Name Song for Kihapiilani. Mele Inoa no Kihapiilani. 



l!v Kamakaiiici.i:i. 



Xa Kamaiv \in;i.i';i. 



Kihapiilani,' son of Piilani, Ijcyat Kania- 

 kaalaneo. 



Kihapiilani of the piercing eyes : 



\Miitish-yello\v skin has Kihapiilani. 



The young onini- which turns gracefully at 

 the cape, 

 5. This is the change^ of Kiha's skin. 



Kiha's dignity which was accorded him 



Was, that Kanhi was unblemished ; fault- 

 less."' 



Kauhi"s dignity which was accorded him 



Was of Kaeokulani' with the doubtful skin, 

 10. It is turning, it is black. 



It is like'' the skin of Kauhikea ; 



lie is a descendant of Kauhikea; 



Xamakaikaluhiokalani, 



The man who comes from the holes' in the 

 rocks, 

 IS.' Without the redness of skin. 



He is the forder of the stream. 



Noisily treading the forest leaves to the 

 sea ; 



He is the fish which would Iireak the 

 kiholo.'- 



The eye delights in its frantic'' effort; 



Slippery'" is the line in the hand. 



Kawelo." double father with Kakuihewa. 



Kanaloa'- of Loewa was that chief's child. 



20. 



Kihapiilani a I'iilani, i hanau Kamakaa- 



laneo. 

 O Kihapiilani Kamakahalanalana ; 

 Hi halanalakea o Kihapiilani. 

 Ka pua kahuli olini onini i ka lae, 



5. E Kahuli hoi ha nei ko Kiha ili. 

 Ko Kiha kahiko i kapa aku ai 

 He keokeo mai la. he hcmolele nei Kauhi. 

 Ko Kauhi kahiko i kajia aku ai 

 O Kaeokulani ka ili ha'oha'o, 



10. Ke kahuli mai la ua eleele, 

 He ili ia no Kauhikea ; 

 Pua ia no Kauhikea : 

 () Xamakaikaluhiokalani, 

 O ka pula ia o ka poopoo. 



15. E pan ai ka nonanona ula. 



O ke koele wai ia o ke kahawai 

 E nanake ai ka Ian laau i Icai, 

 O ka ia hakihaki ia i ke kiliold. 

 E kanumui ai ka lea i ka maka. 



20. E holo kakekake ai ke alio i ka lima. 

 O Kawelo makua hia o Kakuihewa. 

 O Kanaloa o Loewa ia 'lii ka hua. 



'Kihapiilani. an ill-treated ]\Iaui prince who, to avenge the insults of his ruling brother, sought the aid of King 

 L'nii of Hawaii, whereby he was victorious. See Memoirs, Vol. IV, pp. 236-254. 



"Tlie blossom that changes its color and form, oliini, tliat waves in the wind, onini in signilies the graceful 

 turns of a tish swimming in the water. 



'The skin of Kiha thus changes, c knluili. 



'Kiha's skin, through Kauhi, is hcniolclc. perfect; Kiha is here given the name of Kauhi after that of Kau- 

 hikahiko. 



■'Kaeokulani, of beautiful, glittering, changing skin, turning to black. 



"As the changing skin resembled that of Kauhi therefore he is considered related. This rule was applied in 

 the more recent times of Kahekili, also of Maui, whose one side was black, and the members of bis household, it is 

 said, either had black birthmarks or were tatued, to indicate relationship to him. 



'This has reference to the custom or practice observed in rock-lishing by diving and driving the tish out of 

 their holes by long poles, hence the absence of the redness of their skin. 



"Kiholo is the curved wood used for the mouth of certain fish nets. 



"Kamumu ai, the hook entering the mouth and coming out at the eye, gives pleasure to the angler in the futile 

 effort of his prey for freedom. 



'"Holo knkc/cakc, the string runs jerkily, slippery through tlic hand; kakekake is when a man works hard with 

 an 00 (digger), tirst one hand foremost, then the other. 



"Kawelo. a king of Kauai; when a woman had two husbands, the child was said to be the sfm of two fathers. 

 Tradition does not show that Kakuhihewa bnre this relationship to Kawelo. 



'"Kanaloa, etc., that line not understood. 

 (■411) 



