J'allcii is the Chief. 



401 



Canto XII. 



Here is thy island, O chief! 

 The top knot of hair of him standing- 

 erect ; 

 The flowinin" (hiwti of tlic rising' g"<')d 

 |()uhij. 

 550. Aljove (.)uhi he lies 



Above the kapn gods, even Lono ; 

 Alxjve the relatives of ancient chiefs. 

 O thou chief, — 



Thou Kalaninuikuhiwakawaka ; 

 555. Thou dispersest light every way, thou 

 shovvest thy descendants — 

 Thy descendants have passed before the 



chief. 

 There was tlie striking, the lx).xing is past ; 

 The fighting assault, the royal contest ; 

 The kapued prostration of the boxers, 

 560. The Ixjxing going forth, he is the strong 

 ohia ; 

 The ohia tree, the devoted to Ku. 

 Ku separates the ohias. 

 Wonderful is his exclamation. 

 A broad leafed ohia. a heiau of living- 

 sacrifice 

 565. Before the heiau, even Kanoa. 



There shall be led the nniltitude of w<ir- 



shipers, 

 O thou who hast destroyed the land ! 

 Tell thou to the chief what is right ; 

 To his coun.selors of the island : 

 570. To Ku, even Kunuiakea. 



I'ArKr XII. 



Eia ko nioku, e ka lani ! 

 O kaeo oho o ke kupu ;^ 

 Ka leina- pawa o Oulu, 



550. I luna o ( )ulu ke nioe — 



O na 'kua kapu o Lono : 



O ke awe^ o ka lani ma. 



E ka lani e, — 



E Kalaninuikuhiwakawaka : 

 555. Kuhikuhi wakawaka kuhi kau kama. 



Kaukania-* i aloalo ka lani. 



Ilaila ke kui-'' hala ka peku ; 



Ka punana" kui ka pekulani ; 



Ka momoe kapu' a kekui. 



560. Ke kui hele lani* he ohiako ; 

 He ohiako, he oneo" no Ku. 

 Ku ka mahele" ka ohia. 

 Kamahao mai ka wao," — he — o — 

 He ohia lauhau, he unu'- kalana ola 



5(')5. Imua i ka waihau,'" i Kanoa. 

 I laila e kai'* ai ka aha, 

 E papahola'^ ai ka aina. 

 E hai ae ai ka pono i ke 'lii ; 

 I na hoa noiau"' n-ioku : 



570. la Ku, ia Kunuiakea,^' 



'Kupu, epithet of Kamchameha ; k;ieo, tlie hair on top of the head gathered and tied up in a liunch so as to 

 stand erect. 



'Leina, flowing as light, spreading as the dawning of morn ; Oulu, tlie flying god, the flight of Oulu was straight 

 forward like light, but Kamehameha's lying down was above his flight. 



"Awe, companion, friend, relation. 



'Kaukai-na, two words, thy kau kama, children. 



°Kui, to strike with the fists; peku, a contest in fighting, bo.xing. 



'■Punana. to draw near to, to approach, especially with a view to box or fight, to come together as persons 

 tlireatening and brandishing their fists; pekulani, see peku above, the royal contest. 



"Momoe kapu, the kapu was to lie down and fight with 'the fist, and no other way. 



'Hele lani, walks a chief, name given to Kamehameha; ohi;iko, the ohia cut down for sacred purposes when 

 a person was sacrificed to give it power, an epitliet of Kameliameha. 



"Oneo, consecrated, devoted. 



"Mahele, to divide, to separate, to point the proper thing for a place. 



"Ka wao, the exclamation on ordering men to act simultaneously. 



'"Ulunu, narne of a heiau; kalana, i. e., kala ana, offering a sacrifice tliat would procure or rescue life. 



'"Waihau, a heiau ; Kanoa, the name of the heiau. 



"Kai, to lead, direct the niultitudes in their worship at the lieiau's so they need not go wrong, but obey the 

 forms of service. 



'°Papahola, hola the article that puts fisli to sleep, hence, a general swoop of ruin, papa an intensitive. 



'"Noiau, counselor, one who consults with the king on the interests of the government. 



"Kunuiakea, the same as Ku. 



