The following mele, or oli more properly, which was used in connection with the hula pua’a, is said to have been the joint production of two women, the daughters of a famous bard named Kana, who was the reputed brother of Limaloa (long-armed), a wonder-working hero who piled up the clouds in imitation of houses and mountains and who produced the mirage:
Oli
Ko’i maka nui, [439]
Ike ia na pae moku,
Na moku o Mala-la-walu, [440]
Ka noho a Ka-maulu-a-niho,
Kupuna o Kama-pua’a.
Ike ia ka hono a Pii-lani; [441]
Ku ka paóa i na mokupuni.
Ua puni au ia Pele,