Awake, ’tis day, ’tis light; The sun stands over Waihoa, Afloat on the breast of ocean; The iwa of Leinoai is preening 25 On the cliff Maka-iki-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-drinking. When given in the hula, the author is informed, its recitation was accompanied by the sound of the drum. _He Pule no Pele_ PALE I O Pele la ko’u akua: Miha ka lani, miha ka honua. Awa iku, awa lani; Kai awaawa, ka awa nui a Hiiaka, 5 I kua i Mauli-ola;[361] He awa kapu no na wahine. E kapu! Ka’i kapu kou awa, e Pele a Honua-mea; E kala, e Haumea wahine, 10 O ka wahine i Kilauea, Nana i eli a hohonu ka lua O Mau-wahine, o Kupu-ena, O na wahine i ka inu-hana awa. E ola na ’kua malihini![362] PALE II 15 I kama’a-ma’a la i ka pua-lei; E loa ka wai apua, Ka pii’na i Ku-ka-la-ula;[363] Hoopuka aku i Puu-lena, Aina a ke Akua i noho ai. [Page 199] 20 Kanaenae a ke Akua malihini;[362] O ka’u wale iho la no ia, o ka leo, He leo wale no, e-e! E ho-i! Eia ka ai! [Footnote 361: _Mauli-ola_. A god of health; perhaps also the name 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 tongue the word _mauri_, corresponding to _mauli_, means life, the seat of life. In Samoan the word _mauli_ means heart. “Sneeze, living heart” (_Tihe mauri ora_), says the Maori mother to her infant when it sneezes. For this bit of Maori lore acknowledgment is due to Mr. S. Percy Smith, of New Zealand.]