It stands in upland Haili:
Terrific—the voice is terrific;
Yet it’s merely a voice!
“The voice was threatening only because my servants reported that some people were trespassing. That set my tongue agoing about poi - - - and - taro. - - - After all it’s a question of strength. Your valor it is that must win for you a passage through this land of mine.”
This was Pana-ewa’s ultimatum.
Hiiaka accepted the defiance of Pana-ewa by chanting a solemn kahoahoa, which was at once a confident prediction of victory and an appeal to the gods:
Kua loloa Keäau i ka nahele hala;
Kua huluhulu Pana-ewa i ka laau;
Inoino ka maha, ka ohi’a o La’a, e;
Ku kepakepa ka maha o ka laau,