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355 Stringing flowers, wearing flowers, dressed 

 in the flowers of Paiahaa,' 

 Who comes chasing after the ghosts.^ 

 It is gone, all is deserted like Apua, 

 The wind of the sleep that wakes not' has 



passed over. 

 The wind that sleeps, sleeps on, 

 360 On the broad expanse of Kukalaula,-* 

 Uliuli,5 Maihea,'' 

 Kahakapolani the wife. 

 The sacred, the lonely place.' 

 Dark is the heaven with storm, 

 365 The heaven is stormy, for the earth is rum- 

 bling,'* 

 Caused by the water that precedes' the 



birth of the king. 

 Travailing, fainting, struggling, 

 Suffering pangs, feeling the pressure, 

 Bringing forth in the month of Hinaiaeleele, 

 370 Our Ku is brought forth in the forest. 



Brought forth the ouou'" singing on the 



mountain ridge. 

 The child is brought forth; 

 It stands in the presence of the travailing 



mother, 

 A chief warrior for the king, an army. 



375 An army of hosts, for Ku is indeed king. 



A battle for Ku, 



Beating his enemy on the heights" of Ka- 

 waluna. 



Where? Where is the battle field 



Where the warrior is to fight? 

 380 On the field of Kalena, 



At Manini, at Hanini, 



Where was poured the water of the god 



By your work at Malamanui; 



On the heights of Kapapa, at Paupau- 

 wela, 

 385 Where they lean and rest; 



At the hala trees of indolent Halahalanui, 



At the ohia grove of Pule-e,' = 



The god of Lono, of Makalii, 



The fragrant branch" of the Ukulonoku, 

 390 Mayhap from Kona,'^ from Lihue, 



For the day at Maunauna,'' 



For the water at Paupauwela. 



Growing low at Nepee, 



At the slaughter"' of Aui, 

 395 Where the priests joined in the battle; 



Ku is arrayed in his feather cloak;'' 



The sun-lighted''* rain in the heavens; 



The sun at Kauakahihale."' 



'Another comparison: Paiahaa, in Kau, flowers, as 

 symbols of love, thrown into the sea in Puna were car- 

 ried by the current to Paialiaa, where the loved one 

 awaited their coming to the shore. 



°The effect of Kualii's slaughter; the people are killed 

 and ghosts come in their places. Apua, an uninhabited 

 land on the Kau boundary of Puna. 



^Effect of the slaughter. 



'Papa o kukalaula, a vast expanse of sun-scorched 

 pahoelwe lava in Apua. "Make ka iole i Apua" — even 

 the mice are killed by the heat. 



-Iliuli, the name of a kapu of Kualii, otherwise called 

 kaihiitcc. The victims of this kapu, i.e., those who 

 broke it, were held in the surf till drowned, and then 

 burnt with fire. 



''Maihca, the name of a mysterious visitor of ancient 

 time from the heavens; also his wife Ka/ia/capo/aiii. 

 This name has a double meaning: /la/ca, the frame upon 

 which the kapa, wearing apparel, was thrown; and 

 polani, a sacred shrine or retreat in the inner recesses 

 of royal habitations. 



'' Kaukcano, aiio, fear inspired by great sanctity, or 

 sacredness. 



'Jl'a?i'a, zva/aaii. a boisterous, tumultuous noise. 



'>/>ia!ini, preceding travail. The succeeding terms ap- 

 ply to the throes of childbirth, to which the stormy 

 month of Hiiiaiaiifi/c is compared. 



'°Oiwit, a small bird; kiiao/a, applied to inaccessible, 

 remote regions of the mountains. 



" Referring to his victory at the temple dedication of 

 Kawaluna, upper Nuuanu. 



"Piile-e originally meant to talk at random as if utter- 

 ing a prayer. 



'^La/a aala refers to all good gifts, rewards, iikii, of 

 those who are low, who hear. Lono, to hear uncer- 

 tainly, as a report. 



"Kona, of Oahu, once included Kwa and Lihue. 



'^MaiDiaima is the name of the locality where the 

 following incident took place. Kuiaia, the chief of Wai- 

 anae, came with his forces to meet Kualii on the battle 

 ground here mentioned. His ka/i/i, forewarned, told 

 him when in coming to battle he should find a knotted 

 /i leaf in the road he would know he was in danger and 

 surrounded by an ambush which would cut off his whole 

 force. On finding this knotted // leaf, he began and 

 chanted this i/w/r from beginning to end, to the honor 

 of Ku. All on both sides laid down in reverence. Ku 

 gave the signal of reconciliation, and the slaughter was 

 averted. 



"'Haii'iia, hahau ana, battle-club strokes; aui, epithet 

 applied to Kualii 's military scourgings of his enemies. 



"Ahuii/a; all the feather robes, capes and cloaks come 

 under this title. Halakca, the adjective applied to the 

 yellow ones, sometimes two or three yards in length. 

 The bird inaino held on its black body feathers a layer 

 of several orange-colored, while the 0-0 — of glossy black 

 — had a tuft of yellow feathers under the wings. 



"A'(7 wcla ka ua may refer either to the rainbow or 

 to showers lit up by the evening sunlight, or any spec- 

 tral illumination of vapor in the heavens, to which the 

 warriors in their bright cloaks are compared. 



"'K'auaka/ii ha/c, the name of the royal residence of 

 Kualii. Ka la, the day set apart for display. 



