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I Translation I 



Awake now. Kahiki-ku : 

 Awake now, Kahiki-nioe: 

 Awake, ye gods of lower sirade; 

 Awake, ye gods of heavenly rank. 

 r> A sen'iiade to thee, O king. 

 Awake thee ! 



Awake, it is day. it is light: 

 The Day-god his arrows is shooting, 

 T'nnlan his eye far-tiashing. 

 10 r'anoe-nieu from Tku-nie-hanie 



Are astir to weather tlie windy cape, 

 The boat-bafliing cape, Papa-wai, 

 And the boisterous A-nahe-nahe. 

 Awake thee ! 



15 Awake, day is come and the light; 



'IMie sun-rays stab the skin of the deep; 



It pursues, as did god Kumu-kahi 



To companion with god Maka-noni; 



Tlie plain of Apua quivers with lieat. 

 20 Awake thee! 



Awake, 'tis day. "tis light: 

 The sun stands over Wailioa, 

 Afloat on the breast of ocean; 

 The iwa of Leinoai is preening 

 2r. On tlie cliff Maka-lki-olea. 



On the breast of naked Lehua. 

 Awake thee! awake! 



The following: is a prayer said to have been used at the time of awa- 

 <lrinking\ AVhen given in the hula, the author is informed, its recita- 

 tion was accompanied by the sound of the drum. 



He Pule IK) I'rlc 

 PALE I 



O I'ele la ko'u akua : 

 Milia ka lani, milia ka honua. 

 Awa iku, awa lani : 

 Kai awaawa. ka awa nui a Tliiaka, 

 5 1 kua i Mauli-ola : " 



" Mnuli-o]a. A god of health ; perhnps also tho nnme of a place. The same word also 

 was applied to the breath of life, or to the physician's power of healing. In the Maori 

 tonsne the word nunivi. eorrespondinc: to inonli. means life, rlie seat of life. In Samoan 

 the word uiaiili means heart. "Sneeze, livini;- heart" (Tihc mauri onn. sa.vs the Maori 

 motlier to her infant when it sneezes. For tliis Mt of Maori lore acknowleds'ment is 

 due to Mr. S. Terey Smitlt, of New Zealand. 



