Cheerless in this day,the light under frowning clouds is like a punished child with traces of tears on its pale cheeks, and the cry of the wind is like the cry of a wounded world.
Thou hast led me through my crowded travels of the day to my evening's loneliness.I wait for its meaning through the stillness of the night.
I have suffered and despaired and known death and I am glad that I am in this great world.

(All from Stray Birds)

I muri iho, e rave rahi mahana tapo'ipo'i, aita râ vau e hinaaro i te ûa ia ite faahou ia oe.
Te mea nehenehe roa a'e, e ere ïa i te mahana ûa, tei ia outou ra ïa te aperaa i te mau faraoa ûa.
Ia ata ana'e outou, e marû mai te patiri e e mea mamu noa te ûa. Mai te huru ra e, te ora ra te ûa i te anavai. E mea au a'e na'u ia ua i te mau mahana atoa, ma te mana'o e, aita oe i haere mai no te mea ua te ûa. Te ma

Mulimuli ane, na tele aso puaoa, ae ou te leʻi toe fia vaʻai ia te oe i le timu.
O le mea sili ona matagofie e leʻo se aso timu, ae o le eaves na e 'aloese mai le timu faʻatasi ma oe.
A e ata, e malu le faititili ae filemu le timu. Ua toʻulu le timu, pei o le nofo i tafatafa o se vaitafe. E sili ia aʻu le timu i aso uma, ma mafaufau e te le sau ona o le timu. O loʻo timu mata mo ia, a o le fatu o loʻo uuina se faʻalu mo ia .. ole alof