Prayer of MalacJiaakoa. 



497 



i6o. The soft crab is placed upon the stone, 

 As chewed bait it leaves the bag. 

 Other crabs, how many awa drinkers ? 



Four, 

 The tortoise, turtle, kukuwaa and 



hinalea. 

 At the ginger of Kahihiwai, lolipua ate, 



165. Lolikoko ate, lolikae ate, lelea ate. 



Of Leleamakua, father of Kahikona, 

 At his birth the red rain poured, 

 [A] recognizing sign of the power 

 Of thy god without, jealous. 



170. [Let] awe possess me. 



The heavens and the rain rejoice, 



Grief rends the heavens, darkness covers 

 the earth. 



At the birth of the princely ones. 



At birth of a girl the heavens travailed ; 

 175. When a male child came forth 



The red rain above gathered together. 



Kuwalu was born and her k)rd 



Kuihimalanaiakea. 



Eat O Pek of thy lan<l! 

 180. Source of the ohias, the pandanus grove 

 below Leleiwi, 



With Panaewa severed Kau is refuse, 



With I'ele a mound, Pelc Hows freely 



Over thy land, burying the district. 

 [Let] awe flee on. 



183. Standing in A\'ailua is the lover's liala 

 post. 



The call is heard, the loud noise 



Of night gatherers singing, not calling 

 for help. 



Deep sympathy! this indeed is ikuwa. 



The first indications arise, 

 190. The evils of the wind. 



Provoking, run away, make known 



The sign, O Hiiaka ! 



Whose is the sacrifice? For the family 



Of Hanmea is the ofifering. 

 195. Kane stood supporting the valiant. 



Done in his time, for Pele ; 



160. Kau ana paiea iluna i ka ala, 

 Maunu paiea haalele i ka eke. 

 Neiau moala ehia inu awa ? eha, 

 O ea, o honu, o kukuwaa, o hinalea, 

 O ka apuhihi, (i kahihiwai, ai ae lolipua, 



165. Ai ae lolikoko, ai ae lolikae, ai ae lolea, 

 O Leleamakua, makua o Kahikona, 

 Nana i hanau, kaha ka ua koko, 

 Haina ae ana ka mana, 



ko akua iwaho la, i lili, 

 170. Elieli kau niai. 



Una lili ka lani me ka ua, 



U ooki ka lani poele ka honua, 



1 ka hanau ana o na hoalii,''" 



Hanau he kaikaniahine hoonou o ka lani, 



173. Memo mai he keiki kane, 

 O ii ka ua koko i luna, 

 Hanau o Kuwalu me kana kane, 



Kuihimalanaiakea, 



A ai e Pele i kou aina,"'^ 

 180. Ai na ka ohia, ka ulu hala i kai o Leleiwi, 

 Me moku Panaewa, he oka wale Kau, 

 Me puu o Pele'''' nuikahi e Pele, 



1 kou aina, hodlewa ke au, 



Elieli hol(j e. 



183. Ku i Wailua ka pou hala a ka ipo, 

 Hoolono i ka ualo ka wawau nui, 

 O ulu po maoli nei aohe nalo mai e, 

 Aloha ino o Ikuwa'''' maoli nei, 

 Ke lele la ka eka" mua, 



190. 



195- 



Ka ino a ka makani, 



LIkiuki, kolo e, kaulana 



Ka hoaka, e Hiiaka e, 



Nowai ke kanaenae ? No ka ohana 



A Haumea ka naenae. 



Ku ua e Kane ke koa, 



I ka nei manawa ia, no Pele, 



""Heaven and earth are held to manifest interest in events affecting royalty. 

 "Pele is bid to eat her land, its ohias and pandanus groves to the shore of Leleiwi. 



"Me puu o Pele, from hill, cone, or mountain source, Pele's lava streams flow freely over and bury the land. 

 °"lkuwa, while the October montli, is taken as typical of a season of disturbance, bewailed here as a period ol 

 disaster. 



"Eka mua, first intimations, in this case, of a storm brewing. 



