A Laiiicnfatioii for Kahahaiia. 



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no. [He] went astray*" in the wilderness of 



Halemano, 

 In the uplands of Wahiawa, far inland 

 Where dwelt the clouds, there resting. 

 Residing in quietness. 

 The wind whispers and gathers the clouds 



together — 

 115. \\niispers,"" for the stream slumbers. Love 



be to the water ! 

 The cold water of the wilderness you two 



frequented, 

 [Yea,] the mountain climbers are shivering 



with the cold. 



The procession'" is ascending the mountain 

 To that far distant^- place, O chief !"^ 



120. Reaching"'' for that tender bud'''"' of heaven. 

 The heaven"" is perhaps revealing the chief 

 Sleeping 



The sacred sleep of niolopua,"' 

 He slept all day until night ; 



125. Through the night also. 



Pierced"'' is my chief by the a'li. 



He has gone in the short path of Kanaloa, 



The length"" of whose lx)dy is like that of 



Kana 

 Who fathomed'"" an indefinite length — 



130. That, indeed,'"' is the length of the chief. 

 There is perhaps not his like.'"- 

 Long time'"'' the chief lay in the road. 

 The chief lay motionless^"* in the dust, 

 That is the dust of Kanenuhonua,'"^ 



135. But he is concealed'"" in the sky of heaven : 

 Dim'"' were the eyes [in looking] for he 



had quite vanished. 

 Kiowaikaala""* of Waianae, 

 A fountain of Kalalau, upland 

 Of Makanipalua, above at Haliala, 



140. These are thy names.'"" 



Alas ! my companion"" of Koolau, 

 From the trade winds of Kailua'" 

 Which constantly fan"- the leaves of the 



uki : 

 The beautifully cultivated plain of Alele,"^ 



no. Hele hewa i ka nahele o Halemano, 

 I ka uka o Wahiawa, i ka uka lilo e 

 Noho i ka ao, noho ihola e, 

 Xanea ka noho ana. 

 la kuololo ololo ]iua i ka niakani ke ao ■ 



1 15. Ololo, ua nopa ke kahavvai. Aloha ka wai ! 

 A olua e hele'i i ka wai anu o ka nahele, 

 Ua li wale i ke koekoe ka huakai hele pii 

 mauna e. 



Ka huakai hele, hele pii mauna — c — 

 1 laele i ka uka lilo, c ka lani ! 



120. Loua i kela muo o ka lani. 



ka lani hoikea ka mea paha ia nei 

 E moe ana 



1 ka hianioe kapu o niolopua. 

 E moe ana a po ka la — e — 



125. Po wale ho-i — 



Moku i ke a'u la kuu lani. 



I haele i ke ala nuiku a Kanaloa, 



ka kino loa e like me Kana 



1 anana ia a puchu ka loa — 



130. Hoi ha ka nui o ka lani — c — . 

 Like ole paha. 



I loa ka lani i moe i ke ala — e — 

 -\Ioe oni ole ka lani i ka ea — e — 

 Oia ke ea na Kanenuhonua. 



135. JIuna aku la i ke aouli ka lani; 

 Liua hoi ka maka i ka nalo loa. 

 Kiowaikaala no Waianae, 

 He poowai no Kalalau, i uka 

 No Makanipalua, i ka luna i Haliala. 



140. K^)u inoa. 



.Auwe ! kuu hoa o ke Koolau 

 Mai ka Malanai o Kadua — e — 

 Ke ahe wale la i ke oho o ke uki : 

 I ke kula puukaa la o Alele, 



145. [And] the dark of the hau'" [trees] un- 



traversed. 

 Constantly passed by"-"' 

 But never penetrated. 

 Thou hast scattered thy many todies,"" 



numerous, in the ocean : 

 They are swimming. 



145. 1 ka pouli hau aoi hala, 

 Hala hoomau, 

 Hele loa e — 

 Lu iho la i ko nui kino, oleoleo la i ka 



moana — e — 

 An mai ana. 



