E oe mauna i ka ohu, Kahá, ka leo o ka ohi’a; Auwe! make au i ke ahi a mau A ka luahine[346] moe naná, 5 A papa enaena, wai hau, A wa’a kau-hí.[347] Haila pepe[348] mua me pepe waena, O pepe ka muimui: O kiele[348] i na ulu[348] 10 Ka makahá kai kea O Niheu[349] kolohe; Ka makaha kai kea! Eli-eli, kau mai. [Translation.] _Song_ Ho! mountain of vapor-puffs, Now groans the mountain-apple tree. Alas! I burn in this deathless flame, That is fed by the woman who snores 5 On a lava plate, now hot, now cold; Now ’tis a canoe full-rigged for sea; There are seats at the bow, amidships, abaft; Baggage and men—all is aboard. And now the powerful thrust of the paddle, [Page 195] 10 Making mighty swirl of wat’ry yeast, As of Nihéu, the mischief-maker— A mighty swirl of the yeasty wave. In heaven’s name, come aboard! [Footnote 346: Pele is often spoken of as _ka luahine_, the old woman; but she frequently used her power of transformation to appear as a young woman of alluring beauty.] [Footnote 347: Lava poured out in plates and folds and coils resembles many diverse things, among others the canoe, _wa’a_ here characterized as complete in its appointments and ready for launching, _kauhí_. The words are subtly intended, no doubt, to convey the thought of Pele’s readiness to launch on the voyage of matrimony.] [Footnote 348: _Pepe_, a seat; _kiele_, to paddle; and _ulu_, a shortened form of the old word _oulu_, meaning a paddle, are archaisms now obsolete.]