TRANSLATION
A storm and wild surf in the Pit,
The fire-waves dashing and breaking;
Spume splashes the buds of lehua—
The bird-choir—O consumer of trees,
O’erthrowing the fishermen’s altar;
The rocks melt away in thy flame;
Fierce rages the Pu’u-lena;
The island quakes with thy tremor;
A flood of rain on the lowland,