A Lamentation for Kaliahana. 



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40. You are friendless''^ at that shore — 40. 



That friendly shore-''' where you two are 

 sleeping, 



Benumbed^-'' in the forbidden sea devoted to 

 Keawe, 



Thou with very dark chin, whose eyes are 

 black r'' 



Friends''" are they to the sacredness of the 

 chief. 

 45. The chief is a flower, a flower not scat- 45. 



tered'''** for the islands. 



WonderfuF-' is the chief of Oahu, 



The chief rests conifortable'"' at Kona in 

 the calm — 



The perfect calm^' of the heav\' rain 



Beating down the grass. 

 50. The resident laughs,''- the surfs break 50. 



In the processions of Kauahui.*^ 



Thou art perhaps united''' with him in sleep 



Till the sickening wind abates, calnied by 

 the Kaunulau.^'"' 



Stop !'" let the canoe be roped, 

 55. A canoe rope fastened to the cliff, 55. 



To the cliff, thou \" to the salt pond ! 



To the maomao''* [trees] at Kinimakale- 

 hua.*'-' 



Alen''" are dwelling in the wilderness 



Until the soldier'''^ becomes red — 

 60. The soldier^- stretched out in the sun. 60. 



Erect the haka'''-* with the insignia of a high 

 chief ! 



Perhaps thou hast seen'"' [him] O rain, and 

 thou sun ! 



This is the chief who lies here, 



Lying naked,''''"' without covering — 

 65. Sleeping in the rain of the winter. 65. 



O thou chief of ill-looking face in the 

 heavens'"'" 



Powerful is the chief that disregards the 

 kapu 



Of the dark blue'"'" of Lono, the ill-looking 

 face in the heavens. 



The chief has gone, a soul without a body; 

 70. The chief has become a shriveled," thin 70. 



soul. 



The voice of the spirit calls to his com- 

 panion in sleep, Alapai ; 



Kepookukahauhanaokama.^" 



A child indeed was he, a nurtured, fond- 

 led"" child. 



He was his bosom companion, of the ex- 

 treme end of the long pali"' of Koolau. 



L'a kuleana ole ua kaha la — 



Ua kaha aloha la a olua e moe maila, 



E kamaele kai kapu, laahia Keawe, 



E ka auwae ele lua, i ele ka maka ; 



O ka makamaka ia o ke kapu o ke 'Hi. 



He pua ka lani, he pua laha ole nei no na 



moku. 

 He kamahao ka lani na Oahu, 

 I walea ka lani i Kona, i ka lulu — 

 I ka pohu wale o ka ua waahia, 

 Ke halii maila i ke pili. 



Akaaka ke kupa, haki na nalu 



1 na huakai o Kauahui. 



I hui ia paha oe e moe mai la 



A manawaohua ka makani, pahola iho la 



Kaunulau. 

 E ku ! e kaula ka waa, 

 He waa huki kaula i ka pali. 

 I ka pali la oe ! i ke alia ! 

 I ka maomao la i Kinimakalehua. 

 Noho ana kanaka i ka nahelehele 

 A hiki moano ka lehua — 



Ke koa i kau i ka la. 



E kau ae i ka haka wcloula lani ! 



Ua ike paha oe. e ka ua, e ka la ! 



Ea ke lani e moe nei. 



E loloaikulani wale ana, aohe kapa — 



E moe wale ana i ka ua o hooilo. 



E ka lani nui niaka hakuma i ka lani. 



Makolukalanimakahakumaikekapu 



O ke kahiwa o Lono. ka hakuma lani. 



Ua hele uhane ka lani, aohe kino ; 



l'a uhane ololi wale ka lani. 



Ua hanehane ka leo, ke hea i kona boa moe 



o Alapai ; 

 O Kepookukahauhanaokama. . 



He kama la hoi ia, he kamalei, 

 O kona boa moe no ka ia, o ka pali welan 



loloa o Koolau. 



