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Poniaiidcr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



At evening tow down at kapu service of 



the island : 

 In the morning put up the twisted cord 



over all the island : 

 On that (lav proclaim througlunit the land 

 The k(int)hiki is a leaning tree. 

 57 S- *' }■£ poor people, changing this way and 



that, 

 The dark haired, the red, the standing hair, 



the curly haired, the long smooth 



haired ; 

 The malo upon the loins ; 

 The tatued thigh, the cunning mouth 



where the chief lives. 

 The multitude of that war, 

 5S0. The hosts of this war, 



Ye flatterers, stingy, slippery in thought, 



go farther off ; 

 Ye whose office is swollen words, paying 



with vanity ; 

 To please, to feed the vanity ; 

 To satisfy [the chief] in his house. 

 585. The chief has a lameness. 



The parent is a kinsman, the kindred are 



possessors of land. 

 These indeed are the people atout the king 

 Exciting him to go this way and that, 

 Taxing themselves much to think for him 

 590. Seeking out their per,sonal skill. 



I'ull away [ye advisers], pull away, 

 Let the root of Kuaana l)e pulled up ; 

 The tap root, the side roots of Kekuahuia : 

 The roots of Akaanuioleloloa. 

 595. Pick off its leaf bud and let it dry. 

 Let him sidle down. 

 Go for the huli, let it grow thriftily, 



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.Ahiahi hoomoe ka aha o ka moku : 

 Kakahiaka kau kaula lino moku peapea ; 

 Ka la e kukala ai ka aina 

 ( ) ka laau liin'^ konohiki. 



L kc alualu''-' la, ka malalaioa, 



Ka uli, ka ehu, ke kapii,-" ke kaai, ka lole, 



Ka malo kau i ka piko ;-' 



Ka uha kakau, ka waha niaalea i kahi 



alii. 

 Ke kini o kela kaua, 



5S0. Ka poe o keia kaua, 



Ke kuaii-- — kai — olu — e ke loa; 

 Ke kuleana^'' pehu, ka hookaa pehu. 

 Ka peite,-'' pepeue o 

 Hoowalea oloko o ka hale. 



5S5. Me opa-' na ke 'Hi, 



lie kini'-'' makua, he kini ai aina, 

 Oia kanaka no ia o ke 'lii 

 E hoeueu e holoholo ana i o i anei, 

 Noonoo iho ana ka noonoo 



590. I mi iho ana ke kino akamai. 



llukia-" la — e — , hukia la — e, 

 1 lukia ka mole o Kuaana'* iluna, 

 Ka mole-'' ka paiaa o Kekuahuia ; 

 Ke aa o Akaanuioleloloa."" 



595. Akoa-'" iho kona liko a maloo, 

 Xoiio wale ia, 

 E kii ka huli^- kawowo, 



"Laau hio, applied to a konohiki because he is under, or yields to a chief. 



"Alualu, applied to people of changeable minds; malalaioa, poor people without lands, vagabonds. 



'"Kapii, hair standing erect; kaai, curly as the hair; lole, long, flowing smooth hair. 



"Piko, lower part of the belly. 



'''Kuaii, to flatter, cajole; kai, close-fisted, selfish; olu, nianao pahee, slippery in thought, not firm; e ke loa, be 

 off, begone, go farther off. 



-'Kuleana, oflice, business; pehu, swollen, the oflice of swollen speech, i. e., flattery; hookaa. to fullill an office, 

 to pay a debt. 



"Peue, pepeue, to flatter with inflated and false language, to appear pleased in speech and conduct, wlien the 

 heart is wanting. 



"Opa, see oopa, lameness. 



"Kini, a kinsman, a relation ; aiaina, an eater, i. e.. an enjoyer, possessor of land. 



'"Hukia for huki, to draw, to pull. This is the taunt of the poet to the selfish flattering advisers of ilie king. 



"Kuaana, an ancient chief of Hilo. 



"Mole, the tap, or perpendicular root of a tree; paiaa, the side or horizontal roots of a tree; Kekuahiwi, an 

 ancient chief of Hilo, son of Kuaana. 



'"Akaanuioleloloa, an ancient king of Hilo. 



"Akoa, for akoia, to cut, clip off, to pick with the thumb and finger as a bud of a plant. 



"Huli, kalo tops for planting. 



