Prayer of Maladiaakoa. 



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Sea roughed by the cHff above. 

 A sea cliff-watcher is Kakupehau. 

 Sea invading- your pandanus groves. 

 It crests onward toward Maui. 

 'I'he sea of the chiefess 

 ( )f the lehua-stringing parl\- of I'ele, 

 Uf my god indeed. 



ILet] awe jxjssess me. 



Kai apaapaa ko ka pah i uka, 

 He kai kiai pah ko Kakupehau, 

 Kai pii hala ko aina, 

 Ke popoi aku la i kai o Maui, 

 Ke kai a ka wahine'- alii, 

 O ke kai kui' ■ lehua a i'ele, 

 A ko'u akua la — e, 

 Elieli kau mai. 



Answer, O mountain, in the cliff mist; 

 35. Turn the voice of the moaning ohia, 35- 



I see in the fire-consuming rocks 



The aged dame sleeping cpiietly 



On hot lava bed, liquid stone. 



Till, canoe-shaped, the covering there 

 hid first, 

 40. Depressed in center, else flat in the rear, 40. 



Spouting was its source, Kamakahakaikea, 



.Mischievous Xiheu, [the] cutting man. 

 I I^et] awe possess me. 



E o, e mauna i ka ohu ka pali, 



Ivaha ka leo o ka ohia uwe, 



ike an i ke ahi ai ala, 



Ka luahine'* moe nana, 



A Papaenaena''' wai hau, 



A waa ka uhi, ilaila pee niua, 



Pepepe waena, o pepe ka muimui, 

 O kihele ia ulu, ivamakahakaikea, 

 O Niheu-kalohe, kanaka kaha la," 

 Elieli kau mai. 



( )n famed Molokai of Ilina, 



45. Is Kaunuohua, a cliff'. 



When Hapuu was lighted — 

 1 lapuu the small god — 

 I^eie came forth, the great god. 

 With ilanmea and iiiiaka, 



50. With Kukuena and Okaoka. 



When the small fire lights, it biu'ns 

 [As] an eye-ball of I'ele. 

 The flash-light of the heavens is it. 

 [Let] awe possess me. 



A Molokai nui a liina,'' 

 45. A K^aunuohua he pali, 



A kukui o Hapuu, 

 . Hapuu"* ke akua liilii, 



Puka mai i'ele''' ke akua nui, 



Me idaumea me Hiiaka, 

 50. ]\Ie Kukuena me Okaoka, 



O ke a ke ahi iki e — a 



He onohi no Pele, 



iva oaka o ka lani-" la — e 

 Elieli kau mai. 



5.1 • 



r.o. 



At Ivaulahea, Lanai, 



At Mauna-lei, twine the wreath, 



I'ele is wreathed with the ieie, 



lliiaka shines [her] head, 



llaumea anoints [her] body. 



I'ele enjoys her fish, 



The small turtle of Polihua, 



Small turtle, short necked, 



55. A Xanai'-' Kaulahea, 

 A Maima-lei, kui ka lei. 

 Lei Pele i ka ieie la, 

 Wai hinn poo o Hiiaka, 

 Holapu ili o Haumea, 



60. Ua ono i^ele i kana ia, 

 O ka honu iki o Polihua,' 

 Honu iki ai nounou. 



"Wahine alii, the lehua-stringing party. 



"Party of Pele ; kai, for huakai, a large traveling company. 



"Luahine, Pele is often referred to as an old woman. 



'"Papaenaena, a place in the vicinity of Kilauea ; wai, anything in a liqnid state ; hau, soft porous stone. 



"This refers to Niheu's cutting Kana's legs, swollen with fatness, while he himself suffered hunger. 



"A proverbial saying, from the tradition that Molokai is the offspring of Hina. 



"Molokai hill, Hapuu, represented as a small god. 



'"Pele came forth a great god, with Haumea (her mother) and Hiiaka a sister, as also two others. 



'"Ka oaka o ka lani, literally, the flash-light of heaven. 



"'Xanai for Lanai. Kaulahea an early king of that isl.-md; also a noted prophet. 



■"Polihua. noted for sea-turtle, a favorite of Pele. 



