He kua [1490] la no Kahiki.
He ulu [1491] i heia,
He mapele [1492] i heia, ia e penei,
Ka oloa, a he ka oloa, 5.
He oloa Nahienaena [1493] ma ka olelo wale ana,
E oloa aku ana [1494] ia Kalani-nui-kua-liholiho.
I kane aimoku [1495] iluna ka ia ea [1496] la.
O ka oloa ia e kuku nei,
O ke kuku poai, [1497] Kalani, kuku ke ’lii, 10.
O ka lani, kua’i [1498] ka lani, mau ka honua.
Kuka’i Kalani, mau ka honua ia Lani, [1499]
Lani pipili haamomoe [1500] lea.
Pipili Kalani, [1501] mau ka honua ia la,
He la kolii [1502] nono ka iluna. 15.
O ke [1503] ka mauna [1504] wawa, ke kai wawa,
Olelo kai [1505] iluna, ka leo o ka hekikili [1506] kawowowo. [1507]
Ka leo o ka hekikili kawowo iluna,
Ka leo o ke olai [1508] kawowowo.
Ka leo o ka olai kawowo i lalo, 20.
Ke leo o ka ua [1509] huna kawowowo,
Ka leo o ka ua loku [1510] kawowo i uka.
Ka leo o ka pu kani helelei, [1511]
Ka leo o ka pololei [1512] ka huli kani i uka,
O aku ia [1513] i ka maka o Haukuku, o Haukaka. 25.
O ke kakaina [1514] o ka niu ai ’lii.
O ka hohana [1515] e pau ai ka [1516] li’u lani.
O ka lani Kauikeouli ke kupa [1517] nana e au,
O ke au, [1518] o ke kupalele ka moku.
O ke kupalala [1519] ka aina, o ke kupalilii. 30.
O ke kupalii, kupalii, kupahele, kupahaa, [1520] e ai aina o Kalani,
O Nahienaena, oluluu [1521] naholo ke kapu.
Olue [1522] he kupa kahiko no laila,
He kiai wai [1523] no ka iliili poniponi [1524] ponihua.
Nana kui, [1525] e ku’i nanau, 35.
E ku’i nanau, e nanau, e nanau,
Naunau, [1526] holoholo, a holo, o hoholo,
Ou holo Kalani.
He kukukeke, [1527] kuku ke koi keke.
Holo i kupa keke, kupeke [1528], ili kapa keke [1529] e Kalani, 40.
Kuku kapa, ua keke, he lani kuku kapa keke.
Ke kahele, [1530] ke oe, [1531] ke moe, ke kaikai,
Kukaheleke [1532] kapake i ka heleke,
Ka lani keia [1533] o ka lani Kauikeaouli o hoa.
O Nahienaena ke kupa nana e ai ka moku, 45.
Ka moku [1534] o ke kukupa, ai [1535] ka helele,
O ke kukupa ai aina, o ke kupa, o ke kupa, o ke kupa ia.
He kupa i Kona ka malino. [1536]
Ke aimoku no Kalani ke noho, [1537]
Noho Nahienaena i uka, i kai, i uka, i kai. [1538] 50.
Ke pua [1539] loa, iloko, iwaho,
I ka i’a a ka papa [1540] i lohia i hee [1541] ai,
Ka ia a ka papa i ka huli.
Kaikai a lealea [1542] ka wai,
I ka wai, i ke kea [1543] ka wai. 55.
Ka wai mapuna [1544] ka hele i ka hoi
Ka mapu [1545] i ka pii
Ka lani [1546] i ka opa, i ka hoe, ke i ke oioina,
I ka hala, i ka hala, i hoohalahala,
Ka hala kee, [1547] i ka hala manawa ino, 60.
Ka hala i ka hala i hooki [1548] hala,
Kukupu [1549] na wahine oni [1550] kapu,
Oni na kela, na nioi [1551] hua ’lii,
I hua i ke one kapu i Puuolea
I ke one [1552] momona a Laamaikahiki [1553] 65.
Hiki la. [1554]
Puka la mai hea la?
Mai luna maua [1555] a ka lani he ’lii wailana [1556] ili oha [1557] la,
Haihai ka pua a ke kini [1558] lani,
Aeae [1559] wai loko alii [1560] a e ku iluna. 70.
Iluna o Leiau [1561] ka wahine pii lani.
Ao lani, [1562] hele haha o Nahienaena la.
Puka Nahienaena ke ’lii o ka la hiki.
Hiki la, puka la, oni la, loa la, kela la.
Mohola iluna [1563] ka welau alii nui. 75.
Nohonoho oe iluna e,
Noho aha lani i noho ia,
Hinaaikamalama [1564] ke kaikamahine,
Wahine maikai a Papa.
Hoi a iho no e Akea, hanau Haloa [1565] ka maka o na ’lii. 80.
I hanau Haloa ka hoike alii,
O ke ’lii o ka nohoku [1566]
O ka nana hooi iluna mea
Po [1567] ka moku i Kahiki, i ka newe au,
Ka nenewa [1568] o ka moku ka i haanalue, [1569] 85.
O na lue [1570] ka lani,
O ke ola [1571] holo ka manene ole,
Ka hilahila ole e holo kaulua,
Ka nehe iki ke kuipehe. [1572]
Ka pepehe o na ’lii kua [1573] kahiki, 90.
Kahiki kua kaa au, [1574] i newa kapu.
He poli kapu,
He ilina [1575] haka kau alii i.
Ke ’lii ka lani Kauikeaouli i hoa lakou.
O lakou, [1576] oia la ke kini o loko, 95.
Ke kini [1577] ili paka, unahi paka i ka wai.
Ke kini ili paka, unahi paka eaea. [1578]
Ka eaea kua paka, ili paka.
O Lono [1579] ka ili paka, i ponia, i naoa i ka wai,
Kukukuhe [1580] i ka wai panonono [1581] i kapu, 100.
He mau lani kapu, lani ahi ekeeke, [1582]
O ke kukukui [1583] o na lani kapu Keawe.
O ke kai naholo [1584] haki hanuu lani lani,
O ka hiolo [1585] o Ku, o ka naholo Luamea,
O ka pohaku kani, [1586] 105.
Ke kani ioio, [1587] he lani kuku, lani ahi kaka,
He lani kukekuke [1588] hakakai kapu.
He opala lani, [1589] kapu lani ahi kaka eo ana,
He o no he o,
He hea ua lono aku, [1590] 110.
He pane uolo [1591] mai,
He ae oia [1592] he oia o lakou,
O lakou o lakou oia,
O ke kuilele, [1593] makawalu [1594] a Kanaloa,
O ka ilio [1595] makawalu; hanau alii, 115.
I hanau [1596] Nahienaena, ke kupa no Hawaii,
A Hawaii a Hawaii, a lalo o Hawaii,
Apapa [1597] ia Wakea o ka papaku, [1598]
O ka papa noho ana o Wakea.
Noho Wakea i ka papaku o Hulikaiakea, [1599] 120.
O Wakea, o Luanuu, o Kahiko ka lani,
O Kaulapa, o Keakamaliokea, [1600]
O ka ouli aka o Ku,
Lele hiapo, [1601] oili kapu a Kahookoine,
Oili makalai [1602] o Ku, lele iluna. 125.
Lele aina Ku, haalele o kai,
Ka leo o kai nui, ololololohe, [1603]
Ke ku ololololohe,
Mai lolohe, [1604] mai lolohe aku,
E hiki wawe mai, e eu koke mai, [1605] 130.
E nee mai, nee mai, neenee mai, e nee mai oe,
E hakikolo hakikolokolo, [1606]
E kolo ae, [1607] nakokolo ana i ka lani,
Kui nakokolo ana iluna.
