Song to Hiiaka. 



He Kau' no Hiiaka. 



lO. 



The high surf-pit breaks upon the shore ; 

 It bursts on high, breaking pointedly by 



the storm. 

 W'itli deafening noise the lehua of 



Kaniahiku roars, 

 The woman who consumes 



the lehua of Kaumu. 

 The rocks bubble till they hurt. 

 D\' the seizures of the fire sported with 



by the puulena wind. 

 The island is drawn up ; the land is 



flattened down ; 

 The sky is lowered ; the mountain is 



thrown into surf; 

 The ocean broken up, Kilauea overllnws. 

 Say, I'apalauahi becomes a cave. 

 Pele pierces her body ; the hail. 

 The rain that cometh from heaven. 

 The earth travels in an earthquake. 

 The hailstones fall with confusing noise ; 

 Then Puna rises up on high. 

 Low is the growing pillars of cloud. 

 The upland of Keahialaka is like a sandy 



colored blossom, 

 Girdled by the fire of Waiwelawela 

 Of the crater, eh 

 Woe betide those that near 



the crater dwell. 



Apopoi," haki kaikoo, ka lua,* 

 Haki ku, haki kakala,"' a ka ino. 

 Paia'' kuli, luvo lehua, no Kaniahiku' 

 Wahine ai lehua o Kaumu'* 



5. Kupukupu,'' a eha ka jjohaku'" 



I ka uwalu" a ke ahi i ke kaunu'- a ka 



puulena'" 

 Huki ka moku,'^ papapa ka aina. 

 llaahaa ka lani, kaikoo ka mauna.'^ 

 lla"' ka moana, ])opoi'' Kilauea. 



10. Ilalelo o Papalauahi'*' e — 



O mai Pele i o'^ na kino, ka hakikili,-" 



Ka ua mai ka lani mai. 



Nei ka honua i ke olai, 



Haka Ikuwa-' ka poha koeleele, 

 15. Ku mai Puna kiekie, 



Haahaa ka ulu a ka opua,"- 



Pua-''' ehu mai la uka o Keahialaka, 



Pa-u"* i ke ahi Waiwelawela, 



O ka lua e. 



20. Aloha ua poe la o uka o ka lua e. 



'He kau, the portion of a mele or poetical part of a kaao to be sung, interlarding its recitation. 



'Hiiaka, the youngest sister of Pele, renowned for her supernatural powers, particularly for strength. 



'Apopoi, to turn over as the ridge of the surf when breaking; haki, its breaking; kaikoo, high surf or sea. 



'Ka lua, the pit Kilauea. 



'Haki kakala, it breaks in rough drops. 



'Paia, a confused noise ; kuli, deafening, stunning noise ; uwo, to bellow, roar. 



'Kaniahiku, name of a place at the volcano. 



"Kaumu, the oven, an epitliet of Kilauea. 



'Kukukupu, the action of the bubbling, boiling lava. 



"Pohakau, poetical for pohaku. 



"Uwalu, waluwalu ; to grab, seize hold of anything available as in climbing a precipice, so the fire seizes any 

 combustible material. 



"Kaunu, playing, sporting, of a man and woman ; here the play of the wind with the fire. 



"Puulena, name of the wind that blows troin Kilauea towards Hilo. 



"Huki ka moku, i. e., Pele draws up the land as in a mountain, to papala, flatten down. 



"Kaikoo ka manna, throws the mountains into surf. 



"Ha for haki, breaks up. 



"Popoi, overflow; Kilauea breaks up and overflows. 



"Name of a place near the volcano. 



"O, to stab, pierce ; na kino, bodies. 



'"Hakikili, the rain of hail ; hail stones are termed hua Iiekili. 



-'Ikuwa, name of a month; poha, poetical for pohaku, elision of the ku liecause tlie next vowels begin with ko; 

 koeleele, loud noise or sound. 



"Opua, clouds that appear low, haahaa, and stand up as pillars. 



°'Pua ehu, to blossom a sandy color ; trees scathed with fire. 



"Pa-u, girt about with the liquid fire of the pit. 



(S4S) 



