Volume 6 / Part 2 — Prose Translations Showing Variance.

Your many shapes O Lono in the heaven. The long cloud, the short cloud. The cloud just peeping (over the horizon). The wide-spreading cloud. The contracted cloud in the heavens. (Coming) from Uliuli, from Melemele, from Kahiki, from Ulunui, from Hakalauai, from the country of Lono situated in the upper regions, in the high heavens, in proper order, in the famous order of Leka. O Lalohana, O Olepuukahonua. O Ku, O Lono, O Kane, O Kanaloa, O the God from Apapalani of Apapanuu, from Kahiki-east, from Kahiki-west, here is the sacrifice, here is the offering. Preserve the Chief, preserve the worshipers, and establish the day of light on the floating earth. Amen, so be it.

A Prayer. Here is the food great Kawau, of life, Pour out from heaven the love within Hoeu. This is the food, kindling the desire, enflaming the thoughts abiding within. Sleepless I cry for your love, Longing for the place you slept with your husband. From Hamakua to Kula we hid in the pandanus [trees] of Hamakua, We shredded ti-leaves [in] the rain of Hamakua, To hide this thing, the love for each other, A love, a love, my husband in the rain Puhalomoa, of Kula, from the waters of Waiohuli, [Where] he turned around. He Pule. Eia ka ai e Kawau nui, a ola, E hina mai kalani ke aloha mailoko o Hoeu, E eia ka ai ho-a ke kuko, ho-a ka lia, iaia kaulu ku, Ka makalahia e uwe no au i ko aloha, E uwe ia kahi a olua i moe ai me ko kane, Mai Hamakua ’ku a kula peepee puhala kaua o Hamakua, Hunahuna lau ki kaua ka ua o Hamakua; E huna ’ku ana i keia mea o ke aloha i na Io. He aloha, he aloha, ku’u kane i ka ua Puhalomoa, o kula, mai ka wai o Waiohuli la e, Huli mai oia.