Ka lani nui kuapokopoko, [1608] po ekeeke, [1609] 135.
Powehiwehi, [1610] polohiwa, poloua, eleuli ka lani.
Ka lani Kauikeaouli, ke koa o Hawaii,
Hawaii ku o ke kiele [1611] aumoku,
Ka haowa [1612] kiele moku,
Ka puu momoni, [1613] au ana oe he ’lii, 140.
He ’lii no kai nui, o Akea ka lani,
E Papa, e Hoohokukalani, ka lani alii,
O ka moo o Haloa [1614] no Haloa ka ka lani,
E no Haloa ka ka lani Kauikeaouli. [1615]
A LAMENTATION FOR YOUNG KAAHUMANU.
BY NIAU.
Thou art Halulu, [1616] the great voiced bird,
When thou standeth the wings of that bird swoop,
Kiwaa [1617] screams, the bird in the sky.
A bird-body, a bird-name of a chief is thy name. [1618]
A chief is left lamenting [1619] for his companion, the wife; 5.
The companion, the wife is taken;
The companion is gone indeed, gone, taken is the companion, yea taken; night. [1620]
And placed on the rest [1621] and eulogized.
Tortured with grief is Luahine, [1622] 10.
Pleading [1623] is the chief that breath may be returned, [1624] Oh my! Oh my!
I can not live; the rain by day is lessened,
The rain by night is greater.
Coming to get me that we may go; we are going.
Short of breath, waiku is the disease; 15.
The asthma closes the chest;
It is that [1625] which obstructs the air passage;
When breathing ceased the power of thought fled, life ended.
Where art thou, others! She is dead! [1626]
She struggled, struggled [1627] with death pains; 20.
Struggled in the path with an indefinite number;
The path accustomed to the presence of man; [1628]
The path not accustomed to the presence of the god.
A woman died, died at Waimea;
She lies alone by the water of Makaweli, 25.
By herself, without a mate.
Thou indeed will dwell [1629] on this island,
A guardian for the land;
A barrier to hinder the mischievous.
This is an affectionate lamentation [1630] 30.
For you, Luahine, Kahoa, Kaahumanu, [1631]
My beloved one [1632] who departed
At the turn of the milky way, toward the dawn of day, [1633]
On the day of Ohua [1634] was she taken.
When the companion is gone, cold is the breast; 35.
I sorrowed for the love of her.
Kalani assumed [1635] the body of a god
And defied the power of Kauakahi.
Kalani prayed [1636] to him above,
And opened up the fountain of Kulanihakoi. [1637] 40.
The rain drops fell, the heavy rain of Kane;
One god of power. [1638]
Kalani is welling over [1639] with love
For the soul-return of my companion [1640]
To be a soul-body in my presence, 45.
So I may imagine [1641] it is she indeed:
But no; only a shadow of the wife,
Of my wife who hath gone.
You have gone to darkness [1642] while love lingers as the retainer of your home.
I grieve for our union; 50.
We were united until her departure,
I turned and she had vanished;
I felt along the walls where she was wont to dwell;
The incessant pangs of love kept guard, [1643]
Inviting [1644] the rain-drops from the near-heaven, the tears. 55.
Kalani gathered up the various lands, [1645]
The chiefess assembled her retainers.
Hard was the time upon the earth,
The chief lived dispirited [1646] on the land for love;
Love to you, love to us, love of the husband for the wife. 60.
Not a wife, [1647] but a child, a child brought up by us,
By your two husbands, [1648]
Wailing [1649] descriptively does the rival, Kekukauliehu-o-Kama;
How I grieve for our lord, [1650]
She sorrowed for your going; for your leaving us. 65.
She was a rival as others see it, but she was not a rival, [1651]
She was her mother.
A part for the land, a part for your favorite [1652] pastime, O chief
Living on the lands of the chiefs and occupying them
When thou goest on pleasure bent, 70.
Leaving thy companion, the husband.
Thou art taken by Hikapoloa, [1653] thou art dancing at Hiikua, [1654]
Thou art remembered at Hiialo, [1655] that is what we preserve.
Take constant care of the wife, the steadfast companion of the cold.
Cold is the breast of Kealohi, [1656] 75.
My idling companion [1657] at Pohakomo;
My friend at Kawaiula, of the muddy water caused by Kapakapaahoa [1658] of Kahana.
Provoking [1659] are the rains of Hikilei, and Peapea, there,
The soul of Kalani, the dark woman; the black woman glides lightly by [1660]
Hers is the soul which has gone on; 80.
Just wandering around on the pili plain;
On the manienie [1661] plain,
With a deal of undue haste,
Left the dwelling inhabited by man [1662]
And when to the house inhabited by god; thus my child 85.
Left her companionship of the husband
[And] followed after the godly companion.
A god is at Haupukele; [1663] a spirit was placed at Keaolewa;
A spirit is the hau blossom [1664] of Wailua,
A shadow is on the height of Kalalea, [1665] 90.
A kiss is left at Pueo. [1666]
The spirits met in the rain of Koolau,
They settled at Hihimanu, [1667]
Seen by the gentle haao rain.
As the bonds are severed the lehua rain falls. 95.
The chief took the bird form; [1668]
The spirit lighted down, there was calm,
The voice sounds [1669] wafted to the top of Makana,
Noisily heard at Kaiwikui.
The sound of the voice is of my soul-wife; it is she, 100.
Wandering [1670] on the wife-stealing precipice
Toward the end of your goal. [1671]
Swiftly [1672] runs the sea, divided for the sacred child!
The spirit is idling in the calm;
Comfortable [1673] in the quietness of Koolau, 105.
The koolauwahine [1674] ascends to the top of Kamailepuu,
Ascends like a fire-brand, [1675]
[Like] the shadow of the spirit of another child
Of Kamalalawalu, whose is the soul of a man,
The woman with a double body [1676] is at Polihale. 110.
When the hills are past the fatiguing ends;
Let us go [1677] to Nohili
To see the habitation of the gods,
Thatching there at Waiolono. [1678]
Enveloped is the house by the mirage [1679] 115.
Established by Limaloa, [1680]
With foundations prepared by Uweuwelekehau. [1681]
The soul rose up at Kalamaula;
A shadow [1682] nestled up at the naulu,
The soul flies away [1683] in the wind. 120.
The wind-break of Kekaha
Is the barrier of the wind.
Your name becomes a bird’s body, O Kalani. [1684]
Thy return [1685] is frequent.
Thy voice calls [1686] distantly as if distressed; 125.
I [1687] just heard it faintly at midnight
As if it was the voice of a ghost. [1688]
The voice of my soul-wife, it is she!
The spirit whose face is wet with the surf-spray, [1689]
She [1690] is the body surf of Keahilele, [1691] 130.
The goddess whose face is wet with the surf-spray of Kaahe,
Surf-riding woman at Pueo;
Guard of the surf at Kanaha;
Watcher of the meeting [1692] of the fresh and salt waters of Waimea,
Dissolving [1693] and dropping into its burden there. 135.
Unsavory is the grease [1694] of the chiefs,
Full [1695] to overflowing with their ancestors;
Crossways [1696] are their lying.
But yours is that place, [1697] O chiefess,
The night of Lueea, [1698] at Kikaupe’a, 140.
The whirlwind raised the dust of Kupalele, [1699]
And guarded the yard of Pohakuauli, of Kahiwauli.
O Kana! O chief! [1700]
Thou dwellest in this enclosure, a decaying body.
Kawelo [1701] swam past as though a fish. 145.
