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J'ornaiidcr Collccfioit of HiT-waiian /'olk-lorc. 



For Hiiaka ; for the land, 



Tliis here land, 



The floating land of the heaven atove. 

 200. Anakuku is the assembly within 



Haanio, a road that is traveled; 



A drum discarded : a fence o'erleaped ; 



A platform trampled; a comforting grass; 



A cane-leaf tiiatching, end trimmed ; 

 205. A spread mat ; a supply of dishes ; 



A filling of water ; a food offering ; 



A feast for the house. 



Released, released is that house ; 'tis 



o'erleaped ; 'tis entered trustfully. 



For Waihonua stands the long shed, 

 210. The house where I'ele lived. 



Spying came a multitude iif the gods. 



J5e gone ! be gone outside ! 



A prayerless priest, a prayerless chief 



Shall not carelessly enter the house of Pele, 

 215. My god indeed ! 



[Let] awe jxjssess me. 



Place dottedly the cross signs, 

 When the kapu expires I shall be first 

 Dividing into hills, .scattering, dividing 

 dottedly. 

 220. The land is freed, chiklren restricted, 

 The coconut is kapu, the waters flow ; 

 When leaf wrapped, stack the bundles 



[of food]. 

 Kulipee resides at the pit. 

 And the companions of Kuwawa 

 225. ,\nd Kuhailimoe flee away to the mire 

 nf Hawaii. 

 I am first to go out hence 

 From thy presence, 

 Flying hither in nakedness. 

 [Let] awe jxissess me. 



\o Hiiaka, no ka honua, 



Ka honua nei, 



Ka honua lewa,'''* ka lani i luna, 

 200. O Anakuku ka aha^" iloko. 



() Haamo e, he ala i heie ia, 



lie pahu i kulaina, he pa i a'ea, 



lie kahua i hele ia, he luana mauu,"" 



He kau nana ko, he o kana piko, 

 203. 1 le hola moena, he lawe na ipu kai. 



He ukuhinawai, he kaumaha ai. 



He haina no ka hale e, 



Noa, noa ia hale, ua a'ea, ua komo hia. 



No Waihonua, ku ana o halau ololo, 



210. Ka hale o Pele i noho ai, 



Makaikai"' mai kini"-' o ke akua, 

 1 loi aku e ! hoi aku iwaho na, 

 J le kahuna ])ule ole, he 'Hi pule ole, 

 Mai komo wale mai i ka hale o Pele, 



215. (_) ko'u akua la, 



Elieli kau mai. 



E kau ana kiko,'"' i ke alia''* kiko, 



I lele a moa kiko, akahi nei an, 



Kaele ]3uepue, neinei, kaele pakikokiko,"^ 



220. Ua noa ka aina, e kapu keiki. 

 E kapu ka niu, e kahe na wai, 

 E ka ha ki ana,'''' ku ka opeope, 

 O Kulipee''" noho i ka lua, 

 .\ lele e na hoalii o Kuwawa, 



225. () Kuhailimoe, o ka naele'''' o Hawaii. 

 Akahi nei an. a hoi aku nei, 

 ]\Iai ou aku la, 

 A lele pakohana mai, 

 Elieli kau mai. 



•"Honua lewa, swinging or floating earth, shows the Hawaiians' belief in a revolving world. 



""Aha, a company or assembly ; also a prayer service of some kapu. 



"The poet switches off to house building, warming and dedication. 



"'Makaikai mai, comes leisurely sight-seeing, spying the land. 



'"Kini, the number 40,000, commonly used for a great multitude. 



"Kiko, dotted, spotted, speckled, applied here to the planting of a taro patch. 



"'Alia is a cross sign of kapu, it may be of sticks, leaves, or flags. It takes its name and use from two sticks 

 carried crosswise before the god of the year at the makahiki festivities. 

 '"'Terms of taro planting in small, scattered, thougli uniform, hills. 



""Ha ki ana, the wrapping in ki leaves. Food so Inuidlcd (opeope) was then stacked in rows. 

 "'Kulipee, a personification, to run and hide; a resident of the pit. 

 ""Naele o Hawaii, a locality or condition, not clearly understood. 



