Comparison of Kiialii. 



457 



[If] at the mountains, kill him by a fall 



oflf the cliff, 

 The priest who has killed my child. 

 [If] at the sea, kill him Ijy the mouth of a 



shark, 

 150. The priest who has killed my child. 



When he bathes in the water [let him] 



drown. 

 The priest who has caused the death of 



my child. 

 When he eats food [let him] die. 

 The priest'*'* who has caused the death of 



my child. 

 155. When he eats fish [let liim] die. 



Mauka ia i ka lele pali e make ai. 



O ke kahuna nana i hana o kuu keiki, 



Makai ia i ka waha o ka mano e make ai. 



150. O ke kahuna nana i hana i kuu keiki, 

 Auau i ka wai make. 

 O ke kahuna nana i hana i kuu keiki, 

 Ai aku i ka ai make. 

 O ke kahuna nana i hana i kuu keiki, 



155. Ai aku i ka ia make. 



Kualii.' 



No Kualii. 



Is he like the unsound lama, 

 [Or] the lehua in the ninth forest; 

 A lone tree standing in the shrubbery 

 [He is] not like these. 



Ua like hakahaka lama 



Ka lehua i ka wao eiwa, 



He laau haowale Ku i 'ka nahele la, 



Aole i like. 



Not like the mature ti leaves of Nuuanu, 

 Torn by the rain and the wind. 

 Fallen are the yellow ti leaves of the 

 summit of Waahila. 

 [He is] not like these. 



Aole e like me ka lauki pala o Nuuanu, 



I haehaeia e ka ua e ka makani. 



A haule i lalo ka lauki pala i ka luna i 



Waahila la, 

 Aole e like. 



Not like the rough-barked kukui. 



Bark crackled by the sun. 



Like a man who drinks awa is the 



roughness 

 Of the kukui [trees] of Lihue. 

 [He is] not like these. 



Aole e like me ke kukui ili puupuu. 



Hi nakaka i ka la. 



Me he kanaka inu awa la, ka mahuna, 



O ke kukui o Lihue la. 



Aole e like. 



Not like the twisted hala (screw-pine), 

 The crooked naio tree. 

 Nor to the ahihi standing uncreased 

 At the bathing-pool usurped by the 



hinahina 

 In the wind which bends, leans and falls. 

 [He is] not like these. 



Aole e like me ka halawili, 



Ka naio laau kekee, 



I ka ahihi ku makuu ole, 



I ke kawakawa i keekeehia i ka hinahina 



I ka makani e kulana, e hoi e hina la. 



Aole i like. 



"Let the priest who used sorcery (hana) with my child go to the sea into the mouth of a shark and die. This 

 is the form of a molia, a curse, and ends with a prayer called kurii. 



'The very full notes to the complete version of Kualii,, in Memoirs, Vol. IV, pp. 370 to 400, will be found appli- 

 cable to these fragmentary verses. 