O Kane, [1702] in your justice expose the priest who has killed my child;
[If] at the mountains, kill him by a fall off the cliff,
The priest who has killed my child.
[If] at the sea, kill him by the mouth of a shark,
The priest who has killed my child. 150.
When he bathes in the water [let him] drown,
The priest who has caused the death of my child.
When he eats food [let him] die,
The priest [1703] who has caused the death of my child.
When he eats fish [let him] die. 155.
HE KANIKAU NO KAAHUMANU OPIO.
NA NIAU.
O Halulu oe o ka manu kani halau,
O ku oe ka haka eheu o ia manu,
Kani Kiwaa ka manu i kawaluna.
He kino manu, he inoa manu, no ka lani, ko inoa e.
Noho kalani u i ka hoa o ka wahine 5.
O ka hoa ka o ka wahine ua lilo,
Ua lilo ka hoa la, lilo, lilo ka hoa la e lilo.
Lilo aku la ka hoa i ka po liaua,
Ua kau i ka haka a ka helu e,
Ke kupaka nei Luahine, 10.
Uwe kaukau ka lani i mau ke aho, aloha ino oe.
Aole hoi au e ola, ua hapa ka ua a ke ao,
Ua nui ka ua a ka po.
Ke kii mai nei ia’u e lilo maua la, e lilo.
He iki pau ka nae, o waiku ka ma’i. 15.
He haikala pani houpo,
Nana i alai a paa ka puka makani,
Pau ka hanu, lilo ka noonoo, aole aho.
Auhea oukou e—lilo ia nei.
O kunewanewa e, newa ae ka wahine, 20.
I newa i ke ala a kini lau.
Ua maa ke ala i ke kanaka,
Aole i maa ke ala i ke ’kua,
He wahine make lilo i Waimea,
Moe hookahi i ka wai o Makaweli, 25.
Oia wale no, aohe lua.
Nau ka e noho keia moku,
He kiai no ka aina
He alai he pale no ke kalohe.
He kanikau aloha keia 30.
Nou hoi la e Luahine, e Kahoa, e Kaahumanu.
Ka’u maka aloha i lilo aku la,
Huli ka i’a ka pawa o ke ao,
I ka la o Ohua ka lilo ana,
Lilo ka hoa ko’eko’e ka poli 35.
U iho la au i kona aloha,
Kapakapa aku Kalani i ke kino akua,
Hoole i ka mana o Kauakahi
Nonoi ae la kalani iluna,
Na-ha mai Kulanihakoi 40.
Kulukulu ka ua, ka pakapaka e Kane,
Akahi akua i mana
Ke haupu wale nei Kalani,
Ho’i uhane mai ana ka hoa,
Hookino wailua mai ana ia’u nei, 45.
I kuhi ae no wau oiaio
Aole, he aka ka no ka wahine.
No kuu wahine i hala aku nei,
Hele aku oe i ka po, noho ka ohua o kona hale o ke aloha.
He ’loha au i ka pili a maua; 50.
I ka pili no maua a hele aku la.
Huli ae nei a’u aole,
Haha wau ma ka paia i wahi e noho koke mai ai.
Kiai panipani mai ana ke ’loha;
Ke kono la i ka ua lani poko, he waimaka. 55.
Hapuku Kalani i na moku,
Ulu Kalani i na ohua,
Paakiki ke au ka honua.
Ua noho pupue wale Kalani, ka aina i ke ’loha.
Aloha oe, aloha makou, aloha ke kane i ka wahine, 60.
Aole wahine, he keiki, i hanai keiki ia e makou.
E au kane a elua,
Uwe kaukau ka punalua o Kekukauliehu-o-Kama:
Aloha ka haku o kaua,
Ua minamina i ko hele, i ko haalele ia makou. 65.
He punalua ia oukou; aole punalua!
O kona makuahine no ia!
He hapa no ka aina, hapa no ka puni hoi au e Kalani;
Noho ka aina o na haku a lakou e nonoho mai nei,
Hele aku la i ka le’ale’a, 70.
Haalele i ka hoa he kane.
Lawe aku la Hikapoloa, kaa aku la oe i Hiikua,
Hoi ke ’loha ma Hiialo, oia ka makou e malama nei.
E malama hele i ka wahine, he hoapili no ke koekoe.
Anuanu ka poli o Kealohi, 75.
Kuu hoa luana wale i Pohakomo,
Kuu hoa o Kawaiula, wai iliahi Kapakapaahoa o Kahana,
Ua ukiukiu o Hikilei, makaupili o Peapea oia nei.
Nianiau hele ka uhane e Kalani, wahine uli, wahine eleele.
Nona ka uhane i hele aku la; 80.
Hele, hele wale i ke kula pili,
Hoi ke kula manienie.
I ka hehena nui launa ole
Waiho i ka hale wai kanaka,
Hele i ka hale wai akua la e kuu kama, 85.
Pau ka pili ana i ke kane,
Hele hahai me ka hoa akua.
He akua ka i Haupukele, he uhane ka i kau i Keaolewa,
He uhane ka i ka puahau o Wailua,
He aka ka i luna o Kalalea, 90.
He mu-ki ka i noho i Pueo.
Hui na uhane i ka ua o Koolau,
Ka kakau ana i Hihimanu,
Ikea mai la e ka ua haao,
Moku ka pe’a, ua ou lalena, 95.
Hookino manu aku Kalani,
Ke aka kau la, he malie.
Mapu ka leo iluna o Makana,
Walaau ana i Kaiwikui
Ku’i ka leo o kuu wahine uhane, oia nei. 100.
Hele wale i ka pali kaili lawe wahine,
Hoohiki i koena wai.
Kapukapu aku la ke kai, okia no kama kapu.
Ka uhane walea i ka lai,
Nanea i ka paa o Koolau, 105.
Oni ke koolauwahine, oia kailuna o Kamailepuu.
Oni e like me ka auhau,
Ke aka o ka uhane o kekahi kama,
O Kamalalawalu, nona ka uhane wai kanaka,
Wahine kino lua, oia ka i Polihale. 110.
Pau ka pali hala ka luuluu,
Ho’i kaua i Nohili.
Ike aku i kauhale a ke akua,
Ke ako la, la i Waiolono.
Paa ka hale a ka li’ula, 115.
I kukulu ia e Limaloa.
I kueneia e Uweuwelekehau,
He uhane ku i Kalamaula,
He aka kai pili me ka naulu,
Ka uhane pee i ka makani. 120.
Alai makani o Kekaha,
Pale alau he koo na ka makani,
Ko inoa e kino manu aku la e Kalani.
Pakonakona ka hoi ana mai,
Paheahea mai ana ka leo, 125.
Winiwini au i ke aumoe.
Me he leo no ka hanehane la,
Ka leo o kuu wahine uhane, oia nei.
Ka uhane maka ehukai,
Oia ka honua nalu o Keahilele, 130.
Akua make ehukai o Kaahe,
Wahine hee nalu i Pueo,
Kiai nalu o Kanaha.
Nana lapawai o Waimea,
Ahuili moka ilaila. 135.
Pela ka hinu o ka poe alii
Piha nenelu i na kupuna.
Oloke’a lakou e ahu nei,
O oe ka ko ia kula e Kalani,
Ka po ia Lueea Kikaupe’a 140.
Ka ea koi i ka lepo o Kupalele,
Kiai pa o Pohakuauli nei o Kahiwauli,
O Kana, o Lani,
Nau ka e noho keia pa, ua ilioa ia kino.
Holo ae la Kawelo he i’a kona lua, 145.
E Kane o ko paeaea, o ke kahuna nana i hana o kuu keiki,
Mauka ia i ka lele pali e make ai.
