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I'oiiiandcr Collection of Hawaiian I'olk-lorc. 



The rows of stars of Kane, 



The stars in the firmament, 

 15. The stars that have been fastened up. 



Fast, fast, on the surface of the heaven of 

 Kane, 



And the wandering stars. 



The sacred stars of Kane : 



The moving- stars of Kane. 

 20. Innumerable are the stars. 



The large stars. 



The small stars, 



The red stars of Kane, O infinite space ! 



The great moon of Kane, 

 25. The great sun of Kane, 



^Moving, floating, 



Set moving aljout in the great space of 

 Kane. 



The great earth of Kane, 



The rain-encircled earth of Kane, 

 50. The earth that Kane set in motion. 



Moving are the stars, moving is the moon, 



Moving is the great earth of Kane. 



O na lalani hoku a Kane. 



na hoku i ka nun paa. 

 15. () na hoku i kakia ia 



1 paa, i paa i ka ili lani a Kane. 

 na h<iku i Kahakahakea. 



O na hoku kapu a Kane. 

 O na hoku lewa a Kane. 



20. O kini, o ka lau. <i ka mano o ka hoku. 

 O ka hoku nui, 

 O ka hoku iki, 

 O na hoku ula a Kane, he lewa. — 



ka mahina nui a Kane. 

 25. () ka La nui a Kane. 



1 hoolewa, a lewa. 



I hoolewaia i ka lewa nui a Kane. 



O ka Honua nui a Kane. 



C) ka llonua i kapakapaua a Kane. 



30. O ka Honua a Kane i hoolewa. 



O lewa ka hoku, o lewa ka malama, 

 O lewa ka Honua nei a Kane. 



Primary Gods and Creations. Na Akua Mua me Koihonua. 



Kane of the great night, 



Ku and Lono of tlie great night, 



Hika-po-loa the king. 



The sacred night that is set apart, 



The poisonous night. 



The barren, desolate night. 



The continual darkness of midnight. 



The night, the reviler. 



Kane-i-ka-po-loa, 



Ku a me Lono-i-ka-jx^-loa, 



( ) I lika-po-liia ke 'Hi. 



I\a po kapu i hoana e, 



O ai-au ka po, 



O kekaha ka po anoano, 



( ) man kulu ka po-eleele, 



Ka po ke haiamu. 



O Kane, O Ku-ka-pao, 

 10. .A.nd great Lono dwelling on the water, 

 llrought forth are heaven [and] earth. 

 Quickened, increased, moving. 

 Raised up into Continents. 



Kane, o Ku-ka-pao, 



10. Me Lono nui noho o ka wai 

 Loaa ka lani, honua, 



1 lo-eu, kukupu, inana, 

 Ku iliuia o ka moku. 



Kane, Lord of night. Lord the father, 

 Ku-ka-pao, in the hot heavens, 

 (>reat Lono with the flashing eyes. 

 Lightning-like light^ ha^ the Lord. 

 Established in truth. ( ) Kane, master- 

 worker. 



Kane po Lani, o Lani makua. 

 O Ku o ka pao i kikilani, 



Lono nui-maka-oaka, 



1 luila, malamalama, loaa ka Lani, 

 I looia, i oia o Kane-kunui liana. 



