Chant for NaJiiciiaciia. 



449 



lOO. Blackened is the skin by the kapued water 



of the kalo -patch. 

 Such are sacred chiefs with very strict 



kapus. 

 Heralded is the renown of the chiefs 



sacred to Keawe. 

 Beautiful are the chiefs as the ehh and 



flow of the tides. 

 Causing the downfall of Ku, and the llight 



of Luaniea 

 105. Of the rumbling stime. 



The shrill sound, a sacred place strictly 



forbidden, 

 A temple is a sacred place casting away 



all evil, 

 A temple sacred to refuse matter, heavenly 



fire thrown aside, answering a call : 

 .\ response to a call from another, 

 no. 'Tis a call which is heard, 

 An answering voice comes, 

 A true assent, a true [assent] of tliem. 

 They, they verified it, 

 In the rushing together, the clashing 



company of Kanaloa, 

 T15. Of the many dogs, a chief was born. 

 Nahienaena was born a resident of 



Hawaii, 

 Of Hawaii, of Hawaii, of South Hawaii, 

 Beneath it is the residence of Wakea far 



below the earth's crust. 

 The place where Wakea dwells. 

 120. Wakea lives at the foundation of 



Hulikaiakea. 



100 Kukukuhe""' i ka wai panonouo'"' i kapu. 

 He mau lani kapu, lani ahi ekeeke,''' 

 O ke kukukui"'' o na lani kapu Keawe. 

 O ke kai naholo"" haki hanuu lani lani, 

 O ka hiold'"" (1 K'u, <> ka nalmlo l.uamea. 



105. O ka pohaku kani,"" 



Ke kani ioio,'"'- he lani kuku, lani ahi 



kaka. 

 He lani kukekuke'"' hakakai kapu. 

 He opala lani,'"^ kapu lani ahi kaka eo ana. 

 He o no he o, 



no. He hea ua lono aku,'"'' 

 He pane uolo^"" mai. 

 He ae oia"" he oia o labni. 

 O lakou o lakou oia, 



ke kuilele,'"^ makawalu'"" a Kanaloa, 



115. O ka ilio"" makawalu ; hanau alii, 



1 hanau"' Xahienaena, ke kupa no 



Hawaii, 

 A Hawaii a Hawaii, a lalo o Hawaii, 

 Apapa"- ia Wakea o ka papaku,"-' 

 O ka papa noho ana o Wakea. 



120. Noho Wakea i ka papaku o Hulikaiakea,^" 



""Kukukuhe, black, rigid as the skin from being long in the water. 



"'Panonono refers to a place where the water slowly leaks out of a taro patch. That place was kapu. 



'"Lani ahi ekeeke, chiefs so sacred that all hres must be put out when they go forth ; ekeeke, very sacred, death 

 for one to approach unbidden in their presence. 



"Kukukui, the pubhslicd renown or fame of the chiefs. 



""Kai noholo. etc., naholo, when the surf breaks in one place, the appearance of the breaking runs off each way ; 

 Ii.iki hanuu, the breaking upon shore when the water runs up the beach and has the appearance of steps. 



'""Hiolo. downfall ; naholo o Luamea, the sailing, flowing away of Luamea. 



'"'Pohaku kani, an epithet of thunder, the stones sound. 



'"'"'Kani ioio, etc., the sound of a fowl or bird ; he lani kuku, a place made sacred ; kuku, the rising steam from 

 an oven ; lani ahi kaka, heaven tire thrown aside ; kaka, to throw ofif one's clothes on account of heat. 



'"Kukekuke, to cast away, reject; hakakai, an evil thing, what is disHked. 



'"'Opala lani, refuse matter of the sacred heiau, temple. 



'""Ua lono aku, he hears, or is heard. 



'"'Pane uolo, a voice answers. 



"'Oia for oiaio, true assent, a truth. 



'""Kuilele, a rushing together as of boxers. 



'""Makawalu, epithet of a great company of Kanaloa's people. It is imcertain to whom this applies. 



"°Ka ilio, the dog, a great many. This introduction is ambiguous. 



'"At a time of a great gathering the chief Nahienaena of and below Hawaii, was born. 



'"Apapa, malalo, i. e., under Hawaii is the place of Wakea, of the papaku. 



'"Papaku, name of a place under the whole earth where the ghosts go when people die. 



'"Name of the place where Wakea dwells. 



