Our work is done;
The tabu is lifted,
Free is the place,
Tabu-free!
Here also is another pule hoo-noa, a prayer-song addressed to Laka, an intercession for the lifting of the tabu. It will be noticed that the request is implied, not explicitly stated. All heads are lifted, all eyes are directed heavenward or to the altar, and the hands with a noiseless motion keep time as the voices of the company, led by the kumu, in solemn cantillation, utter the following prayer:
Pule Hoo-noa no Laka
Pupu we’u-we’u [273] e, Láka e,
O kona we’u-we’u e ku-wá; [274]
O Ku-ka-ohia-Laká, [275] e;