Creation Chants 



363 



195. He shall never perhaps see [enjoy] a calm. 



A fine rain, it forsakes indeed the cold 

 wind from the mountains — 



The cold wind, it breathes steam from the 

 mouth on 1 lainoa ; 



It brings and sets u]) the standing- cloud. 



Causing to sneeze [to breathe again be- 

 longs to some winds] ; 



200. Some go forth, some return from the sea 

 as the south wind ( lau eka ) : 



A gentle breeze, a fish ripple within ; 



It is broken up into waves, broken into 

 steps, 



It is doubled along Kona (Hawaii) itself, 

 — i — e. 



Born Was the Island 



Ua Hanau ka Moku 



Born was the island — 



It budded, it leafed, it grew, it was green. 



The island blossomed on tip. 'twas Hawaii 



This Hawaii was an island. 



Unstable was the land, trenuilons was Hawaii. 



Waving freely in the air ; 



Waved the earth. 



From Akea 'twas fastened together 



Quiet by the roots was the island and the land. 



It was fast in the air by the right hand of Akea 



Fast was Hawaii, by itself — 



Hawaii appeared an island. 



Ua hanau ka moku 



A kupu, a lau, a loa, a ao. a muo 



Ka moku iluna o Hawaii. 



O Hawaii nei no ka moku 



He pulewa ka aina. he naka Hawaii 



E lewa wale ana no i ka lani, 



Lewa honua 



Alai i Akea ua pahono ia 



Malie i ke aa o ka moku me ka honua 



I'aa ia i ka lawaealani i ka lima akau o Akea 



Paa Hawaii la a laa 



Hawaii la i ikca he moku. 



Old Creation Chant. 



(INCOMPLETE) 



He Mele Koihonua. 



(ap.\na ) 



O Kane, O Ku-ka-Pao, 

 With great Lono, dwelling on the water, 

 r>rought forth are heaven and earth. 

 Quickened, increasing, moving, 

 5. Raised up into Continents. 



The great ocean of Kane, 

 The ocean with the dotted seas, 

 The ocean with the large fishes, 

 ,\nd the small fishes, 

 10. The sharks, and niuhi, 

 The whales, 

 /\ud the large hihimanu of Kane. 



O Kane, o Ku-ka-Pao. 

 Me lyOno-Nui-noho-i-ka-Wni 

 Loaa ka Lani, 1 lonna. 

 Ho-eu, kukupu, inana. 

 5. Ku iluna o ka moku. 



O ka Moana nui a Kane. 

 O ka Moana i kai 00. 



ka Moana i ka ia nui, 



1 ka ia iki, 



10. I ka mano, i ka niuhi. 

 I ke kohola, 

 I ka ia nui hihimanu a K;me. 



