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I'oniaiulcr Collccfion oj 



85. Sideways in liic air it falls irregularly, it 



moves unevenly. 

 The kingdom has become the toe-nail of 



tlie island. 

 The chin there it is above, the top of the 



head, there it is below, 

 Swinging back and forth. 

 Hawaii is a swing, it is like a rope that 



draws the swing; 

 90. By the pendulum swung by thee, O chief, 



by this chief is the overthrow, 

 lie looked this way and that in fear in the 



jungle 

 While the slaughter raged, not sparing any. 

 Tliey rushed as a rushing stream, 

 Like the smoking oven of the volcano 

 93. When the rising steam ascends to heaven ; 

 .\s the constant restlessness of the high 



surf 

 When the soft coral and the hard are 



thrown together on the beach; 

 So is thrown together the refuse of the 

 island. 



!Ja-iCniiciii I'olk-lorc. 



85. Kaka ka lewa" haule, lele walawala, 

 Ke aupio^"' ka manea-" o ka moku; 

 Ka auae-' aia iluna, o ke poo, aia ilalo 

 Iloolewalewa ia,-** 



Ka koali-" Hawaii me he kaula ka pinao 

 la. 



90. 



1 ke kaiewe''" e ka lani, na ka lani nei au- 



hee, 

 I 'a makaio'^ i ka nahele : 

 Ke makawi''- ka luku ana, 

 I 'a mio"" aku la mehe wai la — 

 -Me he unui puhi'^ la na I'ele, 



95. Ke ku o ke 'hu'"' i ka lani ; 



Me he lumanawahine^" kaikoo ■ 

 Ku ka puna-'' ke koa i uka, 

 I'a limua-'" opala ka moku. 



Canto IV. 



The whole land belongs to the chief, 

 100. The chief holds the inland and the ocean; 



P.\UKU IV. 



No ka lani' ka moku, ka honua, 

 100. Ka uka," ka moana no ka lani ; 



"Kaha, to fall irregularly ; walawala, irregularly in movement ; Icaha, the action of a kite, in its motion down- 

 wards, that is bowing. Kalui ka Icwu, the atmosphere falls ; lele walawala, uncertain, uneven over and over as a 

 kite, so are the enemies of Kamehamelia. 



"°Ke aupio, aupuni, all round the country. 



"°Ka manea. a toe n.iil. nnt a I'lnser nail, meaning, he. the enemy, is the toe-nail of the island, i. e., under- 

 neath all. 



"Ka auae, there is the chin above; o ke poo aia ilalo, the top of the lie;id is below. The poet would say an 

 utter subversion of the kingdom. 



■'Swinging back and forth, unstable. 



■'Ka koali. a swing such as children play on. Hawaii is a swing, it is like a rope of a pinao. The piiuio is a 

 swing ; koali, a small rope used to work the swing backwards and forwards, practiced by men and children. Ka 

 koali and ka pinao are possessives, and signify their characters. 



"I ke kaicwc. followers or a<lhercnls to a chief, meaning, by thy .idherents O chief, and by this chief is tlie 

 overthrow. 



"Ua makaio, to look this way as in fear in the jungle like wild cattle or other animals, applied also to people 

 pursued by an enemy. 



"Ke makawi, to make ,-i ;;rc,-il '•1,-iughlcr not sparing any. 



"Ua mio, to flow swiftly, as w.iler ihrougli ;i constrained place, ;i|)i)licd to the flight of Kamchameha's enemies. 



"Mc he unut puhi, like the smoking oven, or Pelc, the volcano. 



"Kc ku o ke chu, like the rising of the red dirt towards lieaven in a whirlwind. 



""Me he lunianawahua, the colic, internal distress. Kaikoo, the constant restlessness of the surf, another figure 

 strengthening himanawaliua. E — a — here the reciter or chanter of the melc extends his voice ad libitum. 



"Ku ka puna, the soft coral such as is burnt into lime is thrown together on the beach. So the enemy are 

 thrown promiscuously together. 



"Ua limua, to collect many things in one place. Opala, these things, the property of chiefs have become 

 opala, worthless, things for Kamehameha. 



'Xo ka lani. belonging to the chief is the island and the land. 



'Ka uka, what belongs to the upland and inland, and all that is in the ocean, i. e., full and entire possession 

 by conquest. 



