Name Song for Kiliafiiloni. 



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Numerous are the kapus, frequent the 

 prostration. 



The hair dresser-'' of the great chief is 

 the chief indeed : 

 50. lie is the chief wlio will enforce the kii\n\ 



( )f the uonKUi in the axe-pit.-'' 



Take care lest the painful chip strikes the 

 chief, 



Sharpen the axe of the flying chips, 

 sharpen. 



Laielohelohe the — 

 55. Laielohelohe-' of Kalamakua 



is the dark, incompact precipice which 

 stands on high ; 



Fearful is the sacredness of the chief. 



I'iilani-" of Kavvao and Kaohele the — 



Ixaohele chiefly child of Lono, 

 fio. The fruitful source which caused the over- 

 throw. 



The chief which united the islaml. 



Outside belonged to the chief, 



Inside lielonged to the lordly chief. 



(Jutside belong to tributary chiefs. 

 65. Inside belongs to the lordly chief. 



Outside the wall-enclosure are the [lower] 

 chiefs, 



The chiefs are heralds for the sacredness, 



The chiefs are signs, 



The chief is a priest. 

 70. Maui-'' is a god who decreed the sacred- 

 ness 



Derived from the sacredness of kjrdly 

 Kaeokulani :"" 



From Keaka I'ooniaihelani ; 



From Keaka Kuailanimamao."' 



She is the wife, a light comple.xioned 

 woman. 

 75. The fire is lit, it is burning. 



The sacredness is established, it is ex- 

 tended. 



The heat is felt, it reaches beyond 



Anna mai ke kapu, auna ka mce. 



O kawilioho o ka lani nui ke 'Hi — e ; 



50. () kt 'Hi ia e manialu ai kc kapu, 

 (J ka wahine o ka lua koi, 

 Aianiala ehaeha o kalani, 

 O ke koi puulele hanaoi, puulele hanaoi. 

 Laielohelohe ke — 



55. Laielohelohe a Kalamakua, 



O ka pali eleku ia i ku i kc ki'eki'e 

 2\Iakau vveweli i ke kapu <i kc 'Hi. 

 O Piilani o Kawau Kaohele ke — 

 O Kaohele lani a Loni>, 



^10. O ka lau luia komo o kc kahulihuli, 



Kalani kuihono i ka moku. 

 Mawaho no ka lani e — , 

 Maloko no ka lani haku, 

 Mawaho no ka lani haawi mai, 



65. Alaloko no ka lani haku, 



Mawaho ma ke kuapa na'lii, 

 lie palm na 'Hi no ke kripn 

 Mc hoailona o na Hi. 



1 le kahuna o ka lani. 



70. Ke 'kua Maui hai mai he kapu 



Mailoko mai o ke kapu o Kaeokulani 



haku no ; 

 Mailoko o Keaka I'ooniaihelani ; 

 Mailoko o Keaka Kuailanimamao. 

 O ka wahine ia, o ka wahine kea. 



75. A ke ahi, a mai ke ahi, 

 .\ ke kapu, a mai ke kapu, 

 A ka wela, a mai ka wela. 



-'Even his personal attendants arc chiefs of rank, having power to enforce the kapus. 



""This line implies tliat women were engaged in the stone quarries, and are cautioned lest the chief he hurt by 

 flying stone cliips. h is more likely to be figurative, as is that which follows. 



"Laielohelohe is likened to an easily broken but high clifif, I'ali clcku. 



"'As this cannot be the insulting brother, it may refer to the father of the same name who united Maui under 

 his sway. The following several lines indicate the divisions influenced or overcome. 



"The god Maui referred to is the demi-god of wide Polynesian recognition, though credited more for deeds 

 than for decreeing kapus. 



""This is going back to deified ancestry. 



"The two names are of the same person, the latter conveying a sense of clear open countenance, described in 

 the next line. 



