Fallen is flic Chief. 



405 



660. 



Wakea mii ka ha" moku, o ke lii o 

 Hakia, 



Wahi i kana io/- Hawaii, 



1 ka honuna*' nui o ka moku, 

 Ua ai" a ua lihaliha,*'^ 



650. They were surfeited with wealth; 650. Ua keuakena^" i ka waiwai, 



Ua piha na hale papaa, 

 He aahu wahi noho ole, 

 1 lookuonoono na ipu iloko, 

 1 ka ipu lonolau" a Kama, 



655. Seen coverino- houses and trees in growth, 655. Ike aa kau hale a kawowo i kawiliwili, 



Xa wiliwili kau ipu a kaalehu, 

 1 kau a hua iluna o ka laau, 

 1 lahau ka laui'** i ka laau, pa pono iluna o 



Hanakahi, 

 Xaha ka lolo poo''' Hik). kukele paki me 

 ka hou, 

 660. Na mahapuu o Halai,-'" 

 Hoaka lei o Paikaka,^' 

 I'a i ka ie kuku kua, huai ka ipu wai"'" 



Alaea, 

 Kahe k(_)ku kahe ilalo ka wai aina, 

 Hoololia'''' i pono ke oma,^* 



665. That the sacrifice for Hilo [might] be 665. I pono ke oma ia Hilo, 



Na awa"^" hiwa i hoolewa. 

 Me na awa kakahiaka, 

 E kaumaha i pono ka ai, 

 I nui ka mana o ke Akua, 

 To enlarge the power of the god 



670. [To] curse contending forces, 670. Molia i kini"'" waha hewa, 



I ua kini haku''' mele la. 

 Nana i Ion ae a kona°* lono Kona, 

 Akahi la hakuhaku ka pohaku,^' 

 Ke ao haku ke avvakea, 



"iCa ha moku, etc.. in Wakea was the breath, the life of the land, as ancestor of chiefs. 



'"Hawaii is claimed to have been born of Papa and Wakea. hence, part of his flesh. 



'■'Honuna. as honua, the foundation for the growth, enlargement of the island. 



"Ua ai, they referring back to the people, ate bountifully. 



■"'Lihaliha. nauseated with fatness. 



'"Kenakena, etc.. pictures Ijcnelits following imder Kamehameha's rule. 



''Ipu lonolau. a prolific bitter gourd of Kama as Kamapuaa. a god of cultivation, its vine covering trees and 

 houses, as shown in the following lines, indicative of fruit fulness under the new regime. 



"The poet here pictures conditions at Kamehameha's assault upon Hanakahi (Hilo). 



"Lolo poo. the brains of Hilo oozed out at the assault. 



'"Mahapuu o Halai. the flalai twin hills of Hilo. 



'"Paikaka. the sea of Hilo, shares in the misfortune of its overthrow. 



"'Wai alaea. the reddish water for temple service, o'erflowed. blood-like, for the sacrifice. 



""'Hoololia. a shifting from side to side. 



"Oma. the preparations for war; also, the space for sacrifice between two armies. 



"Awa (Pilfer incthystictini) bore an important part in all priestly and sacrificial ceremonies, and the several 

 kinds had their respective degrees of appropriateness as to the proper offering to the gods for the service in hand. 



""Kini waha hewa. nuinerous slanderers, backbiters. 



"'These many composers, chanters, of the contending Hilo army, tliat they may be discomfitted in their utter- 

 ances and their prophecies come to naught. 



'"Their expressions Iiave been heard even in Kona. 



"'Pohaku. stones for construction of the temple, the usual preparatory step in the outbreak of liostilities, for 

 consulting the gods on the outcome, and dedication with sacrifice of the first victim. 



C.reat Wakea was the land's life of the 



chief I laloa, 

 Hawaii was part of his flesh, 

 .\t the foundation of the land. 

 They ate and were nauseated : 

 They were surfeited with wealth ; 

 The store houses were filled : 

 There was no space for garments. 

 The calaljashes were stored within 

 \\'itli the prolific gourd of Kama. 

 Seen covering houses and trees in growth. 

 Gourd-hanging wiliwili at Naalehu, 

 Growing and frtiiting on the trees. 

 The chief weildiug the weajxin strikes 



squarely on Hanakahi, 

 I'reaking Hilo's brains, oozing slippery at 



the thrust, 

 [At] the slopes of Halai. 

 Paikaka is linked in companionship, 

 vStruck with the kapa lieater the alaea 



water overflowed. 

 Blood flowed, flowed below the wet land, 

 Clianging correctly the sacrifice, 

 That the sacrifice for Hilo [might] be 



acceptable. 

 The sacred awa borne in procession. 

 With morning [gathered] awa, 

 As [an] offering for sanctificatioii 

 To enlarge the power of the god 

 [To] curse contending forces. 

 Those many composers 

 That informed him. Kona heard; 

 The stones were at once arranged in order. 

 Arranged from morn till noon. 



