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Poniaudcr Collection of Haivaiiau Folk-lore. 



10. 



15- 



20. 



25- 



The secmid cliihl nt I'alena,'' 



Holaniku of Kailii was the father, 



Following after [wa.s] the pig' [shadow] 

 in the clouds. 



Kaohelelani and Kimo. traveling compan- 

 ions, 



Followed after him 



With failing strength supporteil from else- 

 where. 



There were three gathereil there, 



The vessel had left the land. 



This is Hana** we have just reached: 



Hana the land of low heavens. 



Kauiki is victorious, mountain towering 

 high. 



Kapueokahi'' and Mokuhono arc down at 

 Kaihalulu, 



Manianiaula, llamaalewa and Kauiki,^" 



Mountain soaring to heaven, the mountain 

 at the threshold," 



Home of the chief who passed away. 



Calling back Kamakauahoa of Kepanila, 



And also Kauhaipaku. 



Kamakauahoa'- went in spirit, 



My beloved one who has gone. 



Weep you,'^ I recite the virtues of Kumu- 

 koa'* hence, of the chief. 



O kama luaia o f'alena, 



O Holaniku a Kaihe ka makua. 



Ka ukali hope, ka puaa kau i ke aolewa, 



O Kaohelelani a Lono, na hoa hele. 



lo. Ka ukali o ka hope, 



O ka hookualana ana o kahi e 

 Ekolu lakou e ahu nei, 

 Haalele i ka moku i ka aina, 

 O Hana keia, akahi o loaa, 



15. O Hana, aina ua lani haahaa, 



Lanakila nei o Kauiki, manna i ka lani, 

 () Kapueokahi, o Aldkuhoni) i kai n 



Kaihalulu, 

 O Manianiaula, o Hamaalewa o Kauiki, 

 Manna i ka lani, ka manna i ka paijjai, 



20. Hale o ka lani i hele aku la, 



E o ia nei o Kamakauahoa o Kepanila. 



O kau-hai-paku ka hoi 



Hoi makani o Kamakauahoa, 



Kau mea 'loha i nalo aku la, 



25. E uwe oe, e helu au o Kumukoa aku, 

 o ka lani. 



^o. 



What made you angry that you should go 



crookedly. 

 The companion of my brother who went 



away. 

 Both of you are of Neau, from the same 



crouching house, (womb) 

 One indeed is the [bond of] affection 

 [And] the sadness between you 

 Gathered at the pool of Punahoa. 



I aha oe i welawela ai i punini ai oe, 



Hele ka hoa o ke kaikunane, 



O olua ia a Neau, mai loko o ka hale 



pupuu hookahi nei. 

 Akahi no ka ke aloha, 



30. Ka paumako ia oukou, 



E aim i ka wai o Punahoa, 



"This transposes authoritative genealogy order where Palena is shown to be the offspring of Haho. See 

 Memoirs, Vol. IV, p. 25. 



'Pig-shaped clouds were Ik-IiI Id \k omens of serious moment. Usually portending evil. For this reason they 

 were carefully studied for indications of favorable attitude, or imagined course of travel. 



'Hana, of Maui, favored of the gods of ancient time, where tlie heavens were held to come nearer earth than 

 elsewhere, and its mountains to take on added height. 



"The harbor of Hana, with adjoining famous localities, Kaihahulu being the spouting sea-spray of that vicinity. 



'"Kauiki, or Kauwiki, is here given fabulous height, it being less than 400 feet elevation ; thus myth and tra- 

 dition combine with historic events to make it, perhaps, the most famous in Maui's history. With a fort on Kaui- 

 ki's summit it was Maui's stronghold for many years, and in charge of which the subject of this dirge met with 

 the accident which cost him his life. 



"Kauiki bluff is at the left-hand side in entering the little harbor of Hana. 



'"An epithet of Peapea's, whose death is referred to as having gone in spirit. 



"The people are called upon to join in lament wliile the nii'r hclu, the recitation of his virtues is narrated, 

 as follows, in wailing strain. 



".•\nother of Peapea's names. 



