He aha ma mua o ke kanaka   
 hopena o ke ola ,   
 he peninsula .   
   
 Me ka isthmus   
 he aha mākou ,   
 kanaka palupalu ,   
 i loko o kā mākou nani   
 de ʻepekema , o ka noʻeau a me ka ʻuhane i hui pū ʻia .  
    
 E lilo i kanaka iwaena o na kanaka ,   
 humus kanaka hānau ʻole ,   
 nona ke aʻa e hili ana i loko o ko kākou mau ʻano ,   
 makou ,    
 ka poe auwana ,   
 ka poe ilihune hana kuauhau ,   
 no ke anuu ,   
 mai ke ku ana a i ke ku ana ,   
 piʻi i ka hoʻokō   
 me ka hooikaika nui o na fife a me na pahu kani   
 makou ,   
 haaheo o ke kauoha i kukuluia ,   
 ka poʻe holo hoʻouna o ka pūʻulu manaʻo ,   
 i kāhiko ʻia me ka hulu mimicry  .  
    
 aia kekahi manawa   
 kokoke loa
 he wa makau ole   
 he manawa ma mua o ko mākou manawa   
 e hele ana ke kanaka hou   
 ma ka noonoo ana   
 kupono e lilo   
 ma mua aʻe o kā mākou minerality ,   
 o ko kakou holoholona ,   
 o ko kakou moolelo ,    
 he lunamanao me na hoailona hooluolu ,   
 he pakuhi o ka Unknowable .    

  
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