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Fornander Collection of Hawaiiati Folk-lore. 



To Keawe, lord of Hawaii. 



There is saltness in the sea water, 

 585 There is freshness in the water, 



There is heat to the sun, 



There is warmth to my skin, 



From my husband, Nininini, [is] the water 



Pulele. Are j-ou alike? 

 590 Not like to these art thou, Ku. 



Not like this chief 



Is there any comparison. 



He is a man (human), 



Ku is a god. 

 595 Ku is a messenger sent from heaven, 



Ku is a haole' from Tahiti. 



There are four of these men; 



Yes, eight of these men, 



Ku, Lono, Kane, Kanaloa,^ 

 600 Kanemakaiahuawahine, 



Haihaipuaa, Kekuawalu; 



These are your equal. 



There is Kona whose stone floor burns; 



The shimmering heat from the sun arises; 

 605 Warmed are the offspring of Umulau, 



Lanipipili, and Hooilo; 



The sun rises, it comes forth; 



By the power of the great-voiced Ku 



Was the sun given; 

 610 Bj' it are warmed the selfish chiefs of Kona. 



[The following is found as a conclusion of the foregoing chant, contributed by 

 S. M. Kamakau to the Kiiokoa in May, 1868, and is the "unwritten portion" referred 

 to by C. J. Lyons in his published translation (with Jtidge L. Andrews) of the Song 

 of Kualii.^ Fornander refers to it in his Polynesian Race, Vol. II, p. 284, but does not 

 append it in his reptiblication of the song, with a somewhat different interpretation as 

 an Appendix in said Volume II, from the fact that he questioned its genuineness. Not 

 doubting his jtidgment in the case, it serves here as a further tribute, at a later period 

 possibly, to the name and fame of Kualii by a historian of his race. — Ed.] 



A CHANT FOR KUALII. 



The firsf chief, the second chief, 

 The third chief, the fourth chief. 

 The fifth chief, the sixth chief, 

 The seventh chief, the eighth chief, 

 5 The ninth chief, the tenth chief is Ku, 

 Kuikealaikauaokalani' encircled. 

 The first warrior, the second warrior, 

 The third warrior, the fourth warrior, 

 The fifth warrior, the sixth warrior, 

 10 The seventh warrior, the eighth warrior. 

 The ninth warrior, the tenth warrior 

 Is Kalanikahimakaialii,* 

 The young warrior of all Maui. 

 Rent is Kauakahi,' one; 



15 The second is mistaken," two; 



Kaihikapu is third, three; 



Kukawelo is fourth, four; 



Ivononuiakea'' is fifth, five; 



Kahoowaha the sixth, six; 

 20 The seventh is at Kapua, seven; 



Hoalaui is [an] even [number], even; 



The sea beach of Hua is ninth. 



The .sea beach where I was wont to ramble. 



Kalani has encircled Kahiki, 

 25 The flying of the great koae,'° 



The koae that soars high above 



Is Kapiiohookalani." 



You have ruled" the land 



' Kualii, from his voyaging abroad is designated a for- 

 eigner — haole. 



''The four primeval gods of the Hawaiian race. 



'See Islander, Sept. -Oct., 1S75. 



'Kalaiii, a name given to high chiefs by those of lower 

 rank. 



^k'liikealaikaiiaokalau! , Ku-who-stood-in-the-path-of- 

 the-rain-of-t he-heaven. 



'' Kalani kahimakaialii, Chief-who-combed-the-king's- 

 eye. 



''Kauakahi, a warrior who was split in two. 



'A. play on the name Kuihewa. 



'The defeated king of the Kona district at the battle 

 of Kawaluna who disputed Kualii's right to dedicate its 

 temple. 



'°A'oae, the white bos'n bird {Pliaelhoii lepturus). 



"A'apiiohookalatii, the curly-hair-of-the-heaven. 



''Ai, not to eat, but to possess, or rule. 



