Chant for Nahicnacna. 



445 



The voice of frequent thuiuler roars 



heavily atove. 

 The voice of the earthquake is ruinbhng 



heavy, 

 20. The voice of the earthquake rumbles below. 

 The voice of the fine rain is increasing, 

 The voice of the heav_\' rain is roaring in 



the uplands, 

 The voice of the cimch sdiukIs interniit- 



tantly. 

 The voice of the niglit-snunding locust in 



the uplands. 

 25. Piercing the eyes of llaukuku: of 



1 laukaka. 

 r.reaking the coconut for the chief to eat. 

 The bailer that will overcome the chief's 



leak. 

 The chief Kauikeamili is the resident who 



governs 

 The care of the land tliniughnut the whole. 



island ; 

 30. Of the land that is great : that is very small. 

 Of the little, small, departing short veteran : 



Kalani possesses the land. 

 Of Xahienacna, Inuvlensome is lier imlwlc 



kapu. 

 Olue was an ancient descendant of that 



])lace. 

 .\ guard of the water: of the smooth, 



black pebbles, 

 .S5. She shall stitch [the kapas], she shall bite 



[the thread]. 

 She shall stitch, bite and bite. 



Ka leo o ka hekikili kawuwt.i iluna. 

 Ka leo o ke olai-" kawowowo. 



20. Ka leo o ka olai kawowo i lalo, 

 Ke leo o ka ua-"' buna kawowowc\ 

 Ka leo o ka ua loku'-" kawowo i uka. 

 Ka leo o ka pu kani helelei,-'' 

 Ka leo o ka pololei"' ka hull kani i uka, 



25. O aku ia-"* i ka maka o Haukuku, 

 o liaukaka. 

 O ke kakaina-^ o ka niu ai 'lii, 

 O ka hohana-"" e pan ai ka^^ li'u lani. 

 O ka lani Kauikeouli ke kupa"-' nana e au, 

 O ke au,-'-' o ke kupalele ka mnkit. 



30. O ke kupalala''^ ka aina. o ke kupalilii. 

 O ke kupalii. kupalii, kupahele, kupahaa,^ 



e ai aina o Kalani, 

 O Xahienaena. oluluu"'' naholo ke ka])u. 

 Okie"' he kupa kahiko m laila. 

 He kiai wai^'' no ka iliili pi)nipnni"° 



l^onihua. 



35. Nana kui,'"' e ku'i nanau, 



E ku'i nanau. e nanau. e nanau. 



°'01ai kawowowo, heavy rumbling earthquake. 

 ■'Ua huna, fine or hidden rain. 



~'Ua loku kawowo, heavy rain (loku. lokuloku) is roaring in the mountains. 

 "Voice of the conch shell sounded in blasts of quick succession. 

 "Pololei, an insect like a grasshopper but smaller ; sings only at night. 

 "'O aku la, etc., Haukuku pierced his eyes. Haukaka another name. 



'"Kakaina, the motion of the hands and arms in chopping wood or in breaking a coconut. 

 '"Hohana, to dip or bail out as water. 

 "Ka, the action of bailing to overcome the chief's leak. 



"'Ke kupa, an old resident, one born to a place ; nana e au, au, to clear or put in order. 

 "O ke au, time when the care of the kupalele was great in magnitude over the land. 

 "Kupalala like kupalele; kupalilii just its reverse, very small, diminutive. 

 "E ai ana o Kalani, i. e., the chief Kauikeaouli possesses the land. 

 '"'Oluluu, heavy, burdensome ; naholo, a kapu of Nahienaena. 

 "Olue, an ancient chief, belonging there. 

 "A guard of the water for the sea or brook pebbles, iliili. 

 "Poniponi, ponihua, the black smoothing off with such pebbles, as in heiaus. 



'"Nana ku'i, i. e., Nahienaena, for her to stitch the kapas together. Note the c is dropped before ku'i ; e ku'i 

 nanau, uau, to bite, naunau, all intensitive of the root nan. 