O ke kahuna nana i hana o kuu keiki,
Makai ia i ka waha o ka mano e make ai.
O ke kahuna nana i hana i kuu keiki, 150.
Auau i ka wai make.
O ke kahuna nana i hana i kuu keiki,
Ai aku i ka ai make.
O ke kahuna nana i hana i kuu keiki,
Ai aku i ka ia make. 155.
KUALII. [1704]
Is he like the unsound lama,
[Or] the lehua in the ninth forest;
A lone tree standing in the shrubbery?
[He is] not like these.
Not like the mature ti leaves of Nuuanu,
Torn by the rain and the wind.
Fallen are the yellow ti leaves of the summit of Waahila.
[He is] not like these.
Not like the rough-barked kukui,
Bark crackled by the sun.
Like a man who drinks awa is the roughness
Of the kukui [trees] of Lihue.
[He is] not like these.
Not like the twisted hala (screw-pine),
The crooked naio tree,
Nor to the ahihi standing uncreased
At the bathing-pool usurped by the hinahina
In the wind which bends, leans and falls.
[He is] not like these.
Not like the nanue,
Nor the lipoa fish-food,
Nor the lipalahalaha of Waimea,
The moss that hangs on the trees,
Nor the red crab at the summit of Kaala.
[He is] not like these.
Not like the pandanus wreath of hinalo blossoms of Kepa,
The pandanus was blown by the wind,
The felled pandanus of Papuaa.
[He is] not like these.
Not like the wind
Moaning through the mountains,
Bracing up the house of Koolau,
Fastening it lest it fall by the wind,
[With] the successful hair line of the fisherman.
[He is] not like these.
Not like the naulu bringing the land breeze,
Like a vessel of water poured out was the mountain breeze of Kumomoku
Establishing the hau trees of Leleiwi.
The hau trees of Kepookala are separate.
Have you not seen the hau
[Of] projecting, twisted and crooked body?
Sitting crooked and cramped was Kanehili at Kaupea.
[He is] not like these.
Not like the ekaha in the sea;
The kiele, or the orange,
Nor the leaves of the olapa waving in the wind.
Nor the blossom of the grass faded by the sun.
[He is] not like these.
Not like the trunk of the wiliwili
Which was shaped for a surf-riding board,
Not like such.
Not like the kaunoa,
The plant without root
Spreading over things,
Having no root for sustenance,
Not like this.
Not like the makole,
That watery source
Watering the eyelids,
I thought the height above was dry.
Not like this.
Not like the kawau
Is the kalia, standing in the open.
The division recognized indeed a man.
Not like these.
Not like the chilly Kahaloa wind,
Scattering the kou blossoms, wreathing the sea of Kapua,
Not like these.
Not like the paua which cuts the pandanus
To weave its blossoms at the social gatherings,
That was the knife to cut Kahuku’s pandanus.
Not like these.
The water and the sea are not alike.
Salty is the sea-water,
And refreshing is the water,
With my husband Ninininikawai
Of Pulewa.
Not like these.
There is someone you resemble,
Keaweikekahialiiokamoku,
Keawe, lord of Hawaii,
Not like these.
Not like this chief
[Is he] to be compared.
He is a man, Ku is a god;
Ku is a favorite from heaven,
Ku is a haole from Tahiti,
There were four men, here were eight men,
Ku, Kane, Kanaloa, Kaekaemakaihauwahine, Hakihakipua, Kehualua,
Not like these.
Awake! the anointing board is prepared,
The offspring of Uwilani are warmed,
Kalani was related to the winter.
Before the sun rose was determined
The greatness and power of Ku.
The authority of the land was given,
Warming the young chiefs of Kona.
They are alike.
NO KUALII.
Ua like hakahaka lama
Ka lehua i ka wao eiwa,
He laau haowale Ku i ka nahele la,
Aole i like.
Aole e like me ka lauki pala o Nuuanu,
I haehaeia e ka ua e ka makani,
A haule i lalo ka lauki pala i ka luna i Waahila la,
Aole e like.
Aole e like me ke kukui ili puupuu,
Ili nakaka i ka la,
Me he kanaka inu awa la, ka mahuna,
O ke kukui o Lihue la,
Aole e like.
Aole e like me ka halawili,
Ka naio laau kekee,
I ka ahihi ku makuu ole,
I ke kawakawa i keekeehia i ka hinahina
I ka makani e kulana, e hoi e hina la.
Aole i like.
Aole i like me ka nanue,
A me ka lipoa ai a ka ia.
A me ka lipalahalaha o Waimea,
Ka limu kau i ka laau.
A me ka alamihi ula i ka luna i Kaala la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like me ka hala hili, hala hinalo o Kepa,
I pai e ka makani ka hala,
Na hala hina o Papuaa la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like me ka makani,
E nu ana i ke kuahiwi.
E kakoo ana ka hale o Koolau,
E lawalawa ana o hina i ka makani,
Ka mokoi hi lauoho a ka lawaia la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like me ka naulu ia ua hoohali kehau,
Me he ipuwai i ninia la na hau o Kumomoku.
Piiku na hau o Leleiwi,
Noho e na hau o Kepookala,
Aole ka oe i ike i ka hau?
Kuapue, kuawili, kuakee,
Noho kee, kekee o Kanehili i Kaupea la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like i ka ekaha ku i ka moana,
Ke kiele a me ka alani,
Me ka olapa lau kahuli i ka makani.
A me ka pua mauu hina wale i ka la la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like me ka kua o ka wiliwili,
I kalai ia kona i papa hee i ka nalu la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like i ke kaunoa,
Ka laau kumu ole
E hihi wale ana no i luna,
Aole kumu o kona ola ana la,
Aole no i like.
Aole e like me ka makole,
Ia laau wai nui,
E haloiloi ana i luna o ka lihilihi,
Kai no e maloo i ke kiekie i luna la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like me ke kawau,
I ke kalia ku ma ka waha.
Ai mai ka ia he kamahele, he kanaka la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like me ia makani anu, he Kahaloa,
E lu ana i ka pua kou, e lei ia ana e ke kai o Kapua la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like i ka paua i oki ia ka iwi i ka hala,
I lei ia ka pua i ka aha lealea,
Oia ka pahi oki hala o Kahuku la,
Aole i like.
Aole i like ka wai me ke kai,
He awahia ko ke kai,
A he manalo hoi ko ka wai,
Me ko kuu kane o Ninininikawai,
O Pulewa la.
Aole i like.
Aia hoi ha kou hoa e like ai,
O Keaweikekahialiiokamoku,
O Keawe, haku o Hawaii la.
Aole i like.
Aole e like nei lani,
I ka hoohalikelike,
He kanaka ia he ’kua Ku,
He ulalele Ku mai ka lani mai.
He haole Ku mai Kahiki,
Eha hoi na kanaka, ewalu hoi nei kanaka,
O Ku, o Kane, o Kanaloa, o Kaekaemakaihauwahine, o Hakihakipua, o Kehualua la,
Aole i like.
Ala! ua wela ka papa pe,
Ua wela ka hua o Uwilani,
O ka lani pili o hooilo,
E oe puka ae ka la e kohia ana no,
O ka nui mana wale o Ku,
Haawiia mai ke au ka aina
Mahana ai kamakalii o Kona,
Ua like.
KEAWENUIAUMI. [1705]
It was heard by the ripened [1706] leaves of Kane;
Kane and Kanaloa of the foremost god; [1707]
The god of the evening twilight.
Who can question what the eye hath seen? It is understood;
Known by the ripened leaves of affection 5.
It is dead; withered is the flower of the mind.
That mind was changed,
Altered, transformed was the bloom of that flower.
There was another flower, a curling flower in the trimmed locks of hair;
[The] many flowers of man, tokens of regard [1708] 10.
Are being observed, [but] not by you.
You were of the contentious men,
He was the man who observed the month, [1709]
Taking care of the loving friend in sorrow,
A concealed love, known secretly. 15.
They two were there
Scattering Kilauea’s bitter wind, [1710]
Blasting the leaf-breath of the aalii. [1711]
Creeping, scenting the fragrance in the rain,
The rain and the wind imparting life. 20.
Carrying and absorbing the puulena [1712]
And the moani [winds], reaching to the sand of Waiolama. [1713]
The pandanus was brightened in the sea,
All the lovely flowers were taken by Kanokapa. [1714] O Kapa!
Don’t you assume my name, 25.
I am the only one living here,
Living as a sojourner only for a time, hopeful.
Kalana of Maui was the Kalana of Oa,
The image standing in Kahiki of Oaoa, [1715]
At the noise of heaven in the collected clouds, at the gathering of heavenly rain clouds, 30.
Swollen-eyed by the steady rain of heaven;
Important outlet, important as embracing ten water-courses;
A stone guarding the water on the cliff,
A path of the cliff region.
Seize, break, throw down Keawenuiaumi; [1716] 35.
Overthrow, break Kealiiokaloa; [1717]
Shaking is the sacred heap of piercing bones,
Through the sacredness [of] Makaku Makakaualii. [1718]
[Of] the living chiefs there were nine sacred; [1719]
They were nine expert offshoots [1720] caught first 40.
In the bright path of Kanaloa. [1721]
The precious encircling Kapalalakaimoku, [1722]
The sacred palalalaumaewa [1723] of Lono which prevailed
In the very sacred and solitary place.
The lama leaves waved through the night prayer [1724] 45.
At the procession of Mua, [1725] melting away before Kamea.
In trimming the kukui torch [1726] of Maukokoli
The covering kapa [is the] bark cloth of Mahi;
Mahi of Kekaeleuhiloliloliha,
Kalauhihilau, the powerful 50.
Kauauanuiamahi, who begat Kanekukapuaiku,
Kane and Alapai [were] fowls with a black bill,
In the firm kick [of] the spur in the careless observance of the kapu
You would see the fowl perched up in the smoke [1727]
To Kalani, Kalani, Kalani, 55.
Kalaninuieeumoku [1728] who brought out this chief Kuakini.
The main support of the chief is the unruffled sea of Ehu, [1729]
Of the calm, still smoothness of Palaha;
Small Palaha of Moenewakalani. [1730]
He was the soul that went together with the fish, [1731] 60.
Water-lying soul of Kaihikealaka,
You had not acquainted me before going
Before Ulua, the source of affection, [1732]
Filled with the desires of repentance and thought,
Desolate, without resting place, struggling for the clinging heart of man. 65.
Broken are the eye-divisions in weeping,
Ceaseless were the drowning tears.
Like a shaft of ie [vine] in the affection,
From the side of duty, emerges a different body.
You are perfect, you are faultless, 70.
For kindness and patience, lacking nothing,
He lacked nothing, all others are without, you are without, [1733]
Kaula and Niihau [1734] are out in the sea; a carrying child [is] Lehua,
Being fed by the winds;
The naulu, parent of the unulau 75.
And the koolau. [1735] Loud is the wailing of the gods
On the sacred [1736] day; noisy is the (kuwa) [1737] prayer in the woods
Transferred mistakenly to Kealia.
Almost heedlessly I nearly lost that flower,
The fading shadow of the kaiaulu [1738] flower, 80.
Water-refreshed flower of the twilight.
This is a day throbbing with love.
Just questioned there,
I discovered it, set aside, lying alone.
Kekukapehelua [1739] of Umi, 85.
The kapu set apart by Umi for Keawenuiaumi,
Kamolanuiaumi [1740] descended from Umi,
[He] dwelt with Kaumaka in the presence of the fish,
You went down perhaps and found his Keawe, [1741]
The chief’s descendant? 90.
His was the warrior ancestor, Kekoa.
The Kekoa of Ohiaikulani,
Kalanikupono, [1742] true, upright, without crookedness.
[He] would not stoop to unwreath Keawe, [1743]
Keawe, the sacred offspring of Ahaula. [1744] 95.
He was the eminent chief who begat Kahoukapu [1745]
In the height of the heavens.
Kalaninuieeumoku, two,
[Of] two chief fathers [1746]
On whom you proclaimed the ordinance, 100.
Joining fast the chiefs together.
Kuheekeakeawe opposed Kalanikauleleiaiwi. [1747]
The united chiefs since ancient time
From the mountain, the cold mountain of Lihau. [1748]
The fallen snow is the covering producing cold, 105.
Chilliness, dampness and numbness.
The bright sun that warms the earth
Is the fierce burning heat of summer,
Warming and hiding in the shade,
Shady, but not shading the chief 110.
Kalanikuihonoikamoku; [1749]
The scattering, pelting rain;
Heavy rain showers, pelting rains standing in pools;
Pools standing toward Kukapu,
[From] Kukapu to Kauaua. 115.
Look towards Makuikumoho,
The surf in the deep sea,
The heavy surfs forming and breaking.
Running to reach outside
Is Kalalakapu [1750] of the branch whence is exposure, 120.
Exposure spread to the branch of chiefs.
The leaf in Maui, of the sacred swelling bud was nothing,
Umikalakaua stood for increase.
Of Kalakaua is Ehukiha. [1751]
His twin children were 125.
Kauwau and Kiha,
They were twin aimoku chiefs of Maui,
Gathering tribute of the district of Kaakaniau.
But, considering their [manner of] living,
The children dwelling together. 130.
The brother living and cohabiting with the sister, [1752]
Kalaniulukaihonua of Kiha,
Quiet was its birth.
Paukai of Kiha was quiet also.
Born comfortable was the offspring of the chiefs, 135.
Not disobedient, loose or snappish,
Simply a canoe [1753] support,
The head shaping of the chief.
The wild duck stream of spring source
Kamapu water-fall pervading sound, 140.
[Like] the sound of Waahia’s broken voice,
A distinctive descendant of Haka
Is Kahaka, dwelling at Ewa here.
A tumultuous noise will follow,
You are going astray, going on, 145.
Going smoothly to outward appearance,
Concealing inwardly the shafts of mischief;
Covering small crookedness of the dreams.
The things he heard of in the open
On investigation lost their meaning. [1754] 150.
Not being finished he continued his teasings,
To do and assist the wrong
Is the fault of these little trickeries.
[If] you are mischievous show up clearly what is right.
It is proper for the man to be domesticated; 155.
If well-treated he is generous and wasteful.
Break carefully the flower of the mamane, [1755]
The flower of the koolau [1756] of the flower growth
That spreads out and unfolds at mid-day,
Reddened by the sun of the luehu. 160.
Reddish is the wiliwili [1757] and the aalii [1758]
The eyes are opened by the scoria
In the path leading above Auahi.
Cruelty was spreading in the evening.
The forgetfulness of the loved one, a companion, 165.
[Like] a goose companion, a bearer of filth,
Defiling and polluting the house.
You are an inheritance seeker, which is a fault, a crookedness;
Resembling Manokapu [1759] of the lazy, useless class
Who changed largely [the] course to Kukona, 170.
To Luanuu, to Laa and perhaps Kamilo.
He was of the chief line of Piilani;
Piilani, Piikea, Lonoapii, [1760]
Ascending at the moving of chiefs,
At the moving for the true chief, 175.
