Ka laau e ho’o-laau—
Ho’o-laau mai ana ke ki’i,
Ke moe, i o’u nei.
Ia loaa ka hala, ka lili, kaua, paio;
Paio olua, e.
TRANSLATION
Pu’u-lena breathes a furnace blast;
Your mount, Kahuna, is a-blaze;
I choke in its sulphurous reek.
I see the mountain belching flame—