Nā waimaka ma ka hale
 ʻo ke kaumaha ke hoʻololi i ke kī
 kani ka puka
 na ka paia i ka pulu
 ʻōlinolino kona mau maka akaka nani .

 A eia nae
 ʻaʻohe wahi lehu
 ua wela ke ola
 mawaena o na ao
 e uhi ana ka mahina .

 Uhi ka hulu i ka makau
 o kona mau umauma olohelohe
 hanai ana i kona uhane
 ke ahi makau o ka olelo
 lele ʻōpeʻapeʻa .

 hoomaha
 kūʻē i ka lā
 i ka wā e hiamoe ana nā keiki
 ke piʻi aʻe nā ʻūhā anu
 e like me ka noe ma lalo o ke awāwa .

 Paʻakikī me he pōhaku lā
 ka pua haipule aloha ole
 ua lilo i ipukukui pau ole ,
 pepa ʻōniʻoniʻo
 ma lalo o ke kua o ka piʻi ʻana o ka bile .

 I ka ʻōlelo pālua o ka moe
 puliki ko makou mau lima i ka palupalu
 i ka manawa ahi pio
 holo ka hele
 ma lalo o ka chiffonade hōkū .

 ʻOi aku ka ikaika
 hahai ka palaualelo
 mailoko mai o ke ana uhane
 ke ano pouli
 lilo i lau make .

 He ʻano maka
 ma keia lulu ana
 ka wahine a me ke kane i hoohuliia
 hele mai ka lanai a i ka lanai
 kau inoa i ka ʻaoʻao o kahi kikoʻī .

 Kiki i ka puka
 lawe mai i ka upena nui o ka hoopunipuni
 ma lalo o ka ʻakaʻaka o ka hiamoe palupalu
 e ku i ka Alahaka Akau
 makaʻu o lawe ʻia e ke kai .

 ʻO mākou ka poʻe ramblers naʻauao
 paona o ka hua pala
 ma luna o nā pōhaku kani
 pili i ko makou hoomanao
 me ka hoomaopopo ole , manawa .

 He ʻālamalama huinahā
 e puhi i ke kukui o ka la hope
 nā pua a me nā waimaka e hopu i ka manawa
 holo ke kai
 Noho au .



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 ʻO nā ʻōlelo a koʻu makuahine e ʻakaʻaka ai   
 pua mala ʻono   
 hopu ʻia me ka lima hao   
 me ka makaʻu ʻole a me ka ʻupena     
 i ke kanaka     
 uhi i ka lewa   
 relics        
 kanu ʻia me ka ʻili     
 dans le béton des souffles courts.   

 Hoʻoheheʻe nā mea   
 ahu nā gadget ma kahakai   
 he hae i kona opprobrium   
 paʻa ka capsule   
 ma ka puka o ka poe e make ana   
 ʻo ka ʻīlio ma mua o ke kāne    
 ke kanaka mamua o ka uhane   
 e mae ana ka la   
 un visage jaillit   
 me he pepa leta la   
 ka eke kahuhipa   
 piha i na aniani a me ka hanohano   
 pour exposer en bord de rivière   
 kuʻi wai hou me kahi mele liʻiliʻi   
 me ka hoailona ole   
 mais tout en surplomb   
 le trou noir du passé.  


 
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