Song for Kcar 



cciutiaiiiiii. 



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Living as a sojourner only for a time, 



hopefnl. 

 Kalana of Maui was the Kalana of C^a, 

 The image standing in Kaliiki of Oaoa," 

 30. At the noise of heaven in the collected 



clouds, at the gathering' of heavenly 



rain clouds. 

 Swollen-eyed by the steady rain of heaven : 

 Important outlet, important as embracing 



ten water-courses : 

 A stone guarding the water on tlie cliff, 

 A path of the cliff' region. 

 35. Seize, break, throw down Keawenuiaunii ;'-' 

 Overthrow, break Kealiiokaloa :^'' 

 Shaking is the sacred heap of piercing- 

 bones, 

 Through the sacredness [of J Makaku 



Makakaualii.'^ 

 [Of] the living chiefs there were nine 



sacred :''' 

 40. They were nine expert nff'shoots"' caught 



first 

 In the bright path of Kanaloa.'" 

 The precious encircling Kapalalakaimoku.'** 

 The sacred palalalaumaewa*'' of Lono 



which prevailed 

 In the very sacred and solitary place. 

 45. The lama leaves waved through the night 



prayer-" 

 At the procession of Mua.-' melting away 



before Kamea. 

 In trimming the kukui torch-'- of Mau- 



kokoli 

 The covering kapa |is the] bark cloth of 



Mahi : 



ka noho a ka oluia, kualana wale e, 



ke lana e. 

 Kalana a Maui, Kalana ia a ( >a, 

 Ka lanalana ku i Kahiki a ( )aoa, 

 30. 1 ke aoa lani i ke aoao ojjua, i ke ao ua 



lani opua, 

 Maka hehe i ka hehc na lani : 

 Makaha koikoi, he koikoi, unii he ala 



moe wai ; 

 He ixjhaku kiai wai no ka pali, 

 He kikeke ki o ka ulu pali. 



35. Paa, haki, kiola mai Keawenuiaunii; 

 Hiolo, haki Kealiiokaloa ; 

 Nakeke i ka puu koholua kapu, 



1 ke kapu hoi Makaku Makakaualii, 

 Na 'Hi ku mai, a eiwa ke kapu. 



40. Eiwa ka lele makawalu, hopu inuia 

 I ke ala ulahiwa a Kanaloa. 

 Kahiwanaepuni Kapalalakaimoku, 

 He palalalaumaewa kapu no Lone, 



e noho ana 

 I ka in kapu ano meha. 



43. I kuehu lau lama i ke kuili 



I ka waa a Mua, lieehee ia Kamea. 

 I ke koli hana kukui o Maukokoli 

 I ke kapa uhi, kapa laau o Mahi ; 



"Some form of distant cloud land, hence, looked on as foreign (Kahiki). Much consideration was given to 

 clouds and their formations for the various omens they were supposed to portend. 



'"As though the thief was to he dethroned. The thought here is not clear. 



"Broken is the ancestral line from Kealiiokaloa. 



"Makakaualii, termed a heavenly chief, was a grandson of Kealiiokaloa. 



"Referring to those of sufficiently high rank to be classed kapu. 



"Lele makawalu. eminent, famous or expert offshoots or branches ; hopu imua, first cauglit or recognized in 

 illustrious descendants (bright path) of Kanaloa. 



"Not the god of evil who tried to make man as did Kane, but the chief Kanaloakuaana, who was cruelly 

 slain by Kamalalawalu's forces on their invasion of Hawaii. See Memoirs, Vol. IV, p. 342. 



"This name may imply the death and sacrifice of Kanaloa, as being the ta.x or gift of a chief "lifted up by an 

 island." 



'"Here again is a composite word of like character to the foregoing, implying a chief's tax of mourning kind, 

 a sacred or rigid requirement in the time of Lonoikamakahiki. 



■"The kuili was a prayer l)y the officiating priest which lasted all niglit. the waving of sacred lama leaves being 

 part of the ceremony. 



"'This has reference to a service ritual of the temple. 



"Kukui torches were made of kukui nuts strung on a reed some four feet long; several strings of them were 

 boun<l together with strips of kapa and covered with green ti-leaves lest they burn out too quickly. 



