A Lamentation for Young He Kanikau no Kaahumanu 

 Kaahumanu. Opio. 



liv NiAlI. 



Na Niau. 



'I'liiiii all I lahihi,' the great voiced bird, 

 When thmi standeth the wings of that 



l)ird swodp. 

 Kiwaa'- screams, the hird in the sky. 

 .\ hird-lx)d_\', a l)ird-nanie <.if a chief is thy 



name.-' 

 5. .\ chief is left lamenting^ for his C(.ini- 



jjanion, the wife : 

 The Companion, the wife is tal<en ; 

 The companion is gone indeed, gone, 



taken is the ciim])anion, yea taken: 



night.' 

 And phiced (in the rest'' and enlogized. 

 10. Tortnred witli grief is Luahine,^ 



Pleachng'" is the chief that breath may be 



returned." Oh my ! Oh my ! 

 I can not hve : the rain Ijy day is lessened, 

 The rain by night is greater. 

 Coming to get me that we may go ; we 



are going. 

 15. Short of breath, waiku is the disease; 

 The asthma closes the chest : 

 It is that'" which obstructs the air passage ", 

 \\'hen breathing cea.sed the ]xiwer of 



thought fled, life ended. 

 Where art thou, others! She is <lead !" 

 20. She struggled, struggled'- with death 



pains : 

 Struggled in the path with an indefinite 



number : 



O Halulu oe o ka manu kani halau, 

 O ku oe ka haka eheu o ia manu, 

 Kani Kiwaa ka manu i kawaluna. 

 lie kino manu. he inoa nuuiu. no ka lani. 

 k(j inoa e. 



5. Noho kalani n i ka boa o ka wahine 

 O ka boa ka o ka wahine ua lilo, 

 Va. lilo ka hoa la. lilo. lilo ka hoa la e lilo. 

 Lilo aku la ka hoa i ka po liaua, 

 I'a kau i ka haka a ka helu e. 



10. Ke kupaka nei Luahine. 



Uwe kaukau ka lani i mau ke alio, aloha 



ino oe. 

 Aole hoi an e ola. ua hapa ka ua a ke ao, 

 Ua nui ka ua a ka po. 

 Ke kii mai nei ia'u e lilo niaua la. e lilo. 



15. He iki pau ka nae, o waiku ka ma'i. 

 He haikala pani houpo. 

 Xana i alai a paa ka puka makani. 

 Pau ka hanu. lilo ka noonoo. aole aho. 

 Auhea oukou e — lilo ia nei. 



20. () kunewanewa e, newa ae ka wahine. 



'Halulu. a fabled bird whose alleged head feathers adorned noted idols, and was supposed to^respond, by flut- 

 tering, or by rising and falling, to petitions of faithful devotees for good or ill. 



"Kiwaa, a riiythical bird, of large size, which ate men in olden time. 



'A bird in body and name so is thine. O chief, refers to Kaahumanu. tlic literal definition of the name being 

 "the feather cloak." 



'The chief left lamenting is Kaumualii. ex-king of Kauai on the death of his wife. Kaaluimanu. 



'Po lia ua may refer to a dark rainy time of niglit. or to a pondering period of fearful forebodings. 



"The original of this line pictures a ladder at the pali. which, being removed, she cannot return. 



'Luahine, a name of Kaahumanu. tliough the poet fails to give her rest. 



"Pleading, uzve kaukau, weeping by nimiber, i. e., eulogizing the virtues of the deceased. 



°I mau ke aho, pleading for enduring or continuing breath. 



"That is the cause, nana i alai, or alalai, obstructing or hindering. 



"The bereaved calls on others to realize the fact of his and their loss. 



'"A'i(»Cii'(7/ii"a'i;, death struggle ; the term also has the meaning of weariness overcome by sound sleep. 



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