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Poniandcr CoUcction of Jhnvaiiaii Polk-lorc. 



A strangely solemn stillness j)revails :'■' 

 l'erha])s Kaliiki is still, 

 45. A sacredness pervades Kahiki,-'" 'tis 



evening. 

 The evening is proclaimed for llooho- 



kukalani ; 

 An evening-' for his eminence. -- 

 Slow are the days declining to night, to 



lighting time, to midnight. 

 As evening shadows fall the spies-'' of 



heaven return. 

 50. Let the earth beneath be sacred to the chief, 

 .\n evening l)efitting his greatness: his is 



the [awa] cup.-^ 

 'i'he high service indicates his rank. 

 \ ery qniet is the evening, an evening 



sacred to Akea, 

 To Akea-' of old belongs the evening. 

 55. Ku, O Lono, O Kane — the evening, 



Relieved is the weariness, for 'tis evening, 

 .\n evening sacred to Kekuaiwa,-" at 



Kauhola. 

 To the long-tailed fish [is] the distant 



aUurement-' in the water. 

 () Kiha-nui-lnlu-mokn,-^ to Liloa is that 



evening, 

 60. For the water-diver dnring the tlood,-" 



.\ water-guard reared among the streams. 



The concubine is set aside. 



Sacred is the chief's realm, hypocracy is 



reprehensible,"" 

 The wrong is avenged by tiic growth of a 



guilty'" conscience. 

 65. Waipio has no place for forgiveness. 



The night is traveling towards Haena.'- 

 It pursues its course till it reaches the top 



of the cliff, 



Ke ku mai la ka pahu o ke anoano — e ; 

 Ano paha Kahiki — e, 

 45. .Vnoano aku la Kahiki, ua ahiahi. 



Kauliakea ke ahiahi ia 1 loohokalani : 



He ahiahi ko ia "na liliu, 



He liu na la, he aui po, ke kului po, 



aumoe \k>. 

 He po ahiahi ae no ka lani kiu hoihoi 



mai ana. 



50. E kapu ko lalo honua i ke 'lii. 



He ahiahi ka i kona nui. kona lie apu. 



I ke kona nui niho amo 



la koluna ke ahiahi. he ahiahi kapu 



no Akea, 

 No Akea kahiko ke ahiahi. 



55. E Ku, E Lono, E Kane, — he ahiahi — e; 

 Kuu aku ka luhi, ua ahiahi: 

 He ahiahi kapu no Kekuaiwa, no 



Kauhola. 

 No ka ia hi'u loloa, ka ewaewa loloa 



iloko ka wai, 

 O Kiha-nni-lnlu-moku, no [<iloa ia 



ahiahi, 

 60. No ke kanaka luu wai manawa wai, 

 Kiai wai kahawai okoa no. 

 A ka waiho hoi aku ke kamakama. 

 He kapu ka au 'Hi, he wela ke kaniani. 

 He laa ka hala, ka nioi kupu i Paakalana. 



65. Aohe wahi manalo Waipio. 



Ke haliai aku la ka po i Haena. 

 Ke alualu aku la kau i ka pali. 



"Anoano-e, a different solemnity prevails. 



•"Perhaps even foreign Kahiki is affected. 



"These lines refer back to the kapued evening set apart for Wakea and his daughter, Hoohookukalani. 



"Liliu, rendered eminent rather than high or exalted rank. 



"The stars are likened to spies of heaven returning for watchful service; decidedly a poetic tliought. 



"'Awa cup, apu, of kapued royal use. 



"To Akea (Wakea) is the evening dedicated, as shown in line 47, note 22. 



""The chanter next turns to Kekuaiwa's claims for distinction ; he was a chief of Kauai. 



''The distant allurement of the long-tailed fish is as the desire of Kekuaiwa for the sacred evening. 



"'One of the epithets of the lizard-goddess of Maui, who is here informed the evening is Liloa's not hers. 

 Liloa was the famous king of Hawaii, father of Umi, residing at Waipio. 



""This and the following line refers to Kiha's powers. 



"'Wela, hot, merciless, will he tlie doom of the hypocrite, the smooth-tongued deceiver. 



"The saying "nioi kupu i Paakalana" is said to be applied to a self-condemned conscience, referring to a severe 

 sentence or penalty of the Waipio temple of Paakalana. Nioi kupu is literally rcd-peppcr growtli. 



"Haena point, Kauai, famed in story for its attractions from distant parts of the group. 



