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Fflriiai!(icr CoUcction of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



The large hillock of Iwikauikaua. 

 The coral in midst of the depth ; 

 The eyes were frightened \.o behold ; 

 Becoming dizzy, dimsighted was the vision, 

 25. The chief's kapa shelf, of his food place. 

 The order of the chiefs conformed with 



the rank of high chiefs. 

 Standing thickl\- together, as shell-fish. 



in a sacred place. 

 It was prostration kapu. 

 They were not unkind, they were 



fearless chiefs : 

 30. Not cowardly, not decorated. 



Not crooked, they were unfaltering. 

 During the day, Keakaniahana, vigilant 



and fresh, 

 \ igorions and increasing. 

 Resembled the Iliee. 

 35. The chief Kupnapaikalaninui 

 [Was] the ancestor. 

 Keolewa stood, kilit)])u was the wind 

 Rippling the flowing water 

 Reduced and cut ofT [by] Kamahiakelc, 

 40. The iileasant path with three hills. 



Koolan was robbed and turned to the 



cliffs. 

 Transforming upon Kamahualele. 

 Quickly arises malamalamaiki, a wind. 

 Kalawakua stands here ; 

 45. At Kalalau the mended bones were again 



broken. 

 May be so, without falsehood to be set 



aside. 

 Except Puna, broken by the wind, 

 Filled, satisfied by the comfort of Makaiki 

 U]5 alxjve Koholalelc, there was 



slaughtering 

 50. In all the lands at Mailehuna. 



Twisted about |is] the kalukaln (grass) 



of Kapaa, 

 S]ireading over the breadth of Kai]iuliaa, 

 The depth, the width of Kewa. 

 P.roken up by the kiuwailehua wind, 

 55. Cleared at the Koolau plain of the thatch. 

 Perhaps so, without deceit of future 



revealing. 

 Fading, shadowy is Kaluwai 

 Pressed by the fountain of the chief Kuua, 

 Touched and held with love water. 



Ke ahua nui o Iwikauikaua, 

 Ke pukoa i waena o ka hohonu, 

 E makau ai ka maka ke nana aku, 

 E poniu ai, o hewahewa ka ike, 

 25. Ke olowalu alii, o ka lani hoohialaai 

 Ke ku a na 'Hi, kulike ka noho a na 



'Hi nui 

 Kuku me he nahawele la i kahi kapu, 

 Kapu no he moe. 

 Aohe akahakai o laua, he niau alii 



wiwo ole 



30 Aohe wiwo, aohe lulo, 

 Aohe napa, he ma ole 

 I ka la, Keakaniahana, he kuoo, he nono, 

 He nono, he aai. 

 He kohu me he Iliee la, 



35. Ka lani Ku]5uapaikalainnui, — 

 Kupuna la. 



Ku Keolewa kiliopu i ka makani, 

 Hoohualei ana i ka wai olohia, 

 Unihi mai la, oki Kamaluakele, 



40. Ke ala oli me ka puukolu, 



Hao ke Koolau, hull, a no i na pali, 

 Hoohaili ana maluna o Kamahualele, 

 Hikilele malamalama iki, he makani, 

 Ke nu nei Kalawakua, 



45. I Kalalau, hai iho la ka iwi o ka 

 iwikui e ! 

 Ae paha, aohe wahahee a hookoe aku e ! 

 Koe aku la Puna hakina i ka makani ; 

 Piha maona i ka hoolu a Makaiki, 

 Luku'a iho la ka uka o Koholalele 



50. I ka akula apau ma Mailehuna, 



Wili'a 'kula ke kalnkalu o Kapaa, 

 \\'aiho'a aku ke akea o Kaipuhaa, 

 Ka hohi^mi, ka lanla o Kewa, 

 W'ahi mai ka makani kiuwailehua, 



53 Molale i ke Koolau ke kula, o ke ako e ! 



Ae paha, aohe wahahee e hookoe aku e ! 

 Akeakea, alaalai ana Kaluwai 

 Kaomi i ka inano o ka lani Kuua, 

 Ua hoopa, apaa me wai aloha. 



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