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Nâ `Aumâkua
Nâ `aumâkua mai ka lâ hiki a ka lâ kau. Guardians spirits from the rising to the setting sun. Mai ka ho`oku`i a ka halawai. From the zenith to the horizon. Nâ `aumâkua iâ ka hina kua, iâ ka hina alo. Guardians spirits to my back, to my front. Iâ ka`a `âkau i ka lani. To those in the northern position of the heavens. `O kîhâ i ka lani. Whispering in the heavens. `Owê i ka lani. Murmuring in the heavens. Nûnulu i ka lani. Reverberating in the heavens. Kâholo i ka lani. Running across the heavens. Eia ka pulapula a `oukou, `o (inoa). Here is your offspring, (name). E mâlama `oukou ia`u (iâ mâkou). Take care of me (us). E ulu i ka lani. Allow growth in the heavens. E ulu i ka honua. Allow growth upon the earth. E ulu i ka pae `âina o Hawai`i. Allow growth upon the islands of Hawai`i. E hô mai i ka `ike Grant us the knowledge E hô mai i ka ikaika. E hô mai i ka akamai. Grant us the intelligence. E hô mai i ka maopopo pono. Grant us the understanding. E hô mai i ka `ikepâpâlua. Grant us the foresight. E hô mai i ka mana. Empower us. |
