Juillcn is the Chief. 



381 



Canto \'I. 



195. Tlie chief is strong in exercise — rapid in 



movement. 

 The lireakin;:;- lis'lit of morn, the sudden 



flash of h_L;ht is Leimanoniano. 

 Tlie llaih, the strong;- bird, hearint,r off tlie 



hving- men ; 

 The bird floating high in air and singing 



in its flight, the Kiwaa (lying with 



a song. 

 'I'lie hovering lo gently floating off, — the 



progenies of chiefs. 

 200. Hahilu and fiiapo are the pins fastening 



the parts falling to pieces. 

 The strong reef of the land, the flocks of 



Koae, a bird descended from Kuala ; 

 .\ lilossom breaker, a fine rain of a high 



cloud on the bud of the island. 

 The tail feathers guide, the long tail of 



the bird of earh' flight; 

 The .-\o singing loudly is the chief, he 



flaps his wings upon the mountains ; 

 205. He flaps his wings upon the mountains, wak- 

 ing up the mountain people of Haili. 



P.NUKL- \1. 



195. Me ikaika-hiliau' ka lani o ka neiku, 



O ka malio" o ke aka, o Akaleimalio" o 



Leimanoniano, 

 () llaili^ o kaunuanalau ka nianu : 

 l\a manu iolana' i ana, o Kiwaa o lele ia- 



'na ; 

 () ka io lele" mapumapu, o na pua o ka 



lani. 



200. () llalulu, o Iliapo," o ka makia, lelehuna 

 i ka apana, 



ka pukoa kani aina," o ke koae aulele 



manu a Kuala, 



1 le a," he haihai pua,'" he naulu kaupua 



likomoku, 

 Ke kaapeha'^ o analio, ke koo o ka manu 



leinapaw^a ; 

 Ka ao'- kani koha he alii, i kani ka poa i 



ke kuahiwi ; 

 205. Nana poa''* kuamauna, hikilele ka uka o 



HaiH, 



'He ikaika liili an, an action like the sword exercise; ikaika, strong; hilian, brandishing as one does a sword, 

 or a bo.xer liis arms; o ka neiku, nei. the wail, cry of many voices; ka, a strcngtiiening of the idea; neiku, like the 

 sliding down of a high pali ; nci used in poetry for ncc, to move ofif. 



'O ka nialio, ist, the sensation to the eyes of looking at the sun, at first a dazzling brightness, afterwards dif- 

 ferent shades of darkness : 2nd, such shades of light as are seen early in the morning or at the setting of the sun ; 

 aka, a shadow, an appearance. 



O akaleimalio, the sudden entrance of light, like lightning, a flash of light ; this is said in praise of Kameha- 

 meha for the sudden coming upon his enemies; o Leimaiioano, very sacred, applied to Kamehameha as a sacred 

 chief. 



'O haili, name of a hirge bird known or spoken of by the ancients ; kaununalau, strong and able to carry off 

 a man. such a bird was Haili, i, e., Kamehameha. 



'Ka manu iolana, the bird that sings when flying high in the air., i. e., haili i ana, speaking like io ana, 

 singing. Kiwaa, a large bird in ancient times ; o lele i ana, singing in its flight ; these were resemblances to Ka- 

 mehameha. 



"O ka io lele. name of a bird like an owl in its hovering, or standing still in the air, it is a black bird; lele 

 mapumapu, a hovering as a bird floating in the air, flapping with the wings, but making no progress. O na pua 

 a ka lani, na pua, the ancestors of Kamehameha, the descendants of chiefs down to Kamehameha's time. 



"O llalulu, o Hiapo, two fabled birds which Kameliameha worshiped, and Kamehameha's feathered god, 

 Kaili, wlien the feather sprung up in the forehead of the god, the people thought it a sign •)f ability to conquer ; 

 o ka makia, that which fastens together, as with a pin or nail ; o ka makia o Kamehameha, he held together 

 the islands ; lele huna, falling, as drops of rain ; i ka apana, falling to pieces. 



"O ka pukoa kani aina, the coral reef is a strong land ; kani, strong, applied to Kamehameha. he is a strong 

 barrier, i. e., a conquering warrior; o ke koae, a bird that flies with a motion like that of a person swimming; 

 manu, a bird descended from kuala, a large bird of ancient times. 



'He (7, this has no meaning, it is simply the lengthening of the voice in cantillating, here used to call attention 

 to the foregoing, often used at the end of a line, in some poetry at the beginning like this. 



'"He haihai pua, a breaker of blossoms, as these birds ; he naulu, a shower with wind ; kaupua, falling on 

 buds and blossoms ; likomoku, the bud, the growing of the islands. 



"Ke kaapeha, ist, to fold up as a long bundle; 2nd, to manage as a bird does its tail feathers in steering 

 its course, or like the steering of a boat with a long oar ; analio, the tail feathers of a bird. Ke koo, the long tail 

 feathers of a bird; leina pawa. the bird that flies very early in the morning, expressions assimilated and in 

 praise of Kamehameha. 



'"Ka ao, a bird about the size of a hen, black feathers, very long wings, sings loudly ; i kani ka poa, poa the 

 sound of the wings of a cock before he crows ; i ke kuahiwi, on the mountains. These actions are all likened lo 

 those of Kamehameha. 



'■'Xana poa, who flaps liis win.gs upon the mountain; hikilele, wakes up the inl.ind dwellers; haili, tlie forest 

 npl.ind frcim Hilo. 



