An Elegy to His Soul. He Kanikau i Kona Uhane. 



Bv NiAu.' 



Xa Niau. 



() ka uIiaiR' kanaka ulc. k<iu iuua. 



llele ke aka o ka uhane a hoi niai, 



E akjha ae ana a'u i ko'u hoa. 



He aloha ka hoi kau ka nanai, 



Aloha wale kuu uhane kino vvailua. 



Ehia ka niaua e noho nei, 



Aole a'u i ike aku oia kekahi, 



L'a kii ka ilaila e kalohe ai, 



Auhea ane oe? 



Ai kapakajiaku, ai kookoona, 



Heaha la ka'u hala nui, e ke 'kua, 



I ai kuia paha a'u, i ai aia, 



I ai aia ia'u, e lakou nei. 



O ka hala ia la e Kaneikawaieola, 



A soul without a lx)ily is thy nanie,- 



The shadow of the soul, it goes and comes, 



I feel for thee" my friend. 



Thou hast my love, my ardent love, 

 5. Farewell my soul. 5- 



We two* shall dwell here still 



But I see not that one though he is,'^ 



He is gone tliere to do his mischief. 



And where hast thou" gone? 

 10. Thou hast vanished," thou art taking re- 10. 



venge, 



What is my great offence, O god !** 



I have eaten standing perhaps, or without 

 giving thanks, 



Or these my people have eaten wrong- 

 fuUy." 



Yes, that is the offense, O Kaneika- 

 waieola.'" 

 15. O spare: O let me live," thy devotee, 15. 



Look not with indifference u\xm me. 



I call upon thee, O answer '-' thou me, 



O thoti god of my hody who art in 

 heaven.'-' 



O Kane,'* let the lightning flash, let the 

 thunder roar, 



'Niau was a princely chief of Kauai who was killed in battle. He was termed a kaukuualU. being the son of 

 a high chief, but whose mother was of low chief rank, or of the common class. 



"A spirit without a body, hclc Ice aka, the shade of the spirit goes and comes. The prophets were said to be 

 able to catch the spirits of men going about and killing others. 



°Xiau was leaving his companion, ko'u hoa, his own soul. The ancients supposed the.\ had two souls, one re- 

 mained permanently in the body, the other went forth doing good or evil. 



'We two, elua ka niaua, his body and his soul. 



"Though e.xisting is yet unseen; he has gone (ua kii ka!), but he lias gone there to do mischief. Tliis is 

 advisory to the prophet that has the power of watching him. 



"Where art thou, is the distressed call to the absent soul. 



'.\i in the original for, aia, answering the quest auhea? Kapakapaku in the sense of being lost, unseen, angry, 

 there avenging; ai kookoona, being in a temper. 



"What is my great crime, O god?, appeal to akua aumakua, his particular protecting god; every man had 

 one, generally held to be his deceased father; they were supposed to protect from accidents. 



^I, or my people, have perhaps eaten as an ungodly person, i. c. without prayer or thanks which was uni- 

 versal in ancient times; they have eaten sacrilegiously under me, as in the next line the ia answers for the passive, 

 and the accented u renders it, literally, it has been eaten wickedly by them here under me. 



'"An epitlict of the Kane deity, the god who was in the possession of the water that would restore dead men 

 to life, or old men to youth. 



"Let me (ko pulapula ) live; i)ulapida. the propagation of plants, trees, animals and men; hence, thy power of 

 spreading forth. 



'"I call, answer e o; say O. tliat 1 will know you have heard me. 



"My body god, ku'u kino akua; my spiritual body in heaven. 



"E Kane, in apposition with kino akua; e lapa, to flash as light in darkness, a call for liim to manifest his 

 power. 

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E ola c, e ola hoi a'u la, ko pulaptila, 



Mai nana lea mai oe ia'u 



E kahea aku no wau, e o mai oe. 



E ku'u kino akua i ka lani, 



E Kane, e lapa ka uila, e kui ka lickili. 