Chief Kuwalukapaukumoku,
Hopumaihakuwalu Kailiiliniho,
Kailiiliniho was of Kuwalu,
Through him the drum was beaten,
Beaten, beaten were the drums. 180.
Straight arose the sound of the drum beaten before Mauoni, [1761]
At the temple of human sacrifice of
Kuihewamakawalu [1762]
Of the rain shower, of the adjoining long house,
Drawing the lands together.
He drew the reef of fish desertion, 185.
That sea-shore was useless
To the island fisherman, the chief
Kalanikuihonoikamoku, [1763]
Of the great boxing contest assembly, shielded
A murderous blow [by] the leaping bone-breaker, [1764] 190.
Receiving the [arm] cut and catching the elbow
The champion of the land fell.
During the contest the people were excited,
The sand was furrowed and became a heap.
Alapai of Kauwauwa 195.
Was the crooked [chief] of the land.
Kaulunai, Kekahua,
Kekikonihoalani, Kaiekupaiaina,
Echoing the sharp sounds of the severed rock,
Raised rock, pebbled to freshness, 200.
A sharp piercing bone was the chief,
By the breaking mallet scattering the fragments,
The chips of the axe was the chief’s desire.
Kawainonohu the chief, and Kalaninuieeumoku,
Of crooked entanglement, the poisonous crab-coloring time, 205.
The yellow coloring of the laumilo eel, [1765] kapa like,
A variegated kapa at the cave
Disturbing and muddling the sea,
The bad fish with distorted eyes,
The sacred conch [1766] [proclaimed] the chiefly reverence and affection 210.
Of Namahana at the altar of the chief
Kaukapuikalani, of Awanakapu,
His was this child
Kapikikoloaukamahehalono,
He was perhaps Kalua at Hauola, 215.
Of the life-giving leaf offering lest Kolo be lonely,
The gradual development
Lest Kona be lonely,
The Kona with undesirable leaves.
O Kukona, whither art thou wandering angrily 220.
Over there, returning secretly through the grass?
Shameless! this trying to lose one’s self
[You] could not be hid; it was all seen
By those companions who passed away
With my spirit-children from below. 225.
I loved you, the companion of the singing bird,
You are a bird companion.
The man was a bird reared for the couch,
Nourished by the mind till domesticated.
Those undomesticated by him are companionless. 230.
Companion! a companion increasing the tax of the people.
Kamaile of the fire is ascending.
Wasteful of the wood should it leap forth.
The fire was feeble, [the wood] unbroken, [1767]
Sounding to the point of Makua. 235.
The fire diminished, had disappeared,
Leaving solely in Keawanui for increase;
To increase and promote him,
Supposing perhaps he was honored.
His distinction was by the [word of] mouth only. [1768] 240.
The high chiefs gathered together;
Assembled together all ancestral chiefs,
Breaking the division of Laniakea. [1769]
The desire of the heart, the heir of Lono,
And Lonoapii indeed and Koohuki; 245.
Kaohuki indeed of Kalani,
Grey-haired, rose up those ignorant forefathers;
Brought up those fiery ancestors.
Being provoked [they] yearned and landed, rising up from there,
Piimauilani had numerous restrictions; 250.
Restored are the bones proclaiming Kanaloa
Cultivating difficult narrow plantings
Was the chief’s cultivation of the land.
Tightly drawn is the path of the sacred place.
He established the custom of the kapu, 255.
One shelf [1770] whereon the chief is placed,
The royal sacred child who rules the land;
Supported and borne through the chiefs
Kahelekahi, Hema and Kahaipiilani, [1771]
Those [were] the chiefs of hope, 260.
Looking for the [welfare of the] land;
The land of their rightful chief.
Upright was the ruling by the honest chief;
He was an ancestral chief,
A man companionable with the people, 265.
Not a fat, unwieldy person of loose malo;
A plausible, begging land-seeker [1772]
With short lock of uneven hair;
An uneven front hair caused by a doubtful mind.
The backbiting, reproaching, reviling food spurner, 270.
The stubby, unjust steward,
Treacherous and evil minded,
Envious toward the people of Kulana;
They were the subjects of the chief.
Appreciated is the earned eating and sleeping. 275.
Departeth the lazy man without master,
Joining as taro-suckers [1773] without,
Driven forth by the rain of the winter.
Do not listen to him,
He has nothing, only rubbish. 280.
Here is the chief’s man,
Mahakapu of Makakaualii [1774]
Of the three chiefs of Kanaloa,
He was, he was of those there.
Examine and be satisfied [of] that pair, 285.
The pair was Kiha and Kama.
That was the source of the people,
He was, he was of those there,
They only had the ruler;
They possessed the reigning chief, 290.
Dwelling with affection toward you
O Kahailaulanaaiku, O Kaikulei,
Confused [is the] sacred salutation song in the night.
Buoyant, I was searching hopefully [but] could not find you.
You indeed, you are the one I dare compliment with love. 295.
You are not our third mate;
You had gone forth with love.
A strong desire only possessed me,
I am alone, young Kaulana.
Perhaps you are a younger brother 300.
Sent forth for some small thought?
To create pleasure as a companion:
A constant companion for your lonely place;
Yes lonely, lonely the solemn sacred days.
Almost in pity was the cry of the god, 305.
Pained was my eyes by the bushes,
The leaves [are] the flower buds of the wilderness;
The promise of growing fruit in the stony place.
People are going to the barren land,
Following the guidance of Kahaino [1775] is bad; 310.
It is a bad thing, leave it be; in kindness do we love.
Do not love, it is a glorious work, [1776]
And it is not.
NO KEAWENUIAUMI.
O ka lono ia i ka Nakipala o Kane;
O Kane, o Kanaloa a ke akua imua;
O ke akua i ka malio o ke ahiahi,
Ahi ala hoi ka ole i ka ike maka—e? He ike no;
Ike aku i na lau pala o ke aloha. 5.
Ua he, ua mae ka pua o ka manao.
Oia manao, ua kahuli e ae,
Kahuli, kalole e kamaka, oia pua.
He pua e kekahi, he pua piipii, pipii i ka aki.
Lau pua o ke kanaka, na pua a ke aloha 10.
E hahai nei, e hai ole oe.
O oe hoi o ka hooke lua e kanaka,
He kanaka na i helu ai i ka malama,
Malamaia mai ke hoa u aloha.
He aloha hoopeepee, he ike malu, 15.
Elua ae la—e.
Lu ke Kilauea makani awaawa,
Hoohonihoni i ka hanu lau aalii.
Hokolo mapu ke ala iloko o ka ua,
O ka ua o ka makani halihali i ke ola, 20.
Hali a omo ka puulena,
Me ka moani, lu iho la, i ke one i Waiolama.
Malamalama ka hale iloko o ke kai,
Pau na pua ’loha i Kanokapa—E Kapa!
Mai kapakapa iho oe i ku’u inoa, 25.
Owau okoa no ia e noho nei.
O ka noho a ka ohua, kualana wale e, ke lana e.
Kalana a Maui, Kalana ia a Oa,
Ka lanalana ku i Kahiki a Oaoa,
I ke aoa lani i ke aoao opua, i ke ao ua lani opua, 30.
Maka hehe i ka hehe ua lani;
Makaha koikoi, he koikoi, umi he ala moe wai;
He pohaku kiai wai no ka pali,
He kikeke ki o ka ulu pali.
Paa, haki, kiola mai Keawenuiaumi; 35.
Hiolo, haki Kealiiokaloa;
Nakeke i ka puu koholua kapu,
I ke kapu hoi Makaku Makakaualii,
Na ’lii ku mai, a eiwa ke kapu,
Eiwa ka lele makawalu, hopu imua 40.
