Ode to Kaiko. 



He Mele na Kaiko. 



Borne aloft is the water 



by the wooden viaduct, 

 The water that is borne by 



the wiliwiH of Poloiea, 

 Tliat the food of Keaokuukuu 



may find nourisiniient. 

 iMuni the water is the food 



of Kamananui ; 

 From Kawaihapai even to Kaena. 

 A disturbed thought exists 



witiiin tiiee there, 

 I'ire rages within, it flames 



with desire to sleep, 

 Tlie lj(jnes are wrung tlirough desire, 

 '{"he praise of ilaaheo is a puukauila, 

 Thou art proud indeed. 



Auamo- i luna ka wai haka laau^ 

 Ka wai a ka wihwili* o Poloiea, 

 I ola ka ai o Keaokuukuu/' 

 I ka wai ka ai o Kamananui." 



Mai Kawaihapai" no a Kaena. 

 He ena' 'loha kou e noho mai la, 

 Ua 'hi loko" ua lapalapa^" i ka moe. 

 Ua uina^^ ka iwi o ka makemake, 

 Ua puukauila'- na io o Haaheo.'^ 

 He heo no e." 



'A song of Kaiko, a petty chief, caused by grief. 



'Auanio, to bear, carry. 



'Haka laau, etc., a ladder; Iiorc a rude aqueduct of sticks of timber put up so as to carry water. 



*WiliwiIi, the kind of timber used for the water trough of Poloiea, a place in Waialua. 



'-'-'Place-names in Waialua ; from Kawaihapai (lit. the fruitful water) to Kaena, tlie norlliwestern point of 

 Oahu. 



"He ena, a perturbation of mind from having injured one, hence, a dislike or fear of the person. He ena 'loha 

 ko'u, i. c., Haaheo, his wife, love estranged or set upon by another ; e noho mai la, tliat is here exhibited or that exists 

 within you. 



"Ua 'hi loko, i. c, Haaheo on rtrc internally; fire rages within. 



'°Ua lapalapa, it flames witli desire to sleep (cohabit). 



"Uina, to wring off, twist, break ; the bones are wrung off through desire. 



"Puukauila, pun, a bunch; to resemble one to the kanila (one of Hawaii's most valued trees) was to speak in 

 praise of him. 



"Haaheo, the wife of Kaiko. 



"He heo no e, chorus from the last syllable of Haaheo. 

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