I' alien is I he Chief. 



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Canto XIV. 



O Hina, O Hina of heavenly song! 



O Kilia, O supernatural Kihavvahine ! 



O Hina, O Hina of heavenly song! 

 705. O Kiha. O supernatural Kihawahine ! 705. 



O supernatural Kihawahine, tlie supreme 

 head ! 



Increase the power of thy lord. 



The power of thy chief, Umi, 



That wise prophet indeed, that there 

 710. Procured and ate the eyes of the body 710. 



Of the blanched crackled-back : 



Skin crackled as of the (shell-fish) ina, 



[Like] small female white rodents, 



W'liite rodents fleeing to the thicket, 

 715. Running below Kahilipali, JiS- 



Descending seaward of Kauwa. 



Together they all fled ; 



W'ith your lord did you flee, 



lintangling Hik) with wild waste, 

 720. To thwart the footsteps 7-0- 



Of Punanui Kumakahe, 



A noni-juice itch producer, 



A berr)' red is his, 



The doubly enjoyed water is this 

 725. Whereby the chief boasted of death doings, 725. 



Hy the victory of his warriors. 



Kanekapolei has capitulated, 



He was indeed the war-club 



Annihilating above Kopekope, 

 730. Desolating by the unerring spear. Ji*^- 



O chief, O distinguished one ! 



O thou light, light of the island! 



The peopled hills are Hani's victory! 



PAUKU XIV. 



E Hina, e Hina mele lani,' 

 E Kiha, e Kihawahine niana. 

 E Hina, e Hina mele lani, 

 E Kiha, e Kihawahine mana, 

 E Kihawahine mana ia- ke poo,^ 

 I nui ka mana i ko oukou Haku 

 O ka mana o ka lani o Umi,* 

 Oia kaula mana hoi oia aia, 



Ki ina a aina na maka o kc kino,''' 



ke kekea kua aaka,'' 



Ua aaka ili paka kuaina la, 

 Wahine iki iole keokeo, 

 lole" keokeo holo nahele, 

 Holo aku lalo o Kahilipali, 



1 ho kahakai o Kauwa, 



kona hee no a hakua niai. 

 Me ko haku no i hee ai, 



1 lokn ai llilo i kanahele, 

 I ok)kea ai ka wawae, 



O Punanui Kumakahe, 



He wai iioni' hoomaneo ia, 



He nla ohckoheko" kana, 



ka wai paa lua keia, 



1 liki ka lani i ka wai moe,'" 

 No ko ka puka o ka paa kaua, 

 Ua mulehu o Kanekapolei,' ' 

 Oia iho i ka palau, 



Niania ka uka o Kopekope, '- 



La kopea ke aku ihi. 



E ka lani, e ke aiwa, 



E ka a, a o ka moku. 



O ka puukanaka no llaui'' no. 



'This canto opens with the poet's call upon the supernatural deities Hina and Kiha, in flattering vein, invok- 

 ing their aid in behalf of Kamcliamcha. 



"Ia for oia, she, Kiha. 



'Kiha, tlie acknowledged head (poo) of Kaniehanieha's aumakiias, or ancestral gods. 



'King Unii's power is Ijesought to descend upon Kamelianieha. 



"This and two following lines refer to Unii's overthrow of Hakau ; eating the eyes of the body being a per 

 fonna custom attending the sacrifice of a disthiguished foe. 



"Kekea kua aaka, as also aaka ili paka, are skin conditions of those addicted to awa. Hawaiians liken the 

 skin of inveterate awa drinkers to the crackled bark of the kukui tree. 



'The vanquished foe is likened to the scampering of rats into the brush, bollowing lines indicate the direction 

 and completeness of tlie flight. 



*Wai noni. noni juice (Moriiuhi citifoliu) . said to itch or tickle tlie skin. This is wliat Punanui Kuniakalia is 

 likened to. 



"Ohekoheko, probably the ohelo, sometimes called ohelohelo (J'acciniuin sp.), the Hawaiian whortleberry. 



'°Wai nioe, liquid sleep of death, death's doings. 



"Kanekapolei, a Hilo locality. 



"Kopekope, a place above Hilo. 



"Haui, title of a chief, in this case Kanichameha. to whom is the victory of the peopled hills. 

 Miinoiiis B. P. B. Museum, Vol. VI. — -ij. 



