There were two bird-brothers of Pana-ewa; very little birds, swift as a flash of lightning, giving notice of any one coming through the forest of Pana-ewa.
Hiiaka, entering the forest, threw aside her fern robes, revealing her beautiful form. Two birds flew around her and before her. One called to the other, “This is one of the women of ka lua (the pit).” The other answered, “She is not as strong as Pana-ewa; let us tell our brother.”
Hiiaka heard the birds and laughed; then she chanted, and her voice rang through all the forest: [[100]]
“Pana-ewa is a great lehua island;
A forest of ohias inland.
Fallen are the red flowers of the lehua,[2]
Spoiled are the red apples of the ohia,[2]
Bald is the head of Pana-ewa;
Smoke is over the land;
The fire is burning.”