Volume 6 / Part 2 — Prayer to Hina
Reading edition
Hina proclaims the wrong doing
The secret delayed by Pe’ape’a,
Else the juice of the banana was the water,
The water that elder Hina bathed in! 10.
Hina came down from heaven,
Her way was by the rainbow.
The rain sprinkled, heavy rain fell,
The way by which Hina ascended.
Hina noted for sand walking, 15.
Hina proclaimed from a high place
Found indeed.
The halelo, the squid of the reef, the pe’ape’a,
Hold the onini, the unlucky fish,
It is Hina’s fish.
It is yours O Hina! For Hina indeed is the fish.
Sacrifice, sacrifice,
The shore reef is the ocean guard; 30.
The wizard’s pit affords fresh (twin) water.
The beach of Hina beyond is guarding.
Watch for Palaiuli; for Palaikea.
That is the Hina who owns the fish. 35.
It is Hina’s own fish.
Sacrifice, sacrifice,
Hina boasts of her fish;
Bait the hook, O parent-Hina one, 40.
Touch the surface of the sea, O parent-Hina two,
Bite the fish of the wizard, parent-Hina three,
Came down below to the water-source,
To the spring, to the flowing water,
To the bathing pool of Hina.
By rubbing the skin, producing redness
To cleanliness, Hina absolved her several body forms; 50.
They flew as a bird, suspended like a kite,
Past the difficult places, Kane leading.
Hina followed at a distance,
Hakiololo came behind you O Hina,
As the kite rose the mud-hen crawled to Hina 55.
And flew away.
The awa planted by the side of the house
Has grown, has leaved and ripened,
Chew it, strain it, and put it in the cup, 60.
For the contentious effect of the oven-treated awa.
O Hina! Hina of the many,
O Hina of the shark,
O Hina of the kala, 65.
Here is yours, kala, the sick part,
Here is yours, weke, the death part,
Return you the life-giving portion.