Wai-wela-wela supplies a warm skirt.
I choke in this smoke of lehua—
How pungent the smell of burnt man!
I strangle, my breath is cut off—
Ugh! what a stifling blanket of fire!
Your tears, Hiiaka, your tears!
[1] Awa. The full expression would probably be ua awa, bitter rain, i.e., bad weather. [↑]
[2] Halelo, rough, jagged like aa. The following quotation is given: