HIIAKA’S BATTLE WITH PANA-EWA
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
E ho’i, e komo i kou hale,
O Ke-alohi-lani;
E auau i kou ki’owai kapu,
O Ponaha-ke-one;
E inu i kou puawa hiwa,
Awa papa30 a ke Akua,
I kanaenae no Moe-ha-úna-iki,31 e;
Hele a’e a komo
I ka hale o Pele.
Ua huahua’i Kahiki, lapa uwila:
Pele e, hua’i’na ho’i!
Hua’i’na a’e ana
Ka mana o ko’u Akua iwaho la, e!
O kukulu ka pahu32 kapu a ka leo;
Ho’okikí33 kanawai;
He kua34 á kanawai;
He kai oki’a35 kanawai;
He ala muku36 no Kane me Kanaloa;
He ki37 ho’iho’i kanawai,
No Pele, no ko’u Akua la, e!
TRANSLATION
Stand in the breach, O Uli;
Give heed to this plea for life;
To the front at the call of thy priest;
Come in the splendor of heaven!
I entreat these powers on high.
And who are these beings of might?
Ye somber Clouds that rampart the sky;
Ye warm Clouds and ye that gleam ruddy;
Ye Clouds that guard heaven’s border;
Ye Clouds that mottle the heavenly vault;
Ye Clouds that embank the horizon;
Ye cloud-piles aglow in the sunlight.
Descend, O Rain; O Water, pour—
Torrential rush of the princes!
Rent be the wall of the crater;
Let its groans reëcho and fly!
Come, Ku who fashions the landscape;
She who crushes the leaves of aheä;
Goddess who guards the outer flame-tip;