Fallen is the Chief. 



Haul ka Lani. 



.\ rrophec}' of the ( )vertliRnv of the Kiiigiloiii 

 hv Kaiiieliameha. 



lie wanaiia no ka make ana o na aina ia 

 Kaniehanieha, 



Kl':Ari.UMOKU 



Xa Kkaulumoku. 



Canto I. 



Fallen is the chief, overthrown is the whole 



kingdom, 

 Gasping- in death, deserted, forsaken in 



flight. 

 An universal overthrow is this ; 

 A hard panting this for the speedy flight. 

 Numberless the cases, for the fight is 



everywhere. 

 The nights declare the slaughter. 

 There was extended my night of death — 

 My real night, dark, seeing nothing. 

 Falling- in the smooth road, on the sand. 



Pauku I. 



Hani j'ca lani,' ka mauli- au''' liunua. 

 He n-iauli hau^ lani, n-ialolo'' auhee - 

 lie n-ialolo auhee hulin-ioku" keia ; 

 lie ana' hanui keia no ke auhee la! 



Me manomano'' no ke auhee huli moku, 

 Ke hai n-iai nei ka po'' i ka hee, 

 L'a ka'" ilaita kuu po" auhee — 

 Kuu ]5o maoli ;'- makole, ka ala, 

 Hina wale'-' i ke ala kapapa, ke one ; 



[This noted prophecy of Keaulumoku on the rise of Kaniehanieha and his overthrow of Keoua, is here puli- 

 lished in full in transkited form for the first time. Up to canto XII, the translation and its copious notes is tlie work 

 of Judge Andrews. All revisions have heen made with care to do justice to the work of so profound an Hawaiian 

 scholar, yet with reluctance, from the apparent presumption. Judge S. B. Dole expressed himself similarly in his 

 giving publicity for the first time to tlie translation of cantos I to IX (inclusive) of this chant in the Islander, in 

 1875. Three other cantos (X, XI and XII) were referred to at that time but were held for revision and only now 

 sees print. Since then three additional cantos (XIII. XIV, and XV) are found in the version of "Haui ka Lani" pub- 

 lished in King Kalakaua's "Mcle Ainioku" collection of 1886, and are embodied here for completion, translated by the 

 editor of these Memoirs, with the aid of J. P. Kuluwaimaka, a famed chanter. The notes of the larger portion partic- 

 ularly refer to the Hawaiian version, and, as formulated by Judge Andrews, will be found to throw mncli light on 

 ancient thought and usage, as also interpretations of many obsolete terms. — Editor.] 



'The first canto depicts as already past, the state of the district ;ind the people of Kau, on Hawaii, though the 

 opening lines refer to all the districts. 



Haui ka lani, fallen is the chief; that is, Keoua, chief of Kau. This prophecy was uttered eight years before 

 Keoua was conquered. Haui is the ancient and poetical word for liaulc. 



"Ka niauli, the weakness, the overthrow, is the ancient pronunciation of maule. and is here in apposition with 

 haui. 



■'Au, a kingdom, a region; honua liere merely strengthens au ; the meaning of the line is: fallen is the cliief — 

 overthrown is the whole kingdom. 



*Han lani, ban to breathe hard from fright or fatigue, lani an intensive, a grievous overthrow. 



'Malolo, a flight as of a conquered foe, a rout, the state of a country where the people are all cut off, intensified 

 liy niilirr. a flight; that is, a grievous overthrow [of those] forsaken in ilight. 



"llulinioku, through the islands. The expression may mean all the islands or only the island of H.-iwaii. The 

 poet was living at Napoopoo in Kona when composing this niele. 



'He ana hanui, ana, a panting as from severe exertion, strengthened by luiiiui, a hard breathing struggle, no 

 ke auhee, on account of tlie flight. 



'He nianomano, numerous, very great, in all directions, was the flight. 



"Ke hai mai nei ka po, the night declares, tells ; that is, the dreams, tlie common talk, the priests converse 

 about these overturnings. 



'"Ua ka ilaila, the language of Kameliameha ; ka often signifies to dash, to strike against; here the poet speaks 

 in the name of Kameliameha. 



"Kuu po, my night of death or slaughter; i-neaning. there, at th.-it lime spread out [extended] my night of 

 defeat, i. e., in tlie night when I defeated the enemy. 



'"Kuu po niaiili, my real night, everything dark and doubtful; m.-ikole, dinisightcd. 



' Iliiia wale, i. v., Keoua fell in confusion with his forces. 

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