Hiiaka kept her own courage at the fine point of seeming indifference, she also inspired her companions with the same feeling by the calm confidence displayed in her singing:
Pau ke aho i ke kahawai lau o Hilo:
He lau ka pu’u, he mano ka iho’na;
He mano na kahawai o Kula’i-po;
He wai Honoli’i, he pali o Kama-e’e,
He pali no Koolau ka Hilo-pali-ku;
He pali Wailuku, he one ke hele ia;
He one e ke’ehia la i Wai-olama.
He aka ka wi a ka wai i Pana-ewa—
O Pana-ewa nui, moku-lehua,