.4ii Bi'ciiiiig Song. 



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Tu him'' beloiig's the evening. Kapu ! 'tis 



evening ! 

 Sacred is the evening to Kawelo,' 

 Who traveled alx)Ut in WaiUianui-a-huano. 

 And falHng asleep undisturbed as Kuhc,^ 

 25. Then was oppression, dizziness relieved in 



that sleep. 

 The child raised up; the sacred child 



pleased of heaven. 

 It is the evening of Mahuna Kaioe." 

 Tlie eye'" ( offspring ) of Kua\valu-pau-ka- 



moku. 



30. 



35- 



40. 



lani 



the 



Let 



The chief for whom is tnc cvennis^ 



there he kapu! It is evening and 

 sacred. 

 It is the evening sacred to Kuihewa'^ 

 At Kukaniloko.'- at Liinie. there is the ter- 

 rible enclosure of the kaini, 

 Kuihewa's strict kapu that was declared.'" 

 Kuiliewa, Kal:uihewa. Kuihewa of the • 



colored'"' garnient. 

 For them the evening at l.ihue. 

 For Luaia,'"' for Luanui-mahao the chief 



is the evening. 

 Let there be kapu. It is evening ! 

 Edgeways, staggering descends the sun. 



It is evening. 

 The day is divided, rain vanishes as the 



sun reaches Manuahi. 

 There at the time'" of dancing, Lehua 



takes away the sun. 

 Casting its rays in the dark sea. 

 Traveling onward is the sun'" of the day. 

 Returning to the bosom''* of the protecting 

 god. 



Nona ke aliiahi — , e kapu — e — , e ahiahi ! 

 He ahiahi kapu no Kaweki. 

 I holoholo 'ku iloko Wailuanui-a-hoano. 

 E hiamoe ana i moemoe a Kuhe. 



25. Ilaila ka paluhi newalani i ka hiamoe. 

 O ka huki kau kama ka ihi kama hoohia 



ka lani, 

 O ke ahiahi o JMahuna Kaioe. 

 O ka maka o Kuawalu-pau-ka-moku, 

 Ke 'Hi nona ke ahiahi e : e kapu e, he 



ahiahi kapu o ! 



30. lie ahiahi kapu no Kuihewa 



I Kukaniloko, i Lihue. ilaila ka pa awa- 



awahia o ke kapu, 

 O ko Kuihewa awahia i malania. 

 O Kuihewa, Kakuihewa, Kuihewa o ka 



ua-ua-pena, 

 () ko lakou ahiahi i Lihu — e, 

 35. Xo Luaia, no Luanuimahao ke Hi nona 



ke ahiahi. 

 E kapu e ! he ahiahi ! 

 Kaha aui, newa ka la, ua ahiahi. 

 Ke kahakaha ka la. hele ua, kaha ka la 



i Manuahi. 

 .Via i ka haaluapou lawe aku la Lehua 



i ka la. 



40. .\ka ku la i ke poo ke kai uli, 

 liele aku la kanakaloa o ka la. 

 Hoi mai la ka poll o malumalu akua. 



"To Iiiiii, iioiKi, Kek;iupc;i llic kin.n is tlic sacrcdness of the evening proclaimed, shown in line 16 to be Haka- 



'Kawclo, famous king of K.iuai, is now assigned the kapn of evening. 



"Kuhe, the Hawaiian Morpliens, who gives undisturbed slumber; to whom lulhibxs were ehantcd t(j in\()l<e 

 pleasant and restful sleep. 



"Kaioe, more likely ka i a oe. is yours. .\s a name it carries no meaning. This line designates the night of 

 Mahuna lo Kawelo. 



'"Not the eye (maka) but the offspring of Kuawalu. 



"Kuihewa, a famous king of Oahu, begins a new division. 



'"Kukaniloko. on llie upland plain of Lihue. island of Oahu, was designated liie sacred spot (enclosure") for the 

 birthplace of aliis. 



"In Kuihewa's birtli lliere his high rank and sacredness was confirmed. 



"Kakuihewa, equally known as Kuihewa o ka ua-ua-pena. Ua-ua was the name of a yellow dyed kapa, the 

 qualifying pena indicates it as an imprinted colored garment. 



"'Luaia, an ancestress of Kuihewa. Luanui-mahao not identified, likely an epithet of Kuihewa. 



"Haalua pou, an imaginary post where two are dancing, at wliich time Lehua has taken the sun. 



"Kanakaloa, lit. long man ; an epithet for the sun. 



"Bosom of night as a protecting god. Hoi mai la i. to, understood. 



