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No ka wahine makua, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i hāʻawi ʻia i loko o kona waha a me ka cum ma kahi hoʻokahi e like me ka balsama i kona kino. Manaʻo ʻo ia ʻaʻole i nalowale kona nani a hoʻokūkū ʻo ia me kāna mau ʻōpio ʻōpio ma kahi kūlana kūlike. A ʻo ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o nā kāne e ʻoki nui i kona ʻōpū.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō. Kakaʻikahi loa au "holo". ʻIke ka poʻe ʻōpio i kaʻu ʻōlelo. No laila, ʻoiai wau e kāhea ana, a i ʻole e hele pololei ʻoe i kou hoaaloha kahiko! A i ka wā o ka manawa, ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka lawe ʻana i ʻelua mau manawa e hoʻokele wau i ka wili i kahi hoaaloha! I kēia pō e loaʻa iaʻu kahi ahiahi a me ka pō! He hopena pule maikaʻi, e nā kānaka a pau!
He ʻauʻau kēlā. He wahi hana maoli ko'u kaikunane. Inā maʻa kona kaikuahine i ka moe ʻana, paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoa e hoʻomāʻona iā ia.