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Ponnuidcr Collection of Hazvaiiaii I'olk-lorc 



125- 



130. 



135- 



140. 



\\ akca, Luuiuui and Kaliiko were chiefs, 

 As also Kaulapa and Kcakanialinkca. 

 The sky is the shadow of Ku. 

 The first born flies away, the kapu of 



Kahookoiiie flies ofif; 

 The cahii of Ku extends on hiyli. 

 Ku flies to the land, forsaking the sea. 

 The voice of the great sea, it is heard from, 

 If one stands listening. 

 Listen not, listen not to it. 

 Come hither quickly, rise up and come 



instantly ; 

 Approach, approach, approach, approach 



thou ; 

 Come cautiously and deliberately ; 

 Let the crawling to the chief be crawling; 

 Voiced above is the crawling to the chief. 

 The great chief guarded l)y the stringent 



kapus. 

 Indistinct, obscured, hidden, dark is the 



heavens. 

 The chief Kauikeaouli, the warrior of 



Hawaii ; 

 Hawaii, where the kiele is thriving, 

 [The island] that is like a hook holding 



the chief. 

 The bunch in the throat, thou art destined 



a chief, 

 A chief of the great sea. Akea is of the 



heavens, 

 O Papa, O Hoohokukalani, the heavenly 



chiefs. 

 The ancestors of Haloa ; of Haloa indeed 



is the chief, 

 Yes, of llaloa indeed is the chief 



Kauikeaouli. 



O \\ akea, o Luanuu. o Kahiko ka laiii. 



() l\aulai)a, o Keakanialinkea,""' 



O ka ouli aka o Ku, 



Lele hiaix),"" oili kapu a Kahookoine. 



125. Oili makalai"' o Ku, lele iluna, 



Lele aina Ku, haalele o kai, 



Ka leo o kai nui, olololnlohe.'"" 



Ke ku t)lolololohe, 



^lai lolohe,"'' mai lolohe aku, 

 130. E hiki wawe niai, e eu koke mai,'-" 



E nee mai, nee mai, neenee mai, e nee 

 mai oe, 



E hakikolo hakikolokolo,'-' 



E kolo ae,'-- nakokolo ana i ka lani, 



Kui nakokolo ana iluna. 



135. Ka lani nui kuapokopoko,'--' po ekeeke,'-* 

 Powehiwehi,'-'"' polohiwa, poloua, eleuli 



ka lani. 

 Ka lani Kauikeaouli, ke koa o Hawaii, 

 Hawaii ku o ke kiele'-'' aumoku, 

 Ka haowa'-' kiele moku. 



140. Ka ])uu momoni,'-'' au ana oe he "lii, 

 I le 'lii no kai mii, o Akea ka lani, 

 E Papa, e Hoohokukalani, ka lani alii. 

 O ka moo o Haloa'-'' no Haloa ka ka lani, 

 E no Haloa ka ka lani Kauikeaouli.'''"' 



'"Two chiefs in tlie lower regions. 



""Hiapo, first born ; lele, and oili, to fly or flee away. 



'"Makalai, a calm. 



""Ololololohe, it is heard from. 



""Do not stand listening. 



'""Rise up and come here quickly. 



'-'Hakikolo, etc., to do a thing with great caution, so as to make no mistake, to go carefully. 



'"E kolo, to crawl ; nakolo ana, the act of crawling. 



'^Kuapokopoko, a very sacred kapu. 



'"Po ekeeke, a night of sacredness as of fire heat. See note 97. 



'"Powehiwehi, obscure, indistinct tlirough darkness, fog, etc. ; polohiwa. when the sun is obscured by clouds ; 

 polona, the darkness of a cloudy, rainy day; eleuli, almost as dark as night. All these are epithets of heaven. 



""Kiele, an odoriferous plant, here applied to governing chiefs tliat liave the care of land. 



'■'Ka haowa, the ancient fish-hook for catching eels. 



'"Puu momoni : puu, the bunch in the throat, (the chiefs are) the sw;illowing throat; .-in ana, etc., thou art 

 going about a chief. 



'"See notes 79 and 80. 



""Kauikeaouli, a descend.ml of Haloa. 



