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20. Let the earth shake.'"' 20. 



I am saved ; my god has looked upon me,'** 

 I am being washed,'' I have escaped the 



danger. 

 I,ct the miscreant perisli,'^ Id tinl llic 



mischievous unc micccciI. 

 'i'hou shalt .soon be fdund a mischievous 



nincompoop,''' 

 25. The person of a mischievous mouth sliall 25. 



perish ; 

 The mischievous informer,-" the man tliat 



steals another's food-' let him perish. 

 Let Niau l)e spared in this world. -- 

 I'cle is the imumrtrd of I lawaii, 1 of this"^ 



I island]. 

 I am Ixild, 1 am energetic,-' 

 30. I can tear and break in pieces, 30. 



I am tearing and breaking in pieces, 

 I will throw back upon him his curses.*'' 

 Let the man die that rises up eating, and 



the ungodly-" man also. 

 Do thou oppose-' him, listen when he 



comes forth, 

 35. loosen, -^ be open to jealou.sy, 35. 



Lay open his crimes.-" 

 What are his crimes? 

 A crime respecting fish perhaps. 

 A crime respecting food perhaps, 

 40. A crime respecting cloth perhaps, 40. 



A crime respecting a girdle perhaps. 

 Yes, that was the crime that e.xcited the 



jealousy of Kahai,^° 



E nei ka honua. 

 Ola no wau, ua ike kuu akua, 

 Ke holoi mai nei ; pau ka poino, 

 Make ka eu, ke kalohe e o, e puka. 

 L<iaa ihii nei oe he cii nukn]iuu. 



(J ka nuku eueu, e make no ia, 



Ka puali eu, ka ououkuono e make no ia. 



E ola Niau i ke ao malama, 



O Pele ko Hawaii, owau keia. 



He kalaku a'u la, he (-)kalakala, 



E kala, e eueke. 



E kala aku ana a'u e ueueke, 



E ueke aku ana au i kona poino, 



Hemo ka ai ku, hemo ka ai-a, 



E ku i kela, e lono i ka uweke, 



Kala wekea i ka liH, 



Wekea i ka hala. 



He aha la ka hala? 



He hala i'a paha? 



He hala ai paha ? 



He hala kapa paha ? 



He hala malo paha? 



O ka hala ia i lili ai Kahai, 



"Nei, like nawe, to shake, to move. 



"The god has seen and delivered me from danger. 



"Ke holoi nei, etc., 1 am being washed (by the shower for which he had prayed) ; I have escaped the hazard, 

 it is passed. 



"Let the mischievous person, ka eu, i. e., the propliet, die, let him fail (a way of cursing). E oe puka, he 

 shall not succeed nor prosper in his mistakes. 



"This line implies that tlie slovenly mischief maker will be discovered and his character made known. 



""Puali is the king's man that goes round as a spy to see if there is no new property to be taxed. 



"'Ououkuono was one who stole food and ate stealthily in a corner, let him die. 



"Niau in this world, ao malama ; that other world is called ao malama mau — everlasting light. 



"'As Pele is the immortal of Hawaii, Niau desires like recognition for Kauai. 



^He kalaku, to bristle up, to stand up like hog's bristles; meaning I am bold, daring. Okalakala, fierce, strong. 



"'Uckc, for wchc I kona poino, I can throw, break up his curses. 



""The he in the original of this line stands for c, and 1110 for make, death ; ai ku is one that eats and rises 

 up eating without returning thanks ; an aia is an unbeliever, either of which is deserving of death. 



"Stand and oppose, i. e., the prophet ; lono. listen i ka ii-i^'cke. a term used on Kauai for wehe, listen to his 

 opening, or coming. 



""Kala, loosen, wekea, open; let it be opened to jealousy, anger. 



""Wekea i ka hala, let his offense live, be brought to light, from whatever cause, whether of fish, food, cloth 

 or girdle, 



'"Kahai was a sorcerer (anaana) priest of Pele. 



