Note 35 — CONTENTS (continued 3)
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The small god is mine,
The large god is mine,
The long god is mine,
The short god is mine,
The god that smacks the lips is mine,
The god that whispers is mine,
Kookoona is ahead,
The awa drinker of Kanaloa is ahead,
Here is Opuaanuenue,33
Whose sound reaches heaven,
It is carried here and there,
Along the lehua grove.
Dig it up, fence it up.
O that sky, O this sky,
The sky up above,
The sky in the heaven.
The folding of it is his,
The wide leaf is sacred,
Roll it up,
Dry it out.
The small night,
The large night,
The long night,
The short night,
The night with the sun that has passed.
The small cloud is here,
The large cloud is here,
The long cloud is here,
The short cloud is here.
The cloud stands close to heaven.
The assembly of gods,34
Make offerings to the god,
Of Kahaka, of Keluea,
Of Kulia who is at war,
Lonomakaihe,
Kanaiahuea,
Kepolohaina.
The god with the piercing eyes,
Ohumuhumu,
Hawanawana,
Kanikawi,
Kanikawa35
The gods with the body,
Of the head,
Hoeu, Hoomalana,36
The piece of the head, the head scalped.37
Of the ear,
The ear wax, [affects] the hearing,
Lonoikiaweawealoha.38
Of the grinders,
The yellow grinders,
The unclean grinders.
Of the buttocks.
Of palala,39
Pipikauanana.
Of the knee.
Out of joint, misstep.
The back, the feet,
For fleetness.
There were the forty thousand gods,
The abode of the gods,
The creaking,
The cracking,
Kumahumahukole,40
Of kole the laughter.