O divine Ku,
  Who beholdest the inner places. 
  O Lono, divine one,
  Husband of Pele. 
  O holy Hiaka,
  Dweller on the hills. 
  O Haulili, god
  Ruling the lips! 
  We two have wrestled, Milu and I.
  I had the upper hand;
  I had the upper hand;
  Then was I beneath: 
  I escaped, all but killed by him.

  PAHA EWALU.

  He opua la, he opua,
  He opua hao walo keia,
  Ke maalo nei e ko’u maka. 
  He mauli waa o Kaamalama. 
  Eia ke kualau
  Hoko o ka pouli makani,
  Oe nei la, e Kaamalama
  Ke hele ino loa i ke ao. 
  Ua palala, ua poipu ka lani,
  Ua wehe ke alaula o ke alawela,
  He alanui ia o Kaamalama. 
  Oe mai no ma kai,
  Owau iho no ma uka;
  E hee o Aikanaka
  I ke ahiahi. 
  E u ka ilo la i ko’ waha;
  Ai na koa i ka ala mihi. 
  Ai pohaku ko’ akua. 
  Ai Kanaka ko maua akua. 
  Kuakea ke poo
  I ka pehumu. 
  Nakeke ka aue i ka iliili. 
  Hai Kaamalama ia oe,
  Hae’ ke akua ulu ka niho. 
  Kanekapualena;
  E Ku lani ehu e;
  Kamakanaka,
  Na’n na Kawelo
  Na ko lawaia.

  CANTO VIII.

  Here is a cloud, there another. 
  This cloud bears destruction;
  I have seen it pass before my eyes. 
  The obscure cloud is the canoe of Kaamalama. 
  This is the tempest,
  Wind in the darkness;
  Thou art the sun, Kaamalama,
  Rising clouded in the dawn. 
  Dark and shaded are the heavens,
  A warm day begins to dawn. 
  This is the path of Kaamalama. 
  Thou art from the sea,
  I, indeed, beneath the land mountain. 
  Fly, O Aikanaka,
  In the evening! 
  Maggots shall fatten in thy mouth;
  The soldiers eat the fragrant mihi. 
  Thy god is a devourer of rocks;
  Our god eats human flesh. 
  Bleached shall be thy head
  In the earth-oven. 
  Thy broken jaw shall rattle on the beach pebbles. 
  Kaamalama shall sacrifice you,
  The god’s tooth shall grow on the sacrifice. 
  O Kane of the yellow flower;
  0 Ku, bright chief;
  Kamakanaka,
  I am Kawelo,
  Thy fisherman.

In the following canto Kawelo reproaches and menaces the chief Kaheleha, who had deserted him for Aikanaka.

  PAHA AIWA.

  Kulolou ana ke poo o ka opua,
  Ohumuhumu olelo una la’u: 
  Owau ka! ka ai o ka la na. 
  E Kaheleha o Puna
  Kuu keiki hookama
  Aloha ole! 
  O kaua hoi no hoa
  Mai ka wa iki
  I hoouka’i kakou
  I Wailua;
  Lawe ae hoi au, oleloia: 
  Haina ko’u make
  Ia Kauai. 
  E pono kaakaa laau
  Ka Kawelo. 
  Aole i iki i ka alo i ka pohaku. 
  Aloha wale oe e Kaheleha
  O Puna. 
  A pa nei ko’poo i ka laau,
  Ka laulaa o kuikaa. 
  Nanaia ka a ouli keokeo. 
  Papapau hoa aloha wale! 
  Aikanaka ma,
  Aloha,
  Aloha i ka hei wale
  O na pokii.