5o6 



I'oniatidcr CoUcction of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



The red clouds were overcome 

 At the approach of Ix)no ; 

 45. The rainbow was dispelled 

 At the approacli of Louo ; 

 The smoky atmosphere was dispelled 

 At the approach of Lono ; 

 The swelling clouds disappeared 

 50. At the approach of Lono. 

 For Ku, Kane, 



And Kanaloa were the supreme in Kahiki. 

 Of the sisters, 



The large female sea, Maalipolipo, 

 55. Of Ulu-nui Maholo-lani. 

 Of Maewa at east Kahiki, 

 Of Maewa at west Kahiki, 

 Maewa at the Apapa-nui-lani, 

 Great Maihi-lani, sacred to Hehu, 

 60. Kalani-ula, the woman 



Who broke the kapus of Kahiki, 

 Establishing the order, the strengthening 



bones of the land. 

 Kahai leaped over, 

 Kahai leaped over the first boundary 

 65. Of the high-place [of earth]. 

 The vision, the smooth space. 

 To breathe and carry away the awa leaf 

 In the wind. 

 To grow thriftily 

 JO. In the restraining place of the land 

 Of Lx)no, of Keakea-lani, 

 Living together as progenitors of the 



land; 

 Setting apart the kapu of the woman. 

 Clouds in the sea bowed down, 

 JS- The head of the earthquake sounds 

 Below the earth. 

 Shaken down 

 Beneath at Malania. 

 Awake thou, O Lono ! 

 80. Come and eat of the sacred food of 

 Kanaloa. 

 Prepare awa, 

 [As] propitiatory offering for men and 



for women. 

 Here is the food, a voice offering:. 



Hina ae la ke ao makoko 



I ka hiki'na o Lono. 

 45. Hina ae la ke anuemie 



I ka hiki'na o Lono. 



Hina ae la ka alewalewa 



I ka hiki'na o Lono. 



Hina ae la ka opua kiikii 

 50. I ka hiki'na o Lono. 



No Ku, no Kane, 



No Kanaloa, ka pukoa ku i Kahiki. 

 O na kaikuahine, 

 O kai-wahine-nui Haalijxjlipo, 

 55. O Ulu-nui Maholo-lani, 



O Maewa a Kahiki-ku, 

 O Maewa a Kahiki-moc, 

 O Maewa a ke Apapa-mri-lani, 

 O Maihi-lani nui, ka]iu a I Ichu. 

 ()0. O Kalani-ula, ka wahine. 



Nana i ae na kapu o Kahiki, 



Holo ka papa, ka iwi niau o ka moku. 



Ae mai Kahai, 



Ae Kahai i ka iwi kahi, 



65. O ka lewa-nuu. 



O Hihio, o Laumania, 



Hano a lele ka lau o ka awa, 



1 ka makani, 



I kupu no a ohiohi 

 70. I ka pae humu o ka moku. 

 O Lono, o Keakea-lani. 

 E unoho ana i kaulu o ka honua, 

 Hoanoano ke kapu o ka wahine, 

 Ku lolou na opua i ke kai. 



75. Kani ka poo a ke olai. 

 Halo o ka honua, 

 Nauweuwe aku la. 

 Lalo o Malama. 



E ala mai oe e Lono, 

 80. E hoi e ai i ka ai kapu a Kanaloa. 



Pakiki awa. 



Kanaenae no na kane aa me na wahine 

 Eia ua ai he mohai leo. 



