From Pele and Hiʻiaka – A Myth from Hawaiʻi by Nathaniel B. Emerson (1915)
Hiki Mai Ka La
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| Hiki mai, hiki mai ka lā
Aloha wale, ka lā e kau nei Aia malalo o Kawaihoa A ka lalo o Kauaʻi O Lehua |
Here it comes, here comes the Sun
How I love the Sun in the sky There below is Kawaihoa On the incline of Kauaʻi Is Lehua |
BACKGROUND
Peleʻs sister Kapoulakinau danced this hula on the island of Niʻihau. It is considered one of the earliest of hula, a hula kiʻi.
This oli was shared with the Windward Ahupuaʻa Kūpuna by Anakala Kimo Awai of Hilo along with the Hilo districtʻs kūpuna. He also taught its motions. It is both a chant of welcome to the morning Sun in the sky as well as a request for inspiration from Ke Akua, the creation, or our ancestors.