ʻO ke kauwela he kau wela a loli.'Ōlelo nā kānaka a pau, ua like ke kauwela me ka helehelena pēpē a e loli ana.Ke hauʻoli, ʻālohilohi ka lā.Ke kaumaha, peʻe ka lā i ke ao a uē malū.I ka wā i huhū ai, aia nā ao pōʻeleʻele, ka uila a me ka hekili, a me ka ua.He ʻino ke kauwela!

Aia ke kauwela, a nani loa ka loko iʻa ma Linghu!
ʻIke au i nā pua pua pua nani e mohala mai ana i loko o ka loko loko.He ʻulaʻula, ʻulaʻula, ʻulaʻula e like me ke ahi, ʻulaʻula e like me ka haze.Ua hāmama hapa kekahi, ua hāmama loa kekahi, a he iwi pua kekahi.He poepoe a omaomao ka lau lotus.ʻO kekahi i wili kiʻekiʻe mai loko mai o ka wai, e like me ka malu nui;lana haahaa kekahi ma ka wai, me he waapa lau lotus la.ʻOiaʻiʻo, "mamao a kokoke, kiʻekiʻe a haʻahaʻa".
Hoʻokomo ka loko iʻa i ke kauwela i nā holoholona liʻiliʻi a pau.Ua ʻike au i nā lele lele a puni ka loko iʻa, me he mea lā e hula ana lākou i kahi hula nani;hele mai la na manu, me ke kani ana i ka lotus, me he mea la e olelo ana: “Sister Lotus, aloha!Aloha!"Lele akula ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a pāʻani i ka ʻōpuʻu o ka pua lotus.ʻOiaʻiʻo, "ʻo ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi kona mau pepeiaohao ʻoi, a ua kū ka dragonfly ma luna o kona poʻo."E ʻauʻau ana me ka hauʻoli, me he mea lā e ʻōlelo ana, "Maikaʻi ke kauwela!"

ʻO ka pō kauwela, piha ka lani i nā hōkū.Makemake mau au i ka nānā ʻana i ka lani hōkū.
E nana mai, ke alohilohi nei na hoku lehulehu me he pohaku makamae la, a ua like ka lani nui me ka pale nui.I kekahi manawa ua like nā hōkū liʻiliʻi me nā pōhaku makamae i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka pale uliuli, e ʻoni ana me kahi kukui palupalu;i kekahi manawa, ua like lākou me nā maka liʻiliʻi e ʻālohilohi ana, e ʻimi ana i kekahi mea ma ka honua.

He honua kūʻokoʻa ka lani hōkū i ka pō kauwela, ʻaʻole lākou e haʻi mai iaʻu i ko lākou ʻano, ko lākou mau manaʻo, ko lākou ʻano, a ʻaʻole lākou e ʻae iā ʻoe e ʻike maopopo i ko lākou helehelena, e hana wale lākou i wahi noʻonoʻo no ʻoe, e ʻae iā ʻoe. e noʻonoʻo, hana, a hoʻokuʻu iā ʻoe e kūkulu!