The time of arising has come!
This kupua, Kauhi, termed the watch-tower of heaven, having come from Kahiki in the train of Pele’s followers, and having been stationed in this cliff, had got no further in his travels than Oahu. He bemoaned his fate as that of a malihini god, a stranger to the rest of the group. On being roused by this prayer-song of Hiiaka, as he gazed upon the beautiful goddess, a divine ambition stirred within him—to journey with her, enjoy her society, and make acquaintance with the land to which he was still a stranger. With this purpose in mind, at the conclusion of her address, he chanted this response:
O Pele la ko’u akua:
Awa i-ku,[13] awa i-lani,[13] keia awa,
Ka awa nei o Hiiaka,
I ku ai, ku i Mauli-ola;[14]
I Mauli-ola he awa kaulu-ola,[15] e,
No na Wahine,—e kapu-kapu-kai[16] ka awa,
E Pele honua-mea!