A'aiiic Song for Kiliapiilani. 



415 



His eyes were like Kauhilonohonua's ; 

 no. Kauhi is like Piilani. 



There are eight to Kalanikaumaka from 



Wakea. 

 It is the cavern in the deep ocean 

 Which, with its entrance, is made sacred. 

 The pain of which causes the molars to 



grind ; 

 113. Which staggers and floors that child 



If he desires its severence, submit'*'' to Ku. 



Here is Ku of the overcoming ills. 



Like the skin of tlie moano^'"' are Kawelo's 



eyes. 

 With firmness in its hinder part, 

 120. Causing- the tail to wriggle. 



The chief's dogs bark steadily at Hakau.'"' 

 Keaka, Keaka Poomaihelani, 

 Keaka of ill-shapen limbs. Kawelo passed. 

 Ku'" of the fearless eye, 

 125. Kuaiwa the chief, Aikanaka,*" 



Thou art the Aikanaka of Kamakaholani, 

 The skin that is roughened, yes 



roughened,*" 

 Sharpened on the outside. 

 Thou art Kealohi Kikaupea, 

 1,^0. The kite of Hoohila, 



The two piercing eyes of Kawelo, 



The peer of the kakalawela-'" eel, 



The eel with the spotted and smooth skin 



emerge, 

 The\' are the sacred [eels] of the bitter 



fish-]X3ison'^' 

 i^^S. Which was pulled and which cracked. 



An offering acceptable to the longing of 



Mano f^ 

 To the longings of Hiwa, of Hiwakau- 



niaka. 



He niau maka e like Kauhilonohonua. 

 no. E like Kauhi e like o Piilani. 



Ewalu o Kalanikaumaka o Wakea. 

 O ka lua ia o ka moana hohonu, 

 E pala \m ai o ka ihu i kc kapu. 

 E kokohi ai ka eha naunau kc ku'i : 



115. E kunewanewa ai hina ia Kama; 

 I ku i ke oki, iaea i poho e Ku. 

 Eia Ku kaili auaualena. 

 O ka ili o moano, maka elc Kawelo, 

 He wawae 00 i ka hope ka hac, 



120. E kolili ai ka huelo. kowili koko; 



Ko i haea i Hakau na ilio alii. 



O Keaka, o Keaka Poomaihelani, 



O Keaka ma'i uha-kikili, Hala Kawelo. 



O koa maka ea o Ku, 

 125. O Kuaiwa lani, o Aikanaka, 



O ka Aikanaka oe o Kamakaholani. 



ka ili i kalakala, i kalakala e, 



1 hookala oi mawaho. 

 O Kealohi Kikaupea, 



130. Ka pea o Hoohila, 



na maka oi o Kawelo elua, 

 C) ka oi o ka puhi kakalawela, 



1 ae ka puhi ili paka, ili omole, 

 O na mole kapu o ka hola awahia 



135. I hukiia, i uuina, 



I niohai pono niai, mai ka piko o Mano; 

 Mai ka piko o Hiwa, o Hiwa-kau-iuaka. 



"Submission to the god Ku was the only means of relief from kapus, the severities of which caused one to 

 writlie in pain. 



'■'Moano {Pscudiipciicus initltifasciatus }, a variety cf lish usually abundant in market and conspicuous for its 

 briglu color. 



'"This lias reference to King Hakau of Hawaii at his overthrow by Unii. 



"Not the deity of this name, already referred to, but one of several names of Kuaiwa. 



"The somewhat frequent use of this word (likiiiuikd (man eater) in the chants lead to the supposition of its 

 being a qualification rather than a name, or worse, a record of caniiabalism. It occurs elsewhere in a similar man- 

 ner witli reference to Kawelo who, besides defeating the chief of tliis name on Kauai, was clearly a consumer of 

 men in his victories over his opponents. Its use in this chant, in this sense, shows Kuaiwa as the consumer of men 

 for Kamakaholani, being his successful general. In confirmation of this view it may be stated that it stands in the 

 same relation to the chiefs mentioned as does the term alii ciiiiiokii. chiefs of a certain rank who took the products 

 of the land without giving any returns ; virtually land consumers. 



"'A condition of skin caused by frequent use of awa, as in tlie case of Keawenuaiaumi. in likeness of which 

 Ki;apakaa tlie keeper of the wind gourd Laamaomao was named. 



"'Kakalawela, eel. 



"Fish p(jisoniiig, or stupefaction, was practiced Iiy the use of the bark of the aulnthii shrub ( Tlu'lrosiu l>ur- 



"'Tlie shark, mano, was said to be trained to certain preferred food and became aumakuas (ancestral guard- 

 ians) to their devotees, and awa being a sacred offering to the gods was held to be necessary for its propitiation. 



