From the Sunny Islands
Hanau Kumulipo i ka po, he kane
Hanau Po' ele i ka po, he wahine
O kane ia Wai'ololi, O ka wahine ia Wai'olola
... Ua hanau-mano ko' akua...
... Hanau mano iloko o Hina-ia- 'ele'ele... (i)
[Born was Kumulipo in the night, a man,
born was Po'ele in the night, a woman,
Man for narrow waters, woman for wide waters...
born as a shark was my God...
born as a shark in the month of Hinaia'ele'ele...]
The antipole to "From the Deep Blue".
That drowned whaler, do you remember? Nothing is ever entirely over, and
eventually he just came back onto land, born again ashore, different now,
and yet somehow: just the same...