The eye of Pele, _He onohi no Pele_ (verse 11), is the phosphorescence which Pele’s footfall stirs to activity in the ocean. The formal ending of this mele, _Elieli, kau mai_, is often found at the close of a mele in the hula Pele, and marks it as to all intents and purposes a prayer. _E waiho aku ana o Ahu_ (verse 4). This is an instance of the separation of the article _o_ from the substantive _Ahu_, to which it becomes joined to form the proper name of the island now called Oahu. _Mele_ Ke amo la ke ko’i ke akua la i-uka; Haki nu’a-nu’a mai ka nalu mai Kahiki, Po-po’i aku la i ke alo o Kilauea.[335] Kanaka hea i ka lakou puaa kanu; 5 He wahine kui lei lehua i uka o Olaa, Ku’u moku lehua i ke alo o He-eia. O Kuku-ena[336] wahine, Komo i ka lau-ki, [Page 191] A’e-a’e a noho. 10 Eia makou, kou lau kaula la. Eli-eli, kau mai! [Footnote 335: The figure in the second and third verses, of waves from Kahiki (_nalu mai Kahiki_) beating against the front of Kilauea (_Po-po’i aku la i ke alo o Kilauea_), seems to picture the trampling of the multitude splashing the mire as if it were, waves of ocean.] [Footnote 336: _Kukuena_. There is some uncertainty as to who this character was; probably the same as Haumea, the mother of Pele.] [Translation.] _Song_ They bear the god’s ax up the mountain; Trampling the mire, like waves from Kahiki That beat on the front of Kilauea. The people with offerings lift up a prayer; 5 A woman strings wreaths in Olaa— Lehua grove mine bord’ring He-eia. And now Kukuena, mother god, Covers her loins with a pa-ú of ti leaf; She mounts the altar; she sits. 10 Behold us, your conclave of priests. Enter in, possess us!