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Fornandcr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



I were 1 fowls with a 



Mahi of Kekaeleuhilolilolilia, 

 50. Kalauhihilau, the powerful 



Kauauanuianiahi, who begat Kaneku- 



kapuaiku, 

 Kane and Alapai 



black bill. 

 In the firm kick [of] the spur in the 



careless observance of the kapu 

 You would see the fowl jierchcd up in the 



smoke'-" 

 55. To Kalani, Kalani, Kalani, 



Kalaninuieeumoku-^ who brought out this 



chief Kuakini, 

 The main support of the chief is the un- 

 ruffled sea of Ehu,-'' 

 Of the calm, still smoothness of Palaha ; 

 Small Palaha of Moenewakalani.-" 

 60. He was the soul that went together with 



the fish," 

 Water-lying soul of Kaihikealaka, 

 You had not acquainted me before going 

 Before Ulua, the source of affection,-'* 

 Filled with the desires of repentance and 



thought, 

 65. Desolate, without resting place, struggling 



for the clinging heart of man. 

 Broken are the eye-divisions in weeping. 

 Ceaseless were the drowning tears. 

 Like a shaft of ie [vine] in the affection, 

 From the side of duty, emerges a different 



body. 

 70. You are perfect, you are faultless. 



For kindness and patience, lacking nothing. 

 He lacked nothing, all others are without, 



you are without,-" 

 Kaula and Niihau^" are out in the sea ; a 



carrying child [is] Lehua, 

 Being fed by the winds ; 



O Mahi o Kekaelcuhiloliloliha, 

 50. O Kalauhihilau, ka manomano, 



Kauauanuianiahi, nana hoi Kanekuka- 

 puaiku, 



Kane, o Alapai, ka UKja nuku uli, 



1 paku oolea ke kakala i ka waawaa o 



ke kapu 

 E ike oe auanei i ka moa i kau i ka uwahi. 



55. la Kalani, Kalani, Kalani, 



Kalaninuieeumoku nana niai keia alii 



o Kuakini. 



1 ka lani kua o ke alii kc kai malino a 



Ehu. 

 O ka malino lai hinu pawa o I 'alalia ; 

 O Palaha iki a Moenewakalani. 

 fio. Oia ka uhane holo pu me ka ia. 

 Uhane nioe wai o Kaihikealaka, 

 Laka ole hoi oe ia'u mamua 'la e 

 Imua no no Ulna ka nianawa i ke aloha, 

 Piha i ke kuko, i ka mihi, me ka nianao. 



65. Haiki loaa wahi noho ole, hooke i ka pili 

 houpo o ke kanaka. 

 Haipu ka iwi pona niaka i ka uwe, 

 Paa ole i ka mokuhia e ka waimaka. 

 Me he paua ie la loko i ke aloha, 

 Mai ka aoao hana, henio ke kino e. 



70. He hemolele oe, he heniolele oe. 



No ka lokomaikai, no ke ahonui, aohe 



wahi koe. 

 He koe ole ia nei, i waho wale no e — o 



waho oe e, 

 I waho Kaula me Niihaii i ke kai, ke keiki 



hii Lehua. 

 Na ka makani i hanaiia niai 



''The treatment of game cocks, to increase their fighting qualities and insure vigorous kicks, was to light a 

 smoky fire under them on roosting for the night. 



"Kalaninuieeumoku, literally, the high chief of island e.\tension, 



'"The chief of Kona who ceded his district to Umi, whose full name, Ehunuikaimalino, means: "great Ehu [of] 

 calm sea." This condition of Kona's sea is implied in the name Palaha, flat, wide, of still smoothness. 



"A personification of conditions as though the chief was slumbering intermittently. 



"Several traditions embody the idea of companionship with certain fish, notably Puniakaia and Kawelo. 



"The fish ulua was held in high esteem as a means of increasing the regard of the beloved, or winning the 

 affection of the estranged. This thought carries through to line 71. 



'"Credit given generally to outsiders for all good qualities is now to be applied to the subject of tlie chant ; 

 he is to be put on their plane and honored in his own land. 



"Westernmost islands of the Hawaiian group. Lehua an adjoining islet. 



