The healers pg.6

Translation:

E ku’u keiki,

Ku’u keiki o ka ua ‘o Keawe

I helele’i I ka hala a’ea’e

A’ea’e ku’u papalina I ka waimaka

waimaka ma luna o ke kula ‘o Paalaa,

ke kula I hae I ka makani Nahaekapa

E kuu keiki

Keiki a ka manowai o Anahulu

Malie Anahulu I ke kupukupu

Hapai ke ala I ka makani

Makani wehe ka hulu Apapane

Manu kani I ke kanikau

E kuu keiki

Keiki hipoi I ke aloha

Aloha ‘ia e ka makuahine

Makuahine I luuluu i ue

Ue I ke ike ‘ole hou

Aue kuu keiki!

My dearest child,

My dearest child of the tentacle-like rain

which falls upon the streaked panadanus leaves.

Streaked are my cheeks by my tears,

Tears upon the plain of Paalaa,

a plain which is ravaged by the tapa-tearing wind

My dearest child,

Child of the river mouth of Anahulu.

Tranquil Anahulu adorned with the kupukupu,

Its frangance visits the nose on the wind,

A wind which blows open the feathers of the apapne,

This honeycreeper chirping a dirge.

My dearest child,

You are esteemed in my affections.

Affections and love of a mother,

Crying at never being able to see you again!

Grief! My dearest child!