Hoʻolulu ka ʻili o nā lāʻau ʻoliva a kulu ka honua. Ua kulu ʻia nā piko, ua ʻala ʻia nā manu me nā peps hoʻohuehu, e make ana nā mea kanu i ka oker. Ua maloo na ahaaina o na kulanakauhale, a omo na holoholona ma na kahawai. Hoʻohuehu lākou i nā pali o ke kahawai. ʻO Rogative, koi ka poʻe kūpaʻa i nā puʻupaʻa i kahi ʻino i loko o kahi huakaʻi kupaianaha. ʻOki nā meloni i nā ʻāpana make a wehe ka puʻu i nā hale kahiko. Pahu o nā hue: ka ua kauwela. Ua hāmau nā ʻauwai, ua ʻohi nā loko i nā waimaka mai ka ʻino lepo e like me nā lima lima o ka paʻakai a e moe ana ka poʻo a me ka verdina o nā pā. Holo nā bipi inā hoʻokokoke ʻoe, ʻimi ka poʻe kālaihonua i ka māla palaoa i hāʻawi mua i ka berena a ʻo ka ʻāina pulu he trompe lʻoeil o nā herons paʻakikī. Ua hoʻokuke aku ka wai i kā mākou haʻawina ma nā ʻaukā i hāʻawi ʻia me ka ʻole o ka noi ʻana. A i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i puka mai ka helu o nā kālika i kanu ʻole ʻia me ka hānau ʻole ʻia: ua maloʻo ka muliwai a ma mua o ke kahe ʻana. ʻO ka wai i nehinei. ʻO ka holoi ʻana i lalo o ka pā, nā ipu wai, nā mea kanu ʻōmato, nā pua rosa, nā cicadas walaʻau, nā ua anuanu, nā ipuhao, nā ʻauʻau. wai, me ka leo ole, lohi, pono ole, wai ike ole. A he mau hola omole ka makewai. Nostalgia ka ua i nā secarrales, ʻo nā puddles nā moʻolelo o ka wā kahiko. Ma ke kiʻi o nā māwae, ka ʻeha o loko o nā moena kaʻawale a me nā awāwa, aia wale nō ka lumi no kahi lua wai. ʻO ka ʻāʻī māwae, ka hōʻailona kahiko o ka muliwai i waena o nā waihoʻoluʻu: ʻeleʻele, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, uliuli, lepo, mauʻu ... ʻala o ka lepo a me ka iʻa, o kahi wai liʻiliʻi o nā rana hāmau a me kahi waʻa e hiamoe ana ma ka ʻāina me ka lawaiʻa ʻole. ʻO nā palapala leta make wai, nā puʻu, nā ao lepo, nā ʻāhiu liʻiliʻi me nā lio ahiu no nā ʻele a me nā lapalapa ʻaʻohe pūnāwai ʻeleʻele, nā kahawai make, nā moku, nā pikes, nā puʻu, nā loko popopo, pehea ka nui o ka luku ... moe ka malamalama i ke ahiahi I ka luawai.
