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