Ke Au Okoa, Volume I, Number 24, 2 ʻOkakopa 1865 — He mau Mele. He mele inea no ka Puaioke. [ARTICLE]

He mau Mele.

He mele inea no ka Puaioke.

Aia i ke Kaoiia kuu PuAloke, Kuu pua mohala i na kuahiwi, Hoohie aa manu ike i ka pua, 0 ka pua nani oe a ka manao, A'u i kau nui ai e lei, 1 lei kahiko uo ia kini, No Keuakoa na puhipuhi, Oia keiki kupu eueu, Nana i alo aku pau na kai, ūoi ae kaua lai ke Kaoua. Kuu hoa o na po o ke kau, A kau aku like fcana, I ka mea noi hoi !a he manao, E manao ae oe o ke hoa ia, Nacfa i olali kōmo ka hahana, Pau ai na feoa i ka hoi hope, s Ina kaua ua ao ea, • \ Ua kani na manu i ke kimhiwi, # Kupilikii mai kahi manao, f Hoi ae kaua lai ke K aona. I Kuu pua laha ole ina ka hikina, \ Na'u i kanu a kupu ohaoha, \ He mohalamaikai ke ike aku, \ 2ktai uoho oukou a ako mai, E kela poe e i)oho mai la, y Naua j p<«fpao »e ka inan^o, i' ka wela i ko nui kiuo, | I pakele na ujatiu ika hui ana/ 1 . Epa kiaha mai ke aloha, j, Ua inu ika wai kooHhiiihi, - l, Hoi ae kaub iai ke Kaona. ' \ Kuu pua lei oe holo ke ala, \ Poke anoano i na mokupnni, ! Ua puni hei au i ka maliieo, ] A kela wahi manu alapiahi, j Hooleahi no ai a na mānu, # I 0 ka inu i ka wai o kā lehua, | He lehua ke aloha 4ie hiki mai, ' Nana e loku iho' pulu eloelo, TJa kapu'ko leo'mai pane mai, \ E kiki papalkia ke aloha, Hoi ae kaua lai ke Kaona. * 4 Knu hoa ika halelehua aka manu, I ka haie lolii a ka manao, I fle manao paha ko'u a ike aku, Ua lahui ia mai e iala, , E ka Pe^^iA^y < • ke kila nui, >r I ke kila paa !oa o ka aapnni, Ua puni i ka wai ula lliahi, I ka wai hnipa me Makaweli, A he weliweli au i ka makani, Ahe kolokolonahe k$ m-ai, Hoi ae kana lai ke Kaona. « • J. S. K. Lkiāloha. A Pūnabr%, Hilo, Hawaii, Sept. 14, 1865,