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I'oniamicr Collection of I Ia:i.'aiian Polk-lorc. 



Who is the chief deaf at the hidden 



language, 

 In the dream of nic, the priest, in the 



day time ? 

 20. The land flees, the frames are thrown into 



confusion. 

 Yield my younger limther, fur the drums 



stand in line. 

 The fences are heing overleaped, the unus 



are being given to destruction ; 

 The iiioi is being lifted to the altar whereon 



is the banana of Palila. 

 The sun has risen above the mountain ; 

 25. It rose, with eyes like the moon in 



brightness. 

 In his view he fled. 

 As if the eyes belonged to the aloa. 

 The earth was lightened [by his eyes], 

 The fowls quarreled in the night. 

 30. The great moving Ixxly that conquered 



through reinforcement. 

 It's being so the land was heated. 

 The coconut grove is by the sea ; 

 The kale patch is in the upland ; 

 The fish-pond of Molokai is in front. 

 33. The coconut of Mauluku, of Mauluko. 

 Of Kaluaaha, of Kaluakanaka, of 



Kaluakahiko, 

 Of Mapulehu, of Mapuna, of Pukoo, of 



Pukooiki, of Pukoonui, 

 The four Pnkoos are all enumerated. 

 Rushed, rushed is the current by Hoaka- 



lanileo. 

 40. Xihoa is a land whereto the soldier 



returned, 



.•^o. 



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40. 



Owai ke 'lii kuli i ka olelo huna P^" 

 I ka moe a'u a ke kahuna ma ke ao 



llee ka aina koeleele" ka haka ipu.'* 

 E laa'-' la e kuu pokii ke kulaina nei na 



pahu,-" 

 Ke aea nei na pa ke puhia nei na unu,-' 

 Ke kaina-- la ka moi-" ka haka lele maia 



a Palila,=* 

 Ua hiki ka la i ka mauna. 



liiki a mahina na maka. 

 I na maka no la, bee ;-'' 

 Me he maka no ka aloa 'la, 

 Ua malama ka honua, 

 Ua hakau-" ka moa i ka po. 



Ka ohua Kaialana-' o ka lanakila e pa nei, 



Waiakua-** a wela ka aina. 



Ka uluniu aia i kai-" 



Ka loi kalo aia i uka, 



Ka loko i'a o Molokai ma ke alo, 



Ka niu o Mauluku, o Mauluko, 



O Kaluaaha, o Kaluakanaka, o Kalua- 

 kahiko, 



O Mapulehu, o Mapuna, o Pukoo, o 

 Pukooiki, o Pukoonui, 



Pau na Pukoo eha. 



O kupeke^" kapekepeke ke au ia 

 Hoakalanileo. 



He aina ka e hoi koa i Nihoa^' 



"Olelo huna, words of hidden meaning, sometimes called olelo nana, allegorical ; what chief would be deaf 



thereto. 



inland. 



''Koeleelc, to lie, or 1)c llirown confused: put in disorder. 



"Haka ipn, the frame where calabashes were suspended as offerings to the gods. 



"Elaa, to assent to what one has denied or despised before ; kuu pokii. an endearing term, i. e., to Kapeepce. 



°°Na pahu, the drums of the temple, sacred. 



"'Naunu, the heiau (temple) was called unu, here it applies to anj-thing outside of the heiau. 



"^Kaina, like kaikai, to lift up. 



"Ka nioi, the chief idol in the row of images before the altar. 



"Palila, a famous fleet-footed banana eater. 



^l na maka bee ; the commander of Kapeepee fled because be was looked at with such eyes. 



"Ua hakau. like hakaka, to fight : the fowls fought in tlie night made light by Kana's eyes. 



''Kaialana, a large moving body, they conquered (lanakila) because they were pa (assisted) on one side. 



""Waiakua. the fact of being so great a multitude, they heated the earth. 



"°Ka ulu niu. etc., tlie coconut grove moved seaward on account of the eyes of Kana. and tlic taro beds fled 



"Kupeke. thrown together in confusion. 



"Xihoa was a land on Molokai to which the soldiers returned. 



