A Lamentation for Kahahana.'* 



r.V KALAWIJLA.- 



I. Tlinii and thy companion'' have fled to Ewa, 

 Tliou dids't go and also my chief."* 

 lioth fled hastily^ in destitution — 

 Fled poverty-stricken" to the plain, 

 5. To the solitude" in Kawailele. 



Lo ! there was the sacred drum — 

 The drum** in the temple of Kekeleaiku. 

 Thou art Hiolani." the war-sounding binP" 

 Of Halaulani at Hanapouli,'' 

 10. Through the torn hau/- seaward at Ku- 

 pahu, 

 There was Kalohai. 

 Puanakau'^ was the month : 

 The month of Hikilei is quite certain. 

 Hionalele, Kamaka, Kemilia." 

 15. Hikimauelemauele^"' his companion. 

 They two borne upon the ocean. 

 From the many harbors'" of Puuloa, 

 (In the chief's canoe Kaiolohia.^' 

 Speak ! the many paddles'" bearing the chief 

 20. Who is upon the canoe platform.'" 

 Leahi-" rises beautifully in the calm : 

 It is separated, it is cut asunder. 

 The people on the canoes thought a sea lay 



between, 

 But there was no sea ; it was deceiving, 

 25. There was a joining indeed upland of Hu- 

 ewa. 

 Scorched by the summer-' sun 

 Is the brown grass of Mauuenaena, 

 Browned^- by the sea of Kalehuawehe 

 In the surf-riding villages^^ at Aiohi. 

 30. Greeting !-^ companions of the first winter's 

 surf. 

 Uncertain^"' is the sea for the double canoe^" 

 .•\n endeared canoe-' to the memory of 



Moholekinai, the chief. 

 O LaauH, O Lanikele, O Kamahukeleaola, 

 The man of the pali-'' now enters Peapea ; 

 3S. Enters the house'-'' of braided coconut 

 leaves ; 

 The unthatched"" house on the beach there 



thou dwellest. 

 Whose is the right of residence. 

 That you may be at ease'" on this shore? 

 Kiina [people] have gone ;■■- Koolau has 



forsaken [you] ; 

 *For notes and comments see pages 300-306. 

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I. O pililua oe, o helelua i Ewa, 



O ka hele oe a ka'u lani, 



O kaapikikolo olua ia lua mea — 



Omeamea wale ia iho i ke kula e, 

 5. I ka oneanea i Kawailele. 



Nolaila ka ! o Kahapuulono, o Kapaikaua- 

 lulu — 



O ka pahu i loko o Kekeleaiku. 



O Hiolani oe, o ka pueo kani kaua 



No Halaulani i Hanajjouli, 

 ID. No ka welu hau i ke kai, i Kupahu, 



Nolaila ka o Kalohai. 



O Puanakau ka malama ; 



O ka malama o Hikilei akaka lea, 



O Hionalele, o Kamaka, o Kemilia, 

 15. O Hikimauelemauelc kona lua e. 



Elua laua i ka moana e, 



Oia kai ke awalau o Puuloa, 



Iluna o Waakaiolohia lani. 



E i ! lau hoe ia ana ka lani, 

 20. Oia kai luna i ka pola waa e. 



Kupu maikai Leahi i ka malie ; 



laea e ke kai, a moku okoa. 



Kuhi ka waa holo, he kai ko waena, 



.\ole ka he kai : he hoopuni])uni. 



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lie pili ka no uka o lluewa. 

 Ua ehu wale i ka la o Makalii 

 Ke oho kukai o Mauuenaena, 

 I enaena i ke kai o Kalehuawehe 

 I na kulana heenalu i .Viohi. 



Aloha ! na hoa o ka nalu nuia kau, 



O kulana kai o ke kaulua e — 



He kaulua aloha kcia e Moholekinau, ka 



lani. 

 O L<aauli, o Lanikele, o Kamahukeleaola, 



ke kanaka o ka pali komo i Peapea; 



Komo i ka hale [x-a lau niu ; 



Hale pili ole o ke kaha ke noho oe, 



Owai la ke kuleana o ka noho ana, 



1 nanea'i oe i ke kaha nei ? 

 Ua hele Kona : he ole Koolau ; 



