Prayer of Malacliaakoa. 



495 



The pelting" rain of Hailiailaunieaiku, 



Of the women in the wilds of Maukele. 



Pele came at twilight, 



Tossing and turning the long-backed 

 waves. 

 I GO. The ocean was in agitation at the loo. 



jealousy of Pele ; 



The great shock is the shock above 

 the heavens, 



Tearing the foundation, the surface stratas, 



The strata on which Kane surfed at Maui. 



Kahiliopua was the go<l of the day 

 105. At Waiakahalaloa, to expand. 10^. 



It was W'aa, whose was the fishing- 

 fleet 



Remaining at Kohala's shore. 



The ghost-god of Puuloa 



Entreated the traveler, 

 1 10. The wreath-stringing god of Kuaokala. 110. 



Makanoni was wreath making. 



The day Pualaa arose and was observed, • 



The day after Kahuoi stood cold above. 



A red-fisted robber was exercising 

 115. Eastward of the- sun of Kumukahi n^. 



Whose first rays reveal the light. 



[The] fine garments of Kohala are spread 

 out 



To the sun, warmed not in the night. 



When the sun hides the day, placed alxive 

 120. Is the moon. 120. 



[Let] awe ]»ssess me. 



O ka ua paka, o Maihailaumeaiku, 

 O na wahine i ka wao o Alaukele la, 

 Ho mai ana Pele liu la e, 

 Aumiki, auhuli ka ale kua loloa. 



N'uanua ka moana i ka lili o Pele, 

 O ke kua nui, ke kui la iluna o ka lani, 

 W'ahia ka papaku ka papainoa, 

 Ka papa a Kane ma i hee ai i Maui, 

 Kahili<ipua''"' ke kua o ka la. 



A Waiakahalaloa i akea, 



(_) Waa kai nana i ka auwaa lawaia, 



Ku kapa kai e Kohala, 



() ke akua lapu e Puuloa, 



Ke uwalo la i ka niea hele, 



Ke akua kui lehua o Kuaokala, 



Kui mai ana o Makanoni, 



Ka la puka la helu o Pualaa, 



Ka la aku hoi e Kahuoi i ku uka anu, 



E olohe"" kui ula e mauna mai ana.^' 



Ka hikina o ka la o Kumukahi ma, 



E haliko ae ana ka aama, 



Lele^** hihee o Kohala, ke kau laina la, 



E ka la, pumehana ole o ka po, 



ke la pe ai o ke ao kau aku iluna 



1 ka malama la. 



Elieli kau mai. 



Auaahea meets death ; on baking 

 The hog, unshorn of its bristles. 

 The acceptable oiTering to the god, 

 1 25. The sacred observance of the companions. 

 Thunder slu)ok the heavens, the bitter 



rain 

 Of Kaulahea of the revealed altar of light. 

 Kaomealani rained. So ! that's the fault. 

 The god was jealous. Pele for the first 



time was duped ; 



1 le make no Aua'ahea''' i kalua ia, 

 I ka puaa aohe ihi ka lau ahea, 

 Ka ipu kaumaha a ke akua, 

 125. Ka mamala kapu a na hoalii. 



Kui i ka lani, ka hekili, o ka ua k)ku,^" 

 O Kaulahea o ka okai nu'u o ke ao, 

 O Kaomealani e ua la, Aha, o ka hala ia? 

 Lili ke akua, akahi Pele -la, a hokahoka,* 



"Kahiliopua. a cloud formation termed a deity. 



'"Olohe, a robber skilled in the lua. bone-breaking wrestling. 



"Mauna mai ana, practising. 



"Lele hihee, leaping sideways. 



"Aua'ahea, likely the name of a special pig prepared for sacrifice; pfissibly a clerical error for pua'ahea, tlie 

 term for the last hog on the eighth d.-iy of the dedication of a temple ; the pua'ahea was to be eaten up entirely. 

 (Andrews Diet.) 



'"The elements are represented as indicating tlie deities interest in the offering. 



"Hokahoka, demeaned, chagrined from disappointment. 



