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From Kalickului.' [llicj graiulinotlKT, 

 Froni Keahialani of Li)iiol Tliou L<ino, 



confirm it. 

 I was glad to follow [after you] with my 



tears : 

 15. A siiade appeared real,'" 



Causing tears to suffuse" my eses ; dis- _ 



pleased. 

 Two arose, the shade and yon, 

 With you to calm my sorrow. '- 

 The quiet which caused it to decrease : 

 20. Which canseil me to keep silent and cease 



my loud wailing. 

 In curbing ni)^ grief there is still regret. 

 I am panting for lircath, and am wearied: 

 My breath is gone. 

 Return, that I may go'' iiack, 

 25. .\iid end my grasping at nothing. 



\'a Kahekuhii, kupunaw aliiiie 



O Keahialani o Lt)no e, o Lono i ana 



hoi e, 

 Hoihoi e imi ku ana kuu waimaka; 



15. .Vkakau ana he aka, 



Ke kulu ka maiiini, konakona, 

 Ala lua ana, oia o oe ; 

 O oe ka hoonana o ke aloha 

 Ka hoomalielie i ka ha'i ai. 



20. la no malie ai pale ka uwe nui e, 

 Pale ka nui, he wahi mihi iki koe. 



kuu ikiki ia, ke uiha la, 



1 ka pau o kuu alio. 

 Ha'i ae la i ha'i an 



25. I pan kuu hopu a hae. 



A Lamentation for Pe'ape'a.' He Kanikau no Pe'ape'a. 



Tliis is a nKuirning triljutc. 

 For you, Peapeamakawahr 

 Kamakauahoa," 



My laeloved one who passed away,'' 

 5. The principal division from Haho.'^ 



1 le kanikau aloha keia, 

 Xou hoi la e I'eapaemakawaln, 

 Kamakanahoa, 



Kan mea 'loha i nalo aku la. 

 5. O ku palena nui a llaho, 



"Rain and lightning personifications of ancestry which Lono, one of the major gods, is called upon to confirm. 



"Akakau ana, enlarged shadow of a person or other thing; a skeleton of a man; many things confusedly 

 thrown together. 



"Kulu, a drop of water or otlier liquid ; manini, water pouring over a dam ; here the suffusing of the eyes 

 with tears before one begins to weep. 



'"Hoonana, conveys the idea of calm, quietness, etc., with its soothing effect, as here understood. It may also 

 mean to witness or take cognizance of the sorrow experienced. 

 '°Ha'i, not Ijreak. hut like ho'i, to return. 



'The subject of this chant was one of the sons of K 

 met with fatal injuries by the e.xplosion of a keg of gun 

 Honokohau, in the Kaanapali district, where he shortly 

 burden of the lament. 



"Makawalu, appended to and liccoming part of Pea 

 dicates eminence or faiue as an expert in wh;itever may 

 wide-awake. Kamapuaa was a "luakawalu" in that he ex 

 nations. Lonokaeho was likewise renowned for his sever 

 only his father's interests in Maui's defense against Hawa 

 of Kaeo, of Kauai. 



'Another of Peapea's names, likely complimentary, a 

 "young war companion." 



'Refers to his death as above stated. 



"Referring to many generations back of Liloa. 



amehameha-nui (king of Maui succeeding Kekaulikc), and 

 powder at the Kauiki hill fort, Hana. He was removed to 

 afterward died from liis wounds, in 1794. This is the 



pea's name, occasionally met w-ith in historic accounts, in- 

 be one's calling. Literally "eight-eyed," implies all-seeing, 

 celled in adroitness to extricate himself from perilous sit- 

 foreheads. Pcapea was famous as a warrior, serving not 

 ii inva'sions, but aiding at times also the warring fortunes 



it does not appear elsewhere, and conveys the idea of 



