Creation Chants 



365 



The Lord creator of mankin<l : 

 20. Start, work, briny fortli tlio chief. Ku- 



honua 

 And Ola-ku-honna, the woman ; 

 Dwelling together are they two, 

 Dwelling [is she] with the husband, the 



brother. 



O ka Lani-hookanaka. 

 20. Hoi, hana, loaa ke 'Lii-ku-honua. 



ke Ola-ku-honua, ka wahine. 

 Nonoho ilio no laua, 



1 hoi noho i ke kane kaikunane. 



The chief Ku-honua | was] the husband, 

 25. Ola-ku-honua the wife, 



Kumu-honua the husband, 



Lalo-honua the wife. 



Honua-ula the husband, 



Lalo-honua-ula the wife, 

 30. The Lepo-ahulu the husband. 



The Lalo-lepo-ahulu the wife, 



The lu-honua the husband. 



The Lalo-io-honua the wife, 



Ku-hele-loa the husband, 

 35. Kolo-i-ke-ao the wife, 



Kuniuhonua of Kane the husband. 



Lalo Kumuhonua of Kane the wife. 



Hooulu the husband, 



Hoolaha the wife extended. 



40. The kiohala flower rises in the calm. 



The Ilioha mischief-maker stands on the 

 land 



He has caught the chief Ku-lmnua, 



[And] Palo-haina the wife. 



The sacred chiefs of Kane. 

 45. F^olo-haina the wife, 



Uulia-wale the husband. 



Laa'i the wife. 



Laa-hee-wale the husband, 



Laa-make the wife, 

 50. Laa-uli the husband, 



Kanikau the wife, 



Kani-kuo the husband, 



Noho-u the wife, 



Noho-mihi the husband, 

 55. Hikiku the wife, 



Piliwale the husl5an<l. 



They became impoverished. 



O ke Lii-ku-honua, ke kane. 

 25. O ke Ola-ku-honua. ka wahine. 



O Kumu-honua, ke kane. 



O Lalo-honua, ka wahine. 



O Honua-ula. ke kane 



O Lalo-honua-ula, ka wahine, 

 30. O ka Lepo-ahulu. ke kane. 



O ka Lalo-lepo-ahulu. ka wahine 



O ka lu-honua, ke kane. 



O ka Lalo-iu-honua. ka wahine, 



O Ku-hele-loa, ke kane, 

 35. O Kolo-i-ke-ao, ka wahine. 



O Kumuhonua a Kane, kane, 



O Lalo-Kumuhonua a Kane, ka wahine, 



O Hooulu, ke kane, 



O Hoolaha, ka wahine laha la. 



40. Ka pua kiohala, ku i ka lai, 



Ka Ilioha kupu ino, ku iluna o ka moku, 



Loaa na Lii ku-honua 



O Polo-haina. ka wahine-la-e 



He mau alii kapu na Kane-e, 



45. O Polo-haina, ka wahine, 



O Ulia-wale. ke kane. 



O Laa'i, ka wahine 



O Laa-hee-wale, ke kane, 



O Laa-make, ka wahine, 



50. O Laa-uli, ke kane, 



O Kanikau, ka wahine. 



O Kani-kuo, ke kane, 



O Xoho-u, ka wahine. 



O Noho-mihi ke kane. 



55. O Hukiku, ka wahine. 



O Piliwale ke kane-la-e, 



Pili wale laua-la-e. 



