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Poniainicr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



Pahia and Kaili ; those two are known, 



For Kama was barren, '■' his child are the 

 skies 

 25. Kalewanuu and Kalewalani. they are two. 25. 



Kama's'* child is Laaloa, 



The child of Ku])aecli, by the drnni en- 

 nobled,''' 



The noble offsprint^ ; the fearful drum pro- 

 claims, 



The tap, tap, tapping of Kihalale, 

 30. Causing Kihalale to sound as a bird.'" 30. 



The rough skin," the harsh sounding skin 



Is struck in measured cadence,"* 



Sounding a rattling nt)te, a weird trill 



I^ike the voice of a bird. 

 35. It is the .sound of Kiwaa,''' 35- 



Kiwaa the strange bird, 



Alight,-" desire to alight from your flying, 



The kite of Kiwaa. 



Let Kawelo arise, let the chief arise ! 

 40. Let Kiha arise. Arise, chief, which is 40. 



Hooneenuu,-' 



The chief of the height which is strong and 

 enduring ; 



Of the very high cliff, guarding chiefs in- 

 accessible ; 



Inaccessible indeed,-- made so by their 

 sacredness. 



Increase, ever increase the sacredness of 

 Kauhikea.^'* 

 45. Kauhi, son of Kamalalawalu, 45. 



Kamalalawalu,-' the chief of acknowledged 

 power. 



With sacredness spread out generally. 



O Pahia o Kaili, ma ka nana elua ia, 



O ka hua a Kama i hane, na lani ka hua. 



O Kalewanuu, o Kalewalani elua ia, 



O Kama, o Laaloa ka hua, 



() ka hua o Kupaeeli, eli kupa i lani, 



O ka eeli eli o kupauku|)a ka ai, kahele Ic, 



O ka ai, ai, ai o kihalale 



I kani ouou o kihalale. 



O ka ili kalakala, ili nakolokolo 



Kua-ka ke kani. 



He kani kupaukoln, knpaukolo. 



Ka leo o ka manu. 



Ka lupo o Kiwaa, 



O Kiwaa ka manu e — . 



E kati, e ake, e kau pono ka lele, 



Ka lupe o Kiwaa. 



Ku Kawelo, ku mai ka lani ! 



Ku Kiha, ku ka kalani Hooneenuu, 



Ke "Hi o ka uaua pali paa ; 



Pali kahakoa, pali aku la na 'Hi; 



Pali kahakoa, pali aku la i ke kapu. 



A nui, a nui ke kapu o Kauhikea. 



(J Kauhi, o Kama o Kamalalawalu. 



O Kamalalawalu ka lani halala hoae ke 'Hi. 



llalala anna mai ke kapu. 



"Hane, hahane, barren as a coconut tree which bears nothing or very small nuts; the offspring of Kama is 

 nothing, no children; the children are the lanis, Kalewanuu and Kalewalani — cloud myths. 



"This must be a different Kama whose child is Laaloa (very holy) in whose honor the drums arc sounded, 

 the child of Kupaeeli. 



"Eli kupa i lani, words of no particular meaning, said when thruming on the drum. 



"The three lines ending here are for the imitation of the sound of the drum ; kihalale, the performer accom- 

 panying with the voice. 



"The rough shark-skin of the drum head, giving a harsh reverberating tone when the fingers are run over its 

 surface. 



"Kua-ka, the measured time-beat as that on a bass drutu. 



"Kiwaa, one of the large fabled birds of Hawaiian tradition, hence a strange bird; lupo was the sound of its 

 supposed voice in singing. 



"The call to alight, to cease from Hying as a kite, at which the named famous chiefs are bid to arise in rec- 

 ognition of their power. 



"Hooneenuu, chief of wliat is strong, the strong pali, i.aKa. not to he broken. 



''Kahakea, very high as a cliff; chiefs were like cliffs, inaccessible, guarded. 



-"Kauhikea, or Kauhi, referred to in lines 7 to 12. 



"Kamalalawalu was the noted ruler of Maui, contemporaneous with Lono of Hawaii and Kakuhihewa of Oahu, 

 hence the reference to his eminence, restrictions, and sacredness, that called for the prostrations in his presence as 

 he passed to and fro. 



