Lamanfation Chants. 



423 



[With] the tail of the kite of Kealohi, the 



good,'- 

 Kealohi of the water begat the bastard 



child of Kealohi, 

 Keawe of Kealohi, by the paramour of 



Unii, 

 25. Made eniiiieiit Ijy Kailinioku.'" It was 2^. 



Keawe who begat chiefs 

 At the shielfled" division. '■'' 

 Borne in the misty rain to Haona ; 

 Carried at night in a container. 

 And at daylight jilaced in the house in 



its nakedness. 

 30. He was the staunch support which helped 30. 



sacred Kawelo, 

 The chief whose sacred edict^" 

 Was broken'' and ignored at Holoholoku.'" 

 The sacredness which should have caused 



silence 

 Was disregarded by the sound of many 



voices'" in the night : 

 35. JJy the sound of the gentle rain of heaven ; 35. 



By the rending of wet kapa-" in the heavy 



rains ; 

 By the loud reverberating-' sound of the 



heavens. 

 O chief, who art yonder, do return. 



Ka polo pea a Kealohi kanaka maikai, 

 Kealohi kai ka wai loaa ka hema a 



Kealohi. 

 Keawe a Kealohi no kona koolua 



wahine a Umi, 



Ke kuku Kailinioku. na Keawe no i 



hanau na "lii 

 1 ka pale kohiana. 

 O ke kohiana polua io Haona, 

 O ka haona mai po hapai. 

 He ao e io Haka. io Hakaola, 



O ke koo ola i koo ai kapu Kawelo, , 

 O ke 'lii nona ka hakikili 

 Haki apana apana i Holoholoku ke kapu. 

 O ke kapu mai hoano e hoomehanieha, 

 O ka pehea hoi o na leo kawakawa i ka po ; 



I lani ka eloelo i ka lele mai polua 



Io nahae nahae mai o lele. 



I na pu kolukolu i ke kolukolu ia iku lani ; 



O lani e i oa, e hoi e. 



O ke nahili au nana ia o kihele, 



You are blundering,-- be careful lest you 



wander ; 

 40. Wandering against one"s will would be 



satisfactory 

 If accompanied by love offerings such as 



my Hoohila-'' blossoms ; 

 1 mistook the quietness of the water ; I 



am floating alone,-* you are not 



here. 



40. O ka hele i o uilani ke maemae aku la, 

 Ka lau aloha o Hoohila, kuu pua, 

 Manao i ka wai ke lana la, ke lana wale 

 nei a'u, aole oe. 



"This is manifestly figurative. 



"Kailimoku. the famed war-god of successive Hawaii kings from before Liloa. then known as Kaili, but better 

 recognized in later years as Knkailiniokii. 



"Shielded. likely through proximity to tlic god whicli is designated as kuku, standing erect. 



"Pale kohiana, as a division bank between two taro patches. 



"Hakikili, name of a kapu (v) to forbid, prohibit. 



"Broken into little pieces, haki apana apana, applied not to regard the kapu restrictions. 



"Holoholoku. the famed recognized birthplace of Kauai royalty, hence entitled to sacred regard, as was Ku- 

 kaniloko for Oahu. 



"Many voices, leo kawakawa. wet voices, of the night. 



""The sound of wet kapa rending (eloelo) in the polua — rain with wind — was one of the disturbing elements. 

 ■'The rumbling noise of thunder, the thunder guns of heaven — pu kolukolu — thick, heavy cloud-bursts with 

 rain. 



■"Nahili. going astray, lagging behind, hence the caution. 

 '"Hoohila, name of a place on Kauai. My blossoms, kuu pua, figurative. 

 "'Reference to water also figurative. 

 Memoirs B. P. B. Museum, Vol. 'VI. — 27. 



