Prayer to Hina 



Pule no Hina. 



10. 



O Hina,' Mina the taiitalizer,- 

 O Hina. Hina the procurer,' 



Hina unrestrained^ resting on the 



husband's breast. 

 Hina proclaims the wrong- doing 

 She has a god at Nonomea,^ 

 The water assigned Hinakua" for bathing 

 Hina revealed' through the streets. 

 The secret delayed by Pe'ape'a, 

 Else the juice of the banana was the water. 

 The water that elder Hina bathed in ! 

 Hina came down from heaven, 

 Her way was by the raintow. 

 The rain sprinkled, heavy rain fell. 

 The way by which Hina ascended. 



1 lina noted for sand walking, 

 Hina proclaimed from a high place 

 The manini" as Hina's fish food ; 

 Found indeed. 



lO. 



O Hina hoi, Hina ukiuki. 



O Hina hoi, Hina we'awe'a, 



O Hina waianoa, la'i e i ka polikua kane, 



Kani ae la Hina ha'ihala. 



He akua kona i ka Nonomea. 

 O ka wai e auau ai Hinakua, 

 Kani holo Hina i ke alanui, 

 He kaua huna na Peapea, 

 A i ole i hiki ka maia o ka wai e, 

 E ka wai e auau ai Hina makua ! 

 Iho mai Hina mai ka lani. 

 Kona alanui. o ka anuenue, 

 Kulukulu ka ua, ka pakapaka, 

 Ke ala a Hina i pii ai, 

 Kaukini Hina i ka hele one, 

 Kani ae Hina i ke ahua. 

 He manini ka i'a e ai Hina. 

 Ua loaa e. 



Sacrifice, sacrifice. ° 

 20. The seaward flat, the bared coral'" rock; 



Tiie halelo, the sc^uid ot the reef, 

 the pe'ape'a, 



The aalaihi," the palani,'- 



Hold the onini, the unlucky fish. 



It is Hina's fish. 

 25. Pull'^ from shoreward, drive'* into the net, 



The kala'" is elder Hina's fish. 



Kaumaha ia, kaumaha ia, 



Ka papa i kai, ke koa panoa, 



Ka halelo, ka hee ku kohola, ka pe'ape'a, 



Ka aalaihi, ka palani, 



Kaa i ka onini he i'a paoa nui, 



Na Hina ia i'a. 



Kai-na mai i uka, unuhia mai i kaa walu 

 Ka i'a Hina makua kala 



'Hina. tlie Helen of Hawaiian folk-lore, as a goddess and as a human, she figures more frequently in popular 

 tradition than any other heroine of the race. She is here pleaded with to return from her fickle, wandering course. 



■.Among the definitions of ukiuki, that of provoking, teasing ofi^ense, rather than anger, seems applicahle here. 



"We'awe'a, given here as procurer, proliahly had a different meaning in earlier days, though this may he war- 

 ranted. It has a sense of running around on impure business. 



'Unrestrained, unawed, whereon the husband's shoulders rest. 



'Nonomea, a mythical land supposed to be ever bathed in the red glow of twilight. ~ 



"Hinakua or Hina makua (parent), referred to later as elder Hina. 



'Heralded or proclaimed as she (Hina) ran: kiiiii liolo, the method of issuing royal edicts in olden times. 



'Manini, surgeon-fish {Tcuthis saiidzvicliciisis) . 



'Make offerings to the auinnkua, ancestral god, for personal aid. 



"Koa panoa is the bared coral bank or reef at low tide. 



".Aalaihi ( Tbalassoma du)>crrcy). 



'"Palani. Sturgeon-fish (Hepatus dussumieri). 



"This line has reference to the handling of the net in fishing. Kai'na. here is to lift or ease over the net (ka'ika'i 

 ana mai), rather than pull. As one party handles the net from the shore, another party in the water prepares to drive 



the fish into it 



"Unuhia mai, round up. gather, or drive into the net. 

 "Kala. {Monoccros uiiiconiis), a fish sacred to Hina. 



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