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15 Shaking like thunder, mist rising like smoke. 



The rain-cloud unfolds in the heavens; 



Dark grows Hilo, blaclc with the rain. 



The skin of Hilo grows rough from the cold ; 



The storm-cloud hangs low o'er the land. 

 20 A rampart stand the woods of Haili; 



Ohi'as thick-set must be brushed aside, 



To tear one's way, like a covey of fowl. 



In the wilds of Pa-ie-ie — 



Lehua growths mine— heart of Mokau-lele. 

 25 A breaking, a weaving of boughs, to shield from rain ; 



A look enraptured on Hana-kahi. 



Sees Hilo astir, the blue ocean tossing 



AVind-thrown-spray — dear sea — 'gainst Point I.ele-iwi — 



A time-worn foam-wreath to encircle its brow. 

 30 Look, Pu'u-eo! guard 'gainst the earth-rib! 



It's Puua-hoa reef ; halt ! 



At Waiakea halt ! 



Pauku 4 

 (Ai-ha'a) 



Kua loloa Kea-au i ka nabele; 



Hala kua hulu-hulu Pana-ewa i ka laau ; 



Inoino ka maha o ka ohia o La'a. 



LTa kil kepakepa ka maha o ka lehua ; 

 5 Ua po-po'o-hina i ka wela a ke Akua. 



Ua u-ahi Puna i ka oloka'a pohaku, 



I ka huna pa'a ia e ka wahine. 



Nanahu ahi ka papa o Olu-ea ; 



INIomoku ahi Puna hala i Apua ; 

 10 Ulu-a ka nahele me ka laau. 



Oloka'a kekahi ko'i e Papa-lau-ahi ; 



I eli 'a kahi ko'i e Ku-lili-kaua. 



Kai-ahea a hala i Ka-li'u ; 



A eu e, e ka La, ka malama-lama. 

 15 O-na-naka ka piko o Hilo ua me ke one, 



I huli i uka la, i hulihia i kai ; 



Ua wa-wahi 'a, ua ua-ha-ha, 



LTa he-hele-lei ! 



[Translation] 



Stanza 4 



(Bombastic style) 



Ke'-au is a long strip of wildwood; 

 Shag of pandanus mantles Pan'-ewa ; 

 Scraggj' the branching of Laa's ohias; 

 The lehua limbs at sixes and sevens^ 

 5 They are gray from the heat of the goddess. 



