In a longing
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A hundred mounts were terraced The burial of Lo‘au to conceal Thou guiding bird of Halakakala 1 Will thou lead our men of insight Again to ponder over the riddle of these mounts And again to pursue the sacred sea-cover along the path of escape That Fasi‘apule with the royal king’s body followed.
Calmly wouldst thou let me mark out, The course to the royal-terrace, That it may become betokened tradition, An offering of import that may be rendered at a noble circle.
When, when will thou Send out the light that you still withhold, Or let me taste the fragrance from Pulotu of prime kakala That I may render it to grace circles at Pangai on a day of celebration.
Or let me hear the longings of Hikule‘o‘s 2 fangufangu Whence the sound of the foot-falls of day receding Over its place of parting with the night. 1. Sea passage between ’Eua and Tongatapu 2. A prominent God of the Tongan pantheon in Pulotu