Lamentation for Kaalniiiiaim. 



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50. I grieve for our union ; 



We were united until lier departure, 



I turned and she had vanished ; 



I felt aliMig" the walls where she was won't 

 to dwell : 



The incessant pangs of love kept guard,"'* 

 35. Inviting-" the rain-drops from the near- 

 heaven, the tears. 



Kalani gathered up the various lands, ■'" 



The chiefess assembled her retainers. 



Hard was the time upon the earth. 



The chief lived dispirited^^ on the land for 

 love ; 

 60. Love to you, love to us, love of the hus- 

 band for the wife. 



Not a wife.-*- but a child, a child brought 

 up by us, 



liy your twn hns])ands,"'"' 



Wailing'' ilescri])lively iloes the rival, 

 Kekukaulielui-(i-l\ama ; 



IIow I grieve for our k)rd,"'' 

 65. She sorrowed for your going; for your 

 leaving us. 



She was a rival as others see it, but she 

 was not a rival,"" 



She was her mother. 



A part for the land, a part for your 

 favorite^" pastime, O chief* 



Living on the lands of the chiefs and 

 occupying them 

 70. When thou goest on pleasure bent. 



Leaving thy comjianion, the husband. 



Thim art taken by I likapoloa,"^ thou art 

 dancing at Iliikua,"" 



Thou art remembered at Hiialu,*" that is 

 what we preserve. 



50. He 'loha au i ka pili a maua ; 



I ka pili no maua a hele aku la. 



Hull ae nei a'u aole, 



I laha wau ma ka paia i wahi e noho koke 

 mai ai. 



Kiai panipani mai ana ke 'loha: 

 55- I'^e kono la i ka ua lani poko, he waimaka. 



Hapuku Kalani i na moku. 



Ulu Kalani i na ohua, 



Paakiki ke au ka linnua. 



L^a noho pupne wale Kalani. ka aina i 

 ke 'loha. 



60. Aloha oe, aloha makou, aloha ke kane i 



ka wahine, 

 .Aole wahine, he keiki, i hanai keiki ia e 



makou. 

 E au kane a elua, 

 LTwe kaukau ka punahia (i Kekukauliehu- 



o-Kama : 

 Aloha ka haku o kaua, 

 65. L^a minamina i ko hele, i ko haalele ia 



makou. 

 He punalua ia oukou : aole punalua ! 

 O kona makuahine no ia ! 

 He hapa no ka aina, hapa no ka puni hoi 



au e Kalani ; 

 Noho ka aina o na haku a lakou e nonoho 



mai nei, 



70. Hele aku la i ka le'ale'a, 

 Haalele i ka hoa he kane. 

 I^awe aku la TTikapoloa, kaa aku la oe i 



Hiikua, 

 Hoi ke 'loha ma Hiialo, oia ka makou e 



malama nei. 



'"'Love never sleeps," ever watchful, kiai faiiiftani, was love's reward. 



"'Tnducing the rain of short or near-heaven, one's affection, tears. 



'".ViT inoku, the different lands of Kauai; hapukn, gathering or collecting together. 



"The chief lived sad and heavy hearted, noho piif'uc, Icmiinaha, on the land as a messenger for love. 



"Not as a wife only but as one reared from childhood. 



"'This may refer to the at one time polygamous relation with father and son for political reasons, till, accept- 

 ing Christianity one linshnnd was renounced. Kane, of itself, Iiowevcr. is not always liusband. it may mean any male 

 relative or friend. 



"I'wc Icauhint, or iizcr hclii, see note 8. 



"Sympathy expressed for our lord, haku, Kaumualii. 



""To outsiders she was a rival, punalua, but she was not that, she was her mother. 



"Consideration felt partly for the land, and partly for the chief's great desire, whatever that might be; puni, 

 to covet, desire, greed. 



''Hikapoloa, the place of departed spirits. 



"Hiikua referred to here as a place of dancing, is a term used to Iioist or carry on the shoulder. Hii, to lift 

 up, to bear upon the hips and support with the arms, as a child. 



"Hiialo is tlie carrying of a child in front. 



