E Hia ‘Ai i Ka Nani By: Kawaikapuokalani Hewitt (Loea)
Ehia ‘ai i ka nani O Hopoe I ka lehua Ka wahine ha’alewa Ke ha’a la I ke kai Ke niniau la I ke one I ke kai nupanupa o Ha’ena Naue I uka naue I kai Naue ka ha’a o Puna ea Lei ka wahine I ka lehua ‘oaka ka lani naka ka honua e
Be delighted by the beauty of Hopoe of the lehua blossom The woman swaying, dancing near the sea. Moving slowly in the sand near the swollen sea of Ha’ena Quaking in the uplands, quaking near the sea The dancer of Puna causes the earth to quake. The woman is adorned with lehua blossoms Light flashes in the heavens, the earth splits apart