A Laiiicnfafioii for Kahaliaiia. 



299 



265. 



270. 



2/5- 



280. 



285. 



290. 



He left for his fear'--* of the sttMies, 



The sharp-edged-" stones of the spear — 



A spear, tlie east wind,--^ a child of Kau, 



It scares--"* him ; 



He is now afraid of the wind. 



I am returning--'' in the calm. 



In the calm, smooth, placid--" sea. 



Reached--' after like something inland — 



The faint track--** of a canoe when it goes 



on the sea. 

 In the sea plant the koa,--" the pandanus, 



the lehua ; 

 The lehua, the noni blossonis in the sea; 

 The sea is quite red with them. 

 It is a great distance'--'" to Kawaihae. 

 Reaching Kawaihae-"* the baggage is 



[found] broken. 

 Reduce-^- the baggage of the travelers. 

 If the company are slow-^^ it will be hot ; 

 Sleep early-''* in the plain of Moolau in 



Puuhuna. 

 The blossom of the Koaic'--''' at Waika : at 



Waika is it. 

 Strike ofif the dew,-"' the daily moisture, 

 \'erv high-'" is the sun upon the highland 



of Kaipuhaa. 

 The winds dance, ''^"'^ strike and fight to- 

 gether, 

 Uattling-^'-' in the presence of ^iakanipalua. 

 There is no second-*" to the goodness of 



Kohala, 

 That is beaten-** by the Apaa wind. 

 The oven brush- wood-'*- of the taro-patch 



banks. 

 The easily-broken bordering-*" white cane 



of Kehei, 

 From the outside-'** of Kohala to the inside, 

 Call to me-*'' thou who art there inside. 

 Here is the hill-*" (of difficulty) without 



here, the cold. 



265. I haalele i makaulia i ke a, 

 I ke a lau maka ihe — 

 He ihe, ke ac, he keiki na Kau, 

 Ke hooweliweli luai la iaia : 

 .\kahi no ka makau i ka niakani. 



270. E hoi ana no au i ka malino, 



I ka pawapawa ahaaha o nikiniki, 



I naoa no me he niea no uka la — 



Ka maawe ala a ka waa e bele nei o ke kai. 



O ke kai kanu koa, kanu hala, kanu lehua, 



275. He lehua, ka noni, ke pua la i ke kai ; 

 I ke kai ula loa e — . 

 Lolohili no a Kawaihae. 

 .\ Kawaihae hae na ukana, 

 I lana liilii ka ukana a ka huakai. 



280. I hakalia ilaila hiki ka la ; 



Moe koke no i ke kula o Moolau i Puu- 

 huna. 

 Ka pun o Koaie i Waika ; i Waika ia — e — • 

 Kaha i ka hau, ka wai a ka la. 

 He la makili loa ka uka o Kaipuhaa. 



285. Haa na makani, \yd e paio nei, 

 Paio i ke alo o Makanipalua. 

 A oi lua ka maikai o Kohala, 

 I kuipeia e ka luakani Apaa. 

 Ka laolao iiiui naliele kuakua loi. 



290. Ka pae ko kea upepe o Kehei — e — 

 Mai Kohala waho no a Kohala loko, 

 E hea mai oe ia"u maloko na, 

 Eia ka puu o waho nei, he anu. 



NOTES ON A LAMENTATION FOR KATIAIIANA. 



[These notes on tlie Kahaliana INIele are based largely upon those of Judge 

 Andrews, found with the original ]\IS. in his study thereof for its translation, and 

 though luore applicable to the original version than the translation, they nevertheless 

 throw nuich light on ancient Hawaiian thought and practice. It may seem presumptous 

 to attempt the alteration of so eminent a scholar's work, and is, in some parts, done with 

 reluctance, yet a careful examination called for revision in places to modify admitted 



