Ke ola powa

ʻO Jo ho, ʻo Jo ho, he pirate koʻu inoa. Hoʻopili wau a pepehi kanaka, hoʻohana iā ʻoe, a i ka hopena o ka lā, weliweli wau. Lawe wau i ka mea hiki ke loaʻa a ʻaʻole lawa. No ka mea he ʻāpana kēlā o kaʻu kiʻi pono, ʻo ia ka hoʻopunipuni maoli. I ka hohonu o ka nahele, ke hele au i uka, peʻe au ma laila a lawe i kāu mau wahine i koʻu lima. No ka mea he powa wau a ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO kaʻu ʻoiaʻiʻo kāu wahaheʻe, lawe wau a ʻaihue a hoʻopunipuni. Inā haʻi wau i kaʻu moʻolelo, ʻaʻole wau e mamao loa no ka mea ke helu nei ʻoe. ʻO nā wahaheʻe a pau aʻu e haʻi aku nei a me ke kaumaha aʻu e ʻōlelo nei Akā ʻo kēia mau mea wale nō kaʻu ʻoiaʻiʻo, no laila e hoʻolohe a nānā i ka mea i maoli.

No ka mea ʻaʻole wau i holo, akā, nā wai hohonu, kahi e lawelawe ʻia e nā kāne me nā pahi e paʻa koke i koʻu kua. No laila e hoʻolohe, ʻaʻole wau he powa, ʻoiai inā ʻōlelo nā kāne nui pēlā, i kēlā me kēia lā. Ke ʻimi wale nei wau i kahi waiwai i mamao loa mai koʻu wahi. Ma muli o ka makaʻu i koʻu wahi e ka makaʻu a me ke kaua, ʻo ia ke kumu i komo ai wau i loko o kēia waʻa ma aneʻi. No laila e ʻoluʻolu e manaʻoʻiʻo iaʻu, ʻaʻole wau e ʻaihue i kou maluhia, akā e pale wale aku iā lākou, nā kāne me kā lākou mau kauoha. No laila ua holo wau i kai me ka maopopo ʻole o kahi a ke kāpena e lawe ai iaʻu. A ʻānō e hoʻolohe i ka wā e mele ai ka mea make i kāna mau mele, ke hala ʻo ia, no ka mea ua lawe pio ʻo ka pōloli a me ka wela iā ia. ʻAʻohe waiwai au iā ʻoe? Ke hoʻāʻo wau e hoʻomaopopo, huli wale lākou i ke kua iaʻu. Ke pāhola nei ka manaʻolana ma aneʻi, no ka mea ua kipaku wau i kahi mamao loa e ʻike i ka mea i loaʻa ma mua. No laila, kū hou wau i mua o ka puka laka a noʻonoʻo wau i ka mea aʻu e hana nei me koʻu ola, pehea ka ʻino o ka laki iaʻu? Akā kokoke loa wau iaʻu iho a no laila hana wau i ka mea maikaʻi loa e ola, ʻoiai inā hāʻawi lākou iaʻu i nā kumu āpau ʻaʻole. No laila e iho i lalo mai kāu lio kiʻekiʻe a ʻike ʻoe ʻo wau nō hoʻi, he scion wale nō kekahi, he kanaka, hānau ʻia e aloha ʻia, ma kahi o ka nui o kaʻu mea e make nei.

Jo ho, Jo ho, ʻaʻole koʻu inoa he powa, ʻaʻole wau he helu, akā he diplomat. ʻO nā mea āu e hana ai ka wehe ʻana o kou mau maka, a ʻo kou puʻuwai paha kekahi. Akā e hoʻomanaʻo mau, e kuʻu hoaaloha, ʻo ka hōʻino ʻana i kou lokomaikaʻi pū kekahi me mākou pū kekahi. Akā ʻo ʻoe, ʻoe, ʻaʻole maikaʻi nā powa.