Note 164 — A Wakea Creation Chant.

Maloo ka lani, the heavens are dry. the land is dried, the pits have no dew, no rain, nor moisture. This line is descriptive of a long season of drought in the southern and eastern parts of Hawaii. The air (lani) becomes dry, the rocks and earth become heated, all moisture seems to be gone, the ravines down which the water runs impetuously during the rainy season forms in many places, deep pools (lua), the poet here asserts that even these are now dry. ↑