They were: Kawelomakainoino, with fierce look and evil eye; Kawelomakahuhu, with unpleasant countenance and angry expression; Kawelomakaoluolu, with a lovable and gracious face.
All three were endued with the same athletic strength as their younger brother.
Jealous of the good fortune which a princely marriage had brought their brother, they resolved to humble him for their pleasure.

Taking advantage of the absence of Kaakaukuhimalani, they seized Kawelo and poured a calabash of poi over his head.

Poor Kawelo! The paste ran down from his head over all his body, and covered him with a sticky plaster which almost suffocated him.

Overwhelmed with shame at having to undergo so humiliating a punishment, Kawelo fancied that he could no longer live at Kauai; he determined to exile himself, and live in Oahu.
He had already embarked in his canoe and prepared to set sail with some faithful friends, when he saw his wife on the shore.

Seated beneath the shade of a kou (_Gordia sebestena_) Kaakaukuhimalani waved her hand to Kawelo, crying: Hoi mai Toi mai kaua! Mai hele aku oe! Return, Return with me! Go not away from me! Kawelo, touched with love for his wife, but immovably determined to leave his island, chants his adieu, which forms the subject of the first canto.
PAHA AKAHI.
Aloha kou e, aloha kou; Ke aloha mai kou ka hoahele I ka makani, i ka apaapaa Anuu o Ahulua.
Moe iho uei au I ka po uliuli, Po uliuli eleele.
Anapanapa, alohi mai ana ia'u Ke aa o Akua Nunu.
Ine ee au e kui e lei Ia kuana na aa kulikuli.
Papa o hee ia nei lae.
E u'alo, e u'alo Ua alo mai nei ia'u Ka launiu e o peahi e; E hoi au e, e hoi aku.
CANTO I.
Thou lovest me still! Oh yes Thou lovest me; thou, The companion who has followed me.
In the tempest and in the icy Winds of Ahulua.