POLIÿAHU
Kawaikapuokalani K. Hewett
Waimakaÿo Poliÿahu
I ka ÿeha a ke aloha
Kaumaha i ka haÿalele
O Aiwohikupua
Anuanu ka ÿiu këhau
O Maunakea
ÿAÿohe äna ipo aloha
E hoÿopumehana
Kau mai ka haliÿa aloha
O ka wä mamua
Püÿolo ka wai ÿönohi
I kuÿu mehameha
He lei kou aloha
No kuÿu kino
Pili poli hemo ÿole
No nä kau a kau
E ho‘i mai e ku‘u ipo
E ho‘i mai a pili käua
E ho‘i mai
E ho‘i mai ‘oe
E ho‘i mai ‘oe
Poliahu weeps
hurt by love
Grieving in the departing
Cold is the snowy summit
Of Maunakea
She has no sweetheart
To keep her warm
Loving thoughts appear
Of times before
Tears well up
In my loneliness
Your love is a lei
For my body
Close to my heart
Forever
Return to me my beloved
let us return as lovers
Return
Return
Return
Web Kupua Earl Stokes email: stokes@lava.net