Kua loloa Kea'au i ka nahelehele
Hala kua hulu Panaewa i ka la au
Ino ka maha o ka ohea
Ku kepakepa ka maha o ka lehua
Pohina i ka wela a ke Akua
Uahi Puna i ka olokaa pohaku
Na paa ia ka Wahine
Nanahu ahi ka ka papa o Oluea
Momoku ahi Puna, hala i Apua

A ihu e, a ihu la
A hulihia la i kai
A ihu e, a ihu la
A hulihia la i uka
A ua waa waa
A ua noho ha'ana
A ua hele

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Kea'au is a long ridge of fores
The hala ridges of Pana`ewa are the trees
Numerous are the severed `ohi`a
Zigzag are the severed lehua
The greyish mist is the Goddess's hot revenge
Puna is smokey with hot rolling stones
Persecuted by the Goddess
The plains of Oluea is bitten with fire
Puna is cut off by fire, even to Apua

The flow is heading this way and that
Turning upside down towards the sea
The flow is heading this way and that
An upheavel towards the uplands
It is so desolate, uninhabitable
Made low by the Goddess
Falling, falling, nothing but ashesj

This short dramatic chant is found in the saga of Pele and Hi`iaka just as Hiiaka is beginning her journey from Kilauea to Kauai. The first large forest she encounters is on the border of the districts of Puna and Hilo. This famous forest is known as Pana`ewa named after a mo`o who occupies the forest and who is well informed by all the forest creatures of any persons or things passing through this forest. A battle between this mo’o and Hiiaka ensues and soon the forest is left with scattered stumps of trees and ashes. Portions of the forest are caught up in the flow of lava which continues to the ocean leaving the land uninhabitable. The place names used to identify this flow are Kea'au, Pana`ewa, `Oluea and Apua. The place name of `Oluea seem to have disappeared because of disuse. Apua is located on the Puna - Ka`u border and is also affected by this particular eruption. However the focus of this eruption is in the Kea'au - Pana`ewa area. The vocabulary used in this chant includes smoke, steam, ashes, fire and of rolling rocks.