THE LAME FISHERMAN—HIS EPIC RECITAL CELEBRATING PELE
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Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
Me Kukuena, me Okaoka:21
O ke a ke ahi iki, e a!
He onohi no Pele,
Ka oaka o ka lani la, e!
Elieli, kau mai!
A Nana’i22 Ka-ula-hea,23
A Mauna-lei kui ka lei.
Lei Pele i ka i-e-i-e, la;
Wai hinu po’o o Hiiaka;
Holapu ili o Haumea.
Ua ono o Pele i kana i’a,
O ka honu o Poli-hua—24
Honu iki, a-ï no’uno’u,
Kua papa’i o ka moana;
Ka eä nui, kua wawaka.
Hoolike i ka ai na Pele,
I na oaoaka oaka i ka lani, la!
Elieli, kau mai!
A Kaua’i, i ke olewa iluna,
A ka pua lana i kai o Wai-lua,
Naná mai Pele ilaila:
E waiho aku ana o Ahu.
Aloha i ka wai li’u25 o ka aina:
E ála mai ana Mokihana,
Wai auau o Hiiaka.
Hoopa’apa’a26 Pele ilaila;
Aohe kahu e ulu27 ai.
Keehi aku Pele i ka ale kua loloa:
He onohi no Pele,
Ka oaka o ka Lani, la.
Elieli, kau mai!
Holo mai Pele mai ka Hikina,
A kau ka wa’a i Mo’o-kini;28
Noho ka ua i Kumalae;
Ho’okú Pele ma i ke ki’i;
Noho i ke ki’i a Pele ma,
A ka puá o Ko’i.29
Kanaenae Pele ma ilaila;
Ka’i a huaka’i mai Pele
A ka lae i Lele-iwi;30