I' alien is the Chief. 



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10. The kingly power along with the land 

 Are passed away, here they are with the 



chief. 

 The personal dignity of chiefs their glory, 



is gone. 

 The multitude also with them in high 



places. 

 There they are now in humble places, 

 15. They are shaken, they are scattered 



asunder, are destitute, dead ; 

 Wantonly slain with their harmless women. 

 There stand two signs of great slaughter; 

 The house of death for them there, — the 



house of safety for him here, 

 There is triumph for him here, — there is 



destruction for them there, 

 20. The people of that land are conquered, 



their chief is dead, 

 lloku has the care of the land, 

 The mountain tops are bare of verdure, 

 I'lurnt l)y the hot whirlwinds of heaven 



they stand ; 

 Withering has struck them, the polluted 



scent rises to heaven ; 

 25. The [jolluted scent of night contends with 



the great heat of day. 



ID. Ke au'^ me ka honua, 



Ua lilo,'"' eia la ia ka lani,"' 

 Ua hele'" kino alii, ka hanohano, 



O ke kini hoi^* i kahi kiekie, 

 Aia hoi i kahi haahaa ;^^ 



15. Ua luia,-" ua helelei, ua hune, ua make, 

 Ua pepehi wale ia kana wahine,'-' 

 Ke ku la na kii-- elua i ka paupau make, 

 Ka hale make-'' ia lakou, ka hale ola ia ia 



nei : 

 Ka lanakila-"" ia ia nei, ke auhee ia lakou. 



20. Ua liee kela aina-'' he alii make. 

 He malama aina i o Hoku,-" 

 Ua omea"' ia ke kuahiwi 

 Ku kamaehu-'* owela"" uluwela ka lani. 

 Ua kamae,-"' ke ku nei ka maea lani. 



25. Hakoko"' maea ka po hahana koehana ke 

 ao, 



"He au, the kingdom, royal authority ; honua, land, soil. 



■"Ua lilo, is transferred to another, passed away. 



"Eia la ia ka lani. here it is [the kingdom] belongs to the chief. Kamelianieha. 



"Ua hele. synonymous with lilo in the line above ; that is, all is lost. Keoua and his people. 



"O ke kino hoi. those in higji places about the chiefs. 



'"Kahi haaha.i, in low places, conquered, poor. 



■"Ua lui.i. hi, to shake out. to throw away as useless; a graphic description of a conquered people. 



°'Kana wahinc. singular for plural. 



"Ke ku la na kii elua. literally, there stand these two im.ages ; kii signifies not only an image but a sigii, a rep- 

 resentation; ku, to show, to stand, to appear; paupau, make a great slaughter. The meaning of the poet, is, there 

 exist two evidences of great slaughter. 



'•■"Ka hale make, etc.. their miserable condition as conquered, called hale make, house of death for tlieni, i. e.. 

 Keoua's party, that is one sign or evidence ; the other is, ka hale ola ia ia nei. the house of safely for^ him here ; 

 that is. on the side of Kamehameha where the poet appears to be, there is safety and quietness, in opposition to the 

 other side ; both imply tliat there had been a great slaughter. 



"Ka lanakila. the triumph for him here. i. e.. Kamehamelia : and auhee. flight, shiughtei for them, i. e.. Keoua 

 ma. This line expresses the same idea as the preceding. 



'"Kela aina, i. e.. Kau. He alii make, conquered, subjugated, politically. Keoua was slain ten years after at 

 Kawaihae. 



=°He malama aina. Hoku has now the care of the land as head man or koiiohiki. Hokii was the name of the 

 fifteenth dav of the month and considered an unfortunate day. in which no one would begin business. It was to 

 to tlie Hawaiians what the dies itcfastus was to the Romans. This will account for the following dreary appearance 

 of tlie country upon which the poet now enters. 



'''Omca, bare, destitute of verdure, also like inalolo, no people. 



"Kamaehu. burnt red or brown, literally, the child of redness, the dry tops of the mountains as blown upon 

 by winds, whirlwinds and storms; so the mountains stand. 



='Owela. a hot sun in a dry place ; uluwela. used to intensify ozvclci. 



"Kamae. withered; ku, to rise, to float off as miasma; maea. a bad odor, unpleasant smell; lani, towards 

 heaven ; or perhaps lani is to be taken here for an intensive, i. e., a very bad smell. This must be from the dead 

 bodies of the fallen, as tliere could be no vegetable miasma on the mountains blown over by the winds. 



"Hakoko. to struggle, to wrestle with. This is a bold figure, tlie stench of dead bodies at night contending 

 with the heat of tlie sun by day. which shall be the most troublesome. 



