He ú-i, he ninau: He ú-i aku ana au ia oe, Aia i-héa ka wai a Kane? Ala i ka hikina a ka La, 5 Puka i Hae-hae;[512] Aia i-laila ka Wai a Kane. E ú-i aku ana au ia oe, Aia i-hea ka Wai a Kane? Aia i Kau-lana-ka-la,[513] 10 I ka pae opua i ke kai,[514] Ea mai ana ma Nihoa,[515] [Page 258] Ma ka mole mai o Lehua; Aia i-laila ka Wai a Kane. E ú-i aku ana au ia oe, 15 Aia i-hea ka Wai a Kane? Aia i ke kua-hiwi, i ke kua-lono, I ke awáwa, i ke kaha-wai; Aia i-laila ka Wai a Kane. E ú-i aku ana au ia oe, 20 Aia i-hea ka Wai a Kane? Aia i-kai, i ka moana, I ke Kua-lau, i ke anuenue, I ka punohu,[516] i ka ua-koko,[517] I ka alewa-lewa; 25 Aia i-laila ka Wai a Kane. E ú-i aku ana au ia oe, Aia i-hea ka Wai a Kane? Aia i-luna ka Wai a Kane, I ke ouli, i ke ao eleele, 30 I ke ao pano-pano, I ke ao popolo-hua mea a Kane la, e! Aia i-laila ka Wai a Kane. E ú-i aku ana au ia oe, Aia i-hea ka Wai a Kane? 35 Aia i-lalo, i ka honua, i ka Wai hu, I ka wai kau a Kane me Kanaloa—[518] He wai-puna, he wai e inu, He wai e mana, he wai e ola. E ola no, e-a! [Footnote 512: _Hae-hae_. Heaven’s eastern gate; the portal in the solid walls that supported the heavenly dome, through which the sun entered in the morning.] [Footnote 513: _Kau-lana-ka-la_. When the setting sun, perhaps by an optical illusion drawn out into a boatlike form, appeared to be floating on the surface of the ocean, the Hawaiians named the phenomenon _Kau-lana-ka-la_—the floating of the sun. Their fondness for personification showed itself in the final conversion of this phrase into something like a proper name, which they applied to the locality of the phenomenon.] [Footnote 514: _Pae opua i ke kai_. Another instance of name-giving, applied to the bright clouds that seem to rest on the horizon, especially to the west.] [Footnote 515: _Nihoa_ (Bird island). This small rock to the northwest of Kauai, though far below the horizon, is here spoken of as if it were in sight.] [Footnote 516: _Punohu_ A red luminous cloud, or a halo, regarded as an omen portending some sacred and important event.]