Chant to Laka
Oli lā Laka
.
| Noho ana ke akua
i ka nāhelehele i ʻalai ʻia e ke kīʻohuʻohu e ka ua koko E nā kino malu i ka lani malu e hoe E hoʻoulu mai ana ʻo Laka i kona mau kahu ʻO wau [mākou, ʻo wau [mākou] nō, a! |
The god resides
in the thick forest that was hidden by the clinging mist by the low-lying rainbow O beings sheltered in the heavens sheltered continually Laka will confer growth on her caretakers Tis I [we] ’tis I [we] indeed, ah! |
Performed by: Brenda Lehua Huliheʻe in the Bishop Museum, 1949