“It was a good prayer,” she replied. “Its only fault was that it sped on too quickly and came to an end too soon.”
“In its haste to obtain recovery, no doubt,” said Hiiaka.
“Perhaps so,” the woman replied.
“Listen now to this prayer,” Hiiaka said. “If it is a good prayer our man will recover:”
A luna i Wahine-kapu,[14]
A Kilauea i ka Lua;
A lele, e, na Hoalii,[15]
O Ku-wa’a,[16] o Ku-haili-moe,[17]
O ka naele[18] o Hawaii.
E hi’i kapu o Kanaloa,