A Lamentation for Kalai- 

 ulumoku. 



He Kanikau no Kalai- 

 ulumoku. 



My sacred child, my revered child, 



Thou art the child descended from 

 Akalana, 



A descendant of Kiha : 



Thou art the child begotten of Akalana. 

 5. Thou art the cliief through Ka-lau- 

 loa-ia-iku. 



Thou art Kauhi, 1 am Kaulii. [iiotli chil- 

 dren] of Kama.' 



I am Kamalalawalu, begotten of Kiha,-' 



That Kiha of the blue sea moss, 



O Kiha, the blue, the sea moss,^ 

 10. O Kamalalalua thou art Kama, the Kama 

 that waiidereth. 



O Kama, O Kaila. O Kalalahai, 



Thou who ascended^ to the [temple]' 

 house at Malaihaakoa," 



To brace" and establish indeed the corner 

 at I lalelca. 



Kanuuniena [son] of Kawelo,'' Kawe- 

 loaikanaka, 

 15. A child of the disdainful'' lord. 



The sacred child of Kalanikukuma,'" 



Elder brother of Kailelalahai, 



[Also] Aanuikani-a-weke of Kona and 

 Koolau, 



Three of them were torn of the con- 

 temptuous chief. 

 20. lie [Kamanuena], is the tail of the kite" 

 at Hihimanu. 



When the kite ascended and united 



O kapu kama ia"u e, ehia kama, 



O ke kama la kama Kahiki-a-ka-lana. 



O kekahi kama ia a Kiha, 



(-) ke kama ia hanau niai Akalani. 



5. O ko lani oe o Ka-lan-loa-ia-iku. 

 O Kauhi oe, o Kauhi a'u, a Kama. 

 O Kamalalawalu a'u a Kiha i hanau. 

 O Kiha ia o ka uli manauea. 

 E Kiha e ka idi, e ka manauae ea. 



10. E Kamalalalua ia o Kama, e ka hala- 

 lalu ia Kama ke hele, 

 E Kama, e Kaila, e K;ilalahai. 

 E ka hakihaki apana i mua i Alalaehaakoa. 

 I ko oa e kihi kama llalelea, 

 Kamanuena a Kawek), Kaweloaikanaka. 



15. lie maka ia no ka haku maka paweo. 

 He maka kapu ia no Kalanikukuma. 

 Ka kaikuaana o Keilelalahai, 



Aanuikani-a-weke no Kona, no Koolau, 

 Akolu lakou a ka haku maka paweo i 



hanau. 



20. Xona ka pok) ]iea i llihinianu 



1 kau aku ai ka pea a huia 



[These notes are based largely on those of Judge Andrews' stndy of the chant]. 



'You arc Kauhi, I am Kauhi of Kama, therefore we arc both the offspring of Kama. Kama, a sobriquet of 

 Kamalalawalu, a noted Maui king. 

 'Kiha, the king of Kauai. 



'Blue sea-moss, nianauca, a species of sea-grass which, seen through the sea. appears green. 

 'Ascended the hakihaki, stairs or steps reaching up to a temple. 



'Mua, the principal house of the several temple enclosures wherein arc prepared tlic sacrificial otferings. 

 'Malaihaakoa, name of a once famous heiau (temple) on Kauai. 



'I ko oa, to brace up a rafter, here a supporting division of Halelua, a place on Kauai. 

 'Kawelo, proper name, different from Kaweloaikanaka. a high chief. 

 "Paweo, to look at and turn away with contempt, disgust. 

 "Kalanikukuma, an alii of Kauai. 

 "Pea, like lupc, a kite ; polo, tlie tail of a kite. 

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