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Poniaiiilcr C' olid U on of I lii-a'aiiaii Folk-lore. 



Kahai was jealous, tlie lieaven voicdl 



conch,"' O chief. 

 Whosoever has taken an)thin.n'''- of mine 

 45. it is thy office to I'ciU him; let him surely 



(lie. 



E lili Kahai, ka pu maleolani — e ka lani c. 

 O ka mea nana i lawe o kuu mannu, 



45. E i ae oe e make ia, e e make ia e. 



Evening Song. 



From tiik loiix Ii CollKctki.n oi' Mixus. 



Mele Ahiahi. 



10. 



20. 



Lehua' takes away the clay, sacred- is the 



evening. 

 Subdued is the murmur, the noise, the 



tumult ! 

 [And the] great wailing. 

 The sun is setting, its work accomplished ; 

 Set apart (sacred) is the evening, work 



has ceased. 

 It is sacred, let the voice be subdued, 

 Mush the voice, let there be kapu ! 

 This is the meaning, it is evening, just 



that ; 

 A sacred time for the chief to withdraw, 

 To stretch himself," for he is wearied, 

 Let there be kapu ; it is evening ! 

 Kapu for the holy evening, faint be the 



voice ; 

 Kapued the voice, [and] loud talking, 

 The groaning, the nuirnuiring. 

 The low whisperings of the evening. 

 The high chiefs rcst^ in the night of 



Hakalani. 

 In the sign'' of Kekaupea. 

 For Kiha is the night allowed for boxing, 

 l')Ut the beginning of the night is kapu. 

 For Kealohi, for Kekaupea the king. 



Lawe Lehua i ka la, kapu ke ahiahi. 

 E maa ka munui, ka wawa, ka nei — e ! 

 Kupina — i ! 

 E kau aku ana hoi ka la, e ko mai ana ; 



5. Ke ahiahi hoanoano. hoomehanieha. 

 Hooihiihi, e ihi kihi ka le — o ! 

 E hamau ka leo, e kapu ! 

 Eia ke ano la, he ahiahi wale : 

 lie in kapu no ka lani e pee ana. 



10. E kauolo lupe ana, ke luluhi nei — e, 

 E kapu e, he ahiahi ! 

 Kapu i ke ahiahi ihiihi, maa ka leo: 

 E kapu ka leo, ka walaau, 

 Ka nunu. ka ne ua la, 



13. Ka ua ne ua la o ke ahiahi, 



Ka ulu-haka i ka po o Hakalani, 

 O ka pohaka o ke Kekaupea. 

 No Kihi ka po no ka iKjokeekee, 

 O ke kihi ahiahi k'lpu no hoi, 



20. Xo Kealohi, no ke Kekaupea ke 'Hi. 



"Pumaleolani (as one word, not three as in the original) was the name of a large conch on which the high- 

 est chiefs alone were privileged to blow. It was sacrilege for any others to attempt to use it. 



"Whoever takes my mannu. Maunu is anything belonging to a person, or any part of what is his ; spittle, 

 hair, nail, etc. It takes the name of the fishermen's bait, from the similarity of purpose, to secure a victim. 



'Lehua, the westernmost island of the Hawaiian group, hence the last on which the sun shines. 



"All nature proclaims the sai-redncss of the approaching nigltt. hence man is called upon to recognize it by 

 quietness. 



'Kauolo lupe is to bend alike together to tlie strain of a task. 



'Ulu-haka, the elevated place in the house of a high chief, wltcre only those of rank are entitled to rest. 



"Pohaka, sign of Kekaupea, .a chief, h;is reference to a certain evening sky indic.ition named in his honor. 



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