I ke ala ulahiwa a Kanaloa.
Kahiwanaepuni Kapalalakaimoku,
He palalalaumaewa kapu no Lono, e noho ana
I ka iu kapu ano meha.
I kuehu lau lama i ke kuili 45.
I ka waa a Mua, heehee ia Kamea.
I ke koli hana kukui o Maukokoli
I ke kapa uhi, kapa laau o Mahi;
O Mahi o Kekaeleuhiloliloliha,
O Kalauhihilau, ka manomano, 50.
Kauauanuiamahi, nana hoi Kanekukapuaiku,
O Kane, o Alapai, ka moa nuku uli,
I paku oolea ke kakala i ka waawaa o ke kapu
E ike oe auanei i ka moa i kau i ka uwahi,
Ia Kalani, Kalani, Kalani, 55.
O Kalaninuieeumoku nana mai keia alii o Kuakini.
I ka lani kua o ke alii ke kai malino a Ehu.
O ka malino lai hinu pawa o Palaha;
O Palaha iki a Moenewakalani.
Oia ka uhane holo pu me ka ia. 60.
Uhane moe wai o Kaihikealaka,
Laka ole hoi oe ia’u mamua ’la e
Imua no no Ulua ka manawa i ke aloha,
Piha i ke kuko, i ka mihi, me ka manao,
Haiki loaa wahi noho ole, hooke i ka pili houpo o ke kanaka. 65.
Haipu ka iwi pona maka i ka uwe,
Paa ole i ka mokuhia e ka waimaka.
Me he paua ie la loko i ke aloha,
Mai ka aoao hana, hemo ke kino e.
He hemolele oe, he hemolele oe, 70.
No ka lokomaikai, no ke ahonui, aohe wahi koe.
He koe ole ia nei, i waho wale no e—o waho oe e,
I waho Kaula me Niihau i ke kai, ke keiki hii Lehua.
Na ka makani i hanaiia mai
E ka naulu, makua i ka unulau 75.
Me ke koolau, lau ka pihe a ke akua
I ka la ihi; wawa no i kuwa i ka laalaau,
Hoopahaohao hewa i Kealia.
Mai nanea au, mai lilo ia pua,
Ke aka luhe a ka pua kaiaulu, 80.
Pua maka momohe wai a ka liula—e.
He la hanu ae nei, no ke aloha,
I ui wale ae no hoi ilaila,
Loaa no ia’u—e, waiho ana—e, waiho wale—e.
O Kekukapehelua a Umi, 85.
Ke kapu na Umi no Keawenuiaumi,
Na Umi, o Kamolanuiaumi,
Noho ia Kaumaka, i ka maka o ka ia,
I kai paha oe, loaa kana Keawe,
Ke ’lii ewe ia. 90.
Nona hoi ke kupuna koa, o Kekoa,
Na Kekoa a Ohiaikulani.
O Kalanikupono, ponoi, pololei, kekee ole.
Aole napanapa lulo ole ia Keawe,
O Keawe keiki kapu a Ahaula. 95.
Nana Kaiamamao i hanau Kahoukapu
I ke koki o ka lani,
O Kalaninuieeumoku alua,
Alua mau makuakane alii,
Ia oe iho la ’no lahuiia, 100.
Huiia ’paa, kauluaia na ’lii.
Kuheekeakeawe kue ma Kalanikauleleiaiwi.
Na ’lii kuhaulua mai ka wao
Mai ke kuahiwi mauna anuanu Lihau.
O ka hau oki ka uhi e anu ai, 105.
E huihui ai, koekoe, maeele.
Ka la kea ka e wela ’i ka honua,
O ka la ku haoa ia o Makalii,
E hahana ’i holo pee i kahi malu,
Malumalu, malu ole hoi i ke alii 110.
Kalanikuihonoikamoku.
Ka ua paka kahi, paka ua,
Pakapaka ua, paka ua, kulokuloku.
Kulokuwaiku aku o Kukapu,
O Kukapu a Kauaua, 115.
Nana ia Makuikumoho,
Ka nalu i ka moana uli,
Na na nalu nui puni i haki—i popoi.
I holo i puka mawaho
O Kalalakapu, o ka lala iho ae halala— 120.
Halala, hihi manamana na ’lii.
Ka lau i Maui, o ka lau liko kapu,—he ole,
Kukupu o Umikalakaua,
Na Kalakaua e Ehukiha.
O kana mau keiki mahana ia 125.
O Kauwau ma laua o Kiha.
He mau mahana aimoku no Maui,
I ai i ka moku a Kaakaniau.
Aka a ka lolo o ka laua noho ana,
Nonoho momoe na keiki, 130.
Moe, noho a kaikunane, hoao a kaikuahine,
Kalaniulukaihonua a Kiha,
Maha no ia hanau.
O Paukai a Kiha mahana no.
Hanau mahana ka hua a na ’lii, 135.
Aole hulu koo kanapi,
He koo waa wale no,
Ke poo i kepa kua o kalani.
Ke koloa auwai poo wai mapu
O Kamapu waiku kani a au lono, 140.
O ka lono hakahaka leo o Waahia.
He aahia kuluipua o Haka,
O Kahaka i ka moe ia Ewa nei.
He wawa ko hope nei,
E hele e la oe, hele no, 145.
Hele hooniania kona le waho,
Hoihoi iloko ka oi a ke kalohe,
Ahu kekee liilii a ka moe,
Ka mea ia i ikea i ke akea
Ike la hoi ilaila, pau ke ano. 150.
No ka pau ole ia e hone hou la,
Ke hoi kokua aku i ka hewa,
O ka hewa ia o ka hone liilii—e.
He hone oe, e hoae i akaka lea ka pono.
O ka pono ia o ke kanaka i laka mai, 155.
A laka ka hoi la, maunauna—e—he mauna.
Mamalahia ka pua o ka mamane,
Ka pua o ke koolau, o ka ulu pua,
Ua pupua mohala wale i ke awakea,
Ua ehu wale i ka la o ka luehu. 160.
Ehu ula ka wiliwili me ke aalii
Ua mohola na maka i ke aa
I ke ala hele ma uka o Auahi—e.
Ahiahi ano laha ka lokoino,
Ka manao ole i ka mea ’loha, he hoa, 165.
He hoa manu nene, he hapai na ino,
He hoino a paumaele ka hale.
He imi hale oe, a o ke kekee no ia, he kekee—e;
I Manokapu, o ke kaele haloli ili,
I loliloli ha nui ia Kukona, 170.
Ia Luanuu, ia Laa a Kamilo paha?
Oia o ka lau alii o Piilani;
O Piilani—o Piikea, o Lonoapii,
Pipii pipii i ka akoako na ’lii,
I ka akoako i ka io lani, 175.
Lani a Kuwalukapaukumoku,
Hopumaihakuwalu Kailiiliniho
O Kailiiliniho ia Kuwalu,
Iaia kani mai ka pahu,
Kani ke, kani na kaeke. 180.
Ku paloloi ka leo o ka pahu e kani imua i Mauoni,
I ka unu hai kanaka o Kuihewamakawalu
O ka ua upena, o ka ma halau loa,
Hului kaa moku.
Nana e kaa ke kohola holo ia ole, 185.
Pa-noonoo ia kahakai
I ka lawaia-moku, he ’lii,
O Kalanikuihonoikamoku,
O ka mokomoko nui, pani aha
He kui powa ka lele lua, 190.
I loaa i ke oki i pa i ke kano,
Hina ka luahi nui o ka moku;
Kupaka ke au, walawala ka aina,
Mawae ke one kuke ’hu.
A o Alapai a Kauwauwa, 195.
O ka hookanahua moku ia.
