Pauka 5

No-luna ka Hale-kai no ka ma’a-lewa, Nana ka maka ia Moana-nui-ka-lehua. Noi au i ke Kai, e mali’o. Ina ku a’e la he lehua ilaila! Hopoe-lehua kiekie. Maka’u ka lehua i ke kanáka, Lilo ilalo e hele ai, e-e, A ilalo hoi. O Kea-au ili-ili nehe ke kai, Hoo-lono ke kai o Puna I ka ulu hala la, e-e, Kai-ko’o Puna. Ia hooneenee ia pili mai kaua, e ke hoa. Ke waiho e mai la oe ilaila. Ela ka mea ino la, he anu, A he anu me he mea la iwaho kaua, e ke hoa; Me he wai la ko kaua ili.

The author of this poem of venerable age is not known. It is spoken of as belonging to the wa po, the twilight of tradition. It is represented to be part of a mele taught to Hiiaka by her friend and preceptress in the hula, Hopoe. Hopoe is often called Hopoe-wahine. From internal evidence one can see that it can not be in form the same as was given to Hiiaka by Hopoe; it may have been founded on the poem of Hopoe. If so, it has been modified.

[Translation.]