Ke Koraka, (The Raven)

[Translated for the “Kuokoa.”]

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.”

1.

Ma ke aumoe pouliuli, ia’u i nalu a luluhi
Ma na mea kahiko loa, ane nalo aku no,
Kimo au la, ane moe, hikilele i ka lohe
I ka mea me he kikoni i koni ma ka puka o’u,
He malihini wahi au, i koni ma ka puka o’u,
Oia wale iho no.

2.

Paa no ia’u la ka malama, oia hoi o Dekemaba,
Pi ke ahi, a hoea me he ano lapu no;—
Eehia! i ao koke? imi u’a au i oki
Kuu kaumaha no kuu iwa i nalo ae la, no Lenoa,
No kuu iwa i kapa ia e na anela, o Lenoa,
Ia’u he inoa huna loa.

3.

Kamumumu no na pale uliuli o ko’u hale;
Ilihia kuu uhane i na hia kamahao—
Kapalili no kuu houpo!…