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The strong scent rises on high, the moun- 

 tain tops are hot ; 



The mountains are covered with jwinted 

 clouds antl stormy winds. 



Tiic spirit of the land is Hed ; 



The soul of the island is llown upward. 



The pebbles of Palila iiave api>eared. 



The glory of the land is thrown into a 

 place of death : — Kau is dead ! 



Kau is slain by these conquering forces. 



The souls of the land approach, weak and 



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Ua maea''- lani, wela ke kuahiwi, 

 Ua kaiopua'"' kaiawe^* na mauna, 



Ua Icle ka hoaka^'^ o ka aina, 



Ka uhane"" o ka moku eia iluna, 



L'a ikea"" na iliili a Palila.-''' 



Ua hoolei^^ ia i kahi make, — Kau make la, 



Make*" Kau e lakou nei, 



Ke newa mai nei" ka uhane, 



Ka uhane kinowaiiua''" o ka aina, 



Even the enlarged ghosts of the land. 

 35. The enlarged ghosts of the three [lands] 



of Kau, of Puna, of Hilo. 

 Not lately did they flee, long ago they fled 



conquered by the chief, 

 Then was finished the offering of the 



sacrifice by Ku. 

 The souls of the slaughtered are crowded 



together — they are dead ; 

 They have flown to the pit, — there, where 



there is no repentance. 



35. Ke kinowailua o na kolu*'' o Kau, o Puna, 



o Hilo. 

 E oe kala** i hee ai, he luahi kahiko, na ka 



lani, 

 Ua noa i ka hai ia e Ku.'*'' 

 Ua laumiloia" na uhane, ua make, 

 Ua lele i ka lua pan*' aia i ka lua mihi 



ole.*^ 



"Maea, to be strong scented, to cause a stench ; see above ; lani, excessive, very like the mountains of God, 

 i. e., very high, wela inoino loa. 



"Ua kaiopua, kai to lead along, oj'uo, standing clouds, that is, clouds tliat appear to stand erect. 



"Kaiawe, to lead straight forward ; the meaning is, that vertical standing clouds were driven over tlie moun- 

 tains, they were conducted on bearing showers, storms, etc. 



"■'Ua lele ka hoaka ; Iwuka signifies the spirit, the soul; here it means hguratively, the valuable part, the glory; 

 the glory of the land is fled. 



"Ka uhane, the soul; this is generally applied to the energizing principle of men in distinction from animals. 

 The soul of the island, here it is going upward — the idea is parallel with the preceding line. 



''"Ua ikea, for ikeia ; iliili, small pebbles that have been washed by water. This line is somewhat obscure. 



"Palila was a man who lived in ancient times, when he died, he was buried among the pebbles, or far down 

 in the earth. What was far down in the earth has been brought to light. So great is this overthrow. The whole 

 line might be thrown into a parenthesis. 



""Ua hoolei, i. e., the beauty, excellency, and understood ; is thrown into a place of death, i. e., those noble 

 qualities are gone ; Kail make la. Kail is there dead ! 



"Make Kau, Kaii is subdued by those persons, i. e., the soldiers of Kamehameha. 



"Ke newa mai nei; iicwti, to stagger, to move reeling through weakness; the souls approach the land, weak 

 and staggering. 



"Ka uhane kino wailua is the visible ghost of a person supposed to be seen while the person was still living. 

 The kino wailua as a ghost was supposed to be much larger than the body of the living person. 



*'Ke kino wailua, of the three, i. e., of the three districts or kingdoms, that is. Kail, Puna and Hilo. 



"E oe kala, a poetic contraction of aole kala, not lately, long ago ; meaning, not lately did he flee, i. e., Kcotta, 

 but in the time past he fled ; luaha, overcome, conquered. 



"Ua noa i ka haiia, the sacrifice was completed by being offered by Ku, one of the names of Kamehameha. 

 The whole name wasKunuiakea. It was a custom of Kamehameha, perhaps other chieftains, to offer a sacrifice to 

 the gods on gaining a" victory. The inference from the poet's language is that Keoua had been conquered before. 



"Ua laumilo, laumilo signifies (i) to rub in one's hands till ground fine; (2) to collect together as prisoners 

 for slaughter. The souls of the captives are collected together ; ua make ; that is. the souls of those slain in a for- 

 mer war. 



"Ua lele, etc., lua pa'u, a pit or place where dead bodies were thrown when slain. Afterwards they were taken 

 up and offered to the god of the conqueror. Lua pa'u was also a pit outside of the luakini or temple. 



"Aia i ka lua mihi ole, lua mihi ole is synonymous with lua pa'u, there they arc where there is no repentance. 



