FLETCHER] ELEVENTH RITUAL, PART II 141 



Translation of First Stanza 



63-4 Ha-a-a-a! An introdiietory exclamation. 



635 Ha! Rerireawa ; Hal iterireawa, piraski ka siri hura. 



ha! an exclamation directing attention; in this instance, hark! 



listen ! 

 rerireawa, the sound made by the flapping of wings, as in the 



alighting of birds, 

 piraski, boys. 



ka, now, a form of command, 

 siri, you. 

 hui"a, come. 



636 See line 635. 



Explanation hij the Ku'rahiis 



This song likens the bustle and stir of the Hako partj' as it comes 

 into the village to the flapping of the wings of a flock of birds as they 

 come to a place and alight. It refers also to the birds represented on 

 the feathered stems — the eagle, the duck, the woodpecker, and the owl. 

 The noise of the wings of these birds is what is meant, for they are 

 moving with the Fathers toward the Children. 



In this stanza the Fathers speak : ' ' Hark to the sound of wings ! The 

 Hako is here. Xow, boys, you are to come forward!" That is, the 

 Children are now to send their gifts of ponies to the Fathers as a 

 return for the x)romised good brought to them by the Hako. The 

 ponies are always led up to the Fathers by a small boy, the child of 

 the man making the gift. 



Tninslation of Second Stanza 



637 Ha-a-a-a! An introductory exclamation. 



638 Ha! Rerireawa; Ha! Rerireawa, piraski kat tsiri hiiwa. 



ha! hark! listen! 



rerireawa, the sound of the wings of birds as they alight. 



iMraski, boys. 



kat, come, the response to the command ka, come. 



tsiri, we. 



huwa, go. 



639 See line 638. 



Explanafitni tnj the Kii'rahus 



The second stanza is a response to the call made by the Fathers. 

 The people in the camp say, "Hark! The Hako comes. Now we go 

 to meet the Fathers with our gifts." 



