahi ke ana, ka luhi i ka pa-u:
Ka ho-oio i ke kapa-wai,
I na kikepa wai o Apua,[101]
15 I hopu 'a i ka ua noe holo poo-poo,
Me he pa-u elehiwa wale i na pali.

Ohiohi ka pali, ki ka liko o ka lama,
Mama ula[102] ia ka malua ula,
I hopu a omau ia e ka maino.
20 I[103] ka malo o Umi ku huna mai.
Ike'a ai na maawe wai olona,[104]
E makili ia nei i Wahilau.[105]
Holo ke olona, paa ke kapa.

Hu'a lepo ole ka pa-u;
25 Nani ka o-iwi ma ka maka kilo-hana.[106]
Makalii ka ohe,[107] paa ke kapa.

Opua ke ahi i na pali,
I hookau kalena ia e ka makani,
I kaomi pohaku ia i Wai-manu,
30 I na ala[108] ki-ola-ola;
I na ala, i ala lele
Ia Kane-poha-ka'a.[109]

Paa ia Wai-manu,[110] o-oki Wai-pi'o;
Lalau o Ha'i i ka ohe,
Ia Koa'e-kea,[111] 35
I kauhihi ia ia ohe laulii, ia ohe.
Oki'a a moku, mo' ke kini,[112]
[Page 53] Mo ke kihl, ka maiama ka Hoaka,[113]
I apahu ia a poe,
40 O awili[114] o Malu-o.

He pola ia no ka pa-u;
E hii ana e Ka-holo-kua-iwa,
Ke amo la e Pa-wili-wlli
I ka pa-u poo kau-poku--[115]
45 Kau poku a hana ke ao,
Kau iluna o Hala'a-wili,
I owili hana haawe.

Ku-ka'a, olo-ka'a wahie;
Ka'a ka opeope, ula ka pali;[116]
50 Uwa, kamalii, hookani ka pihe,
Hookani ka a'o,[117] a hana pilo ka leo,
I ka mahalo i ka pa-u,
I ka pa-u wai-lehua a Hi'i-lawe[118] iluna,
Pi'o anuenue a ka ua e ua nei.

[Footnote 92: _Kikepa_. The bias, the one-sided slant given
the pa-u by tucking it in at one side, as previously
described.]

[Footnote 93: _Imu_. An oven; an allusion to the heat and
passion of the part covered by the pa-u.]

[Footnote 94: _Hu'a_. Foam; figurative of the fringe at the
border of the pa-u.]

[Footnote 95: _Kuina_. A term applied to the five sheets that