O Kaulunai, o Kekahua,
Kekikonihoahoalani, o Kaiekupaiaina,
O ke kuike kani ke kani ioio o ka io o ka pohaku.
Maka aili, iliili a maka a, 200.
Papakoholua oi he ’lii,
I ka ia naha mahiki ka mamala,
O ka mamala o ke koi ke pue lani,
O Kawainonohu alii, o Kalaninuieeumoku,
O ka peapea ewa, o ke kumimi au lena, 205.
Ka lena o ke puhi laumilo i kapa,
I kapa kui pulelo mai ka lua.
I kikeke e aweawea ke kai,
O ka ia ino maka kalalea,
Ka pu maka haoa, ka haohaoa lani 210.
O Namahana i ka lele o ka lani,
O Kaukapuikalani, o Awanakapu,
Nana hoi nei keiki,
O Kapikikoloaukamahehalono,
Oia hoi paha o Kalua i Hauola, 215.
O ke ola lau mehai o meha, i Kolo
O ke kolopua i mohola,
O meha i Kona,
O ke Kona lau konakona.
O Kukona e, e kukonakona ana oe mahea? 220.
Mao hoi, hoihoi malu ana iloko ka mania?
Ka hilahila! e hoonanowale nei.
Aohe e nalowale, ua ikea pau loa
Me ia mau hoa hoi i hala ’ku la,
Me a’u keiki makani mai lalo. 225.
O ’loha wale ka hoa, o ka leo o ka manu e,
He hoa manu oe.
He manu hanai ke kanaka na ka moe,
I hanaiia e ka manao, a laka.
O ka mea laka ole ia ia he uahoa—e. 230.
Hoa—e la, he hoa pii ka auhau no ke kanaka.
E pii ana a Kamaile o ke ahi,
Maunauna ka papala ke lele mai,
Nawaliwali ke ahi, haihai oleia,
Hookani aku la i ka lae o Makua. 235.
Kakona ke ahi, haule wale iho no,
Waiho okoa iho no i Keawanui—e nui,
He hoonui kaikai ana iaia.
I kuhi aku ai paha he hanohano,
Kona hanohano i ka waha wale no—e. 240.
Ohia hapukuia na ’lii nui;
Pukua na kupuna alii a pau.
Wahia ka paaku o Laniakea.
Ke ake paa i ka houpo, ka pua o Lono,
O Lonoapii hoi, a Koohuki, 245.
O Kaohuki hoi o Kalani,
A pohina, kupu mai hoi kela mau kupuna waawaa;
Ulu mai hoi keia mau kupuna makomako.
I hoohaehaeia, e hae a pae, pii ae mai laila,
Piimauilani, hoolau kapu mai, 250.
Hoola i ka iwi, ho’uouo ana Kanaloa uo
Hoomahimahi mai ana, mahi ololi,
Ka mahi alii ia i ku i ka moku.
I lilio i moe kuamoo o ke kapu,
Moe kuamoo o ke kapu iaia, 255.
Hookahi haka e kau ai o ke alii,
O ka moopuna alii i ku i ka moku.
O kaikai o auamo kaa i ka lani,
O Kahelekahi, o Hema, O Kahaipiilani.
Ke alii na e lana, 260.
E nana ka aina;
Ka moku o ka lakou alii pono.
Pono no ka noho ana i ke alii pono,
He alii no mai ka paa ke alii.
He kanaka ano ma i paa a ke kanaka, 265.
Aole ka malo, hemo uhauhalale,
Kukahipalu noi waiwai aina.
Ka aki pookole oho oioi;
He oho oioi mua, makili haohao.
Ka aki, ka nanamu, ka akiaki ai kae, 270.
Ka poupou kuene noho ino,
Ka noho ino opu kekee moa,
Ka huahua i ka poe o Kulana;
Ka poe no ia nana ke alii.
E lea ai ka ai kuai kuai moe. 275.
Ou hoi o ke kuanea haku ole,
Pili oha kamau mai mawaho,
Ua hee wale i ka ua a ka hooilo.
Mai hoolonoia ’ku no kana,
Aohe ano, he opala wale no. 280.
Eia ae no ko ke alii kanaka,
O Mahakapu a Makakaualii.
O na kolu alii no o Kanaloa,
Oia, oia o lakou ko laila,
Nana ia aku ana kela paa, 285.
O ka paa o Kiha ma laua o Kama.
Mai laila mai no na kanaka,
Oia, oia o lakou ko laila,
O lakou la wale no ka mea haku,
Ka poe nana ke alii e noho nei. 290.
E noho kanihia aloha ae ana au ia oe
E Kahailaulenaaiku, e Kaikulei,
Hihia kapu oha oli, e kaha oli i ka poia.
E lana nei, e lana huli ae ana au, aole oe.
O oe hoi, o oe ka’u e aa, e aahia la. 295.
Aole hoi oe ko kakou kookolu,
Ua hele aku la oe me ke aloha.
Haehae wale iho nei no hoi au,
Owau wale no, Kaulanapokii—e.
He pokii paha oe? 300.
I kiina aku i kahi manao iki,
I ka hoohoihoi ana ae i hoa,
I hoa walea no ko wahi mehameha e,
Meha ae la e, mehameha anoano ka la ihi ka la.
Aneane aloha ka pihe a ke akua, 305.
Halao ana i kuu maka ka laalaau;
Ka lau ka maka pua o ka nahelehele,
Ke aka o na ulu hua i ka hapapa.
Haele ana no kanaka i ke kaha,
Alualu ana, i ke kai o Kahaino—e—ino, 310.
He ino ia mea la, e waho ae, ma ka
maikai kakou i aloha.
Mai aloha iho, e hana nani ia,
E he nani ole—e.
KAMEHAMEHA.
The sun has risen far above Maunaloa,
The black cloud thundered upon the mountain.
The mountain tops of Kona stand sideways; ’tis calm,
Hilo stands swelling up in the rain.
Hamakua is a place of wooded ravines. 5.
Kohala is folded up in the winds.
Kauiki is drawn up till it touches heaven;
It has fled to the mat of Hina.
A sleep in pain is a mourning sleep.
Mokulaina hears far off in the sea. 10.
It cleared away and was calm.
Hana flew and hid herself from the wind;
A brook belongs to Lanakila;
A watery mountain belongs to Kualihau.
The back and the breast shivers from the snow, 15.
Contracted with the cold.
The desire moves in an irregular course,
Moving this and that way as if in a nightmare,
Breathing hard with fear.
The dry season consumes the water of the path, 20.
The bewildering path of the wilderness,
The hinale that is overgrown with akolea.
Lea was discovered, living on the mountain,
The mountain feared without cause.
In friendlessness the stones of Hanalei lie not together. 25.
Hanalei is calling.
Unulau is inviting me to dine with him,
[To eat] the leaf-wrapped fish of Kau
Wrapped in the leaves, yes, in the leaves.
I am provoking Milohae; 30.
Milohae is barking at Miloonohi,
The low-spreading, thrifty milo at Kikoamoanauli.
Thriving, thriving, thriving is the noni leaf,
Manoni as it grows is fragrant:
Its fragrance reaches the shoulder of the precipice of Kalalau. 35.
The precipice of Makana is two-fold;
’Tis a gift; ’twas my sleeping place last night;
’Tis the drunkenness of the awa for my god.
Drink the ripened leaved awa,
The awa bundle of the chief; 40.
The awa for the aged to masticate.
The awa grows thrifty in the uplands of Puna.
Puna’s upper regions are bitter with awa.
When I drink it, ’tis awa in bitterness;
It comes here, it comes there, it comes slowly, 45.
In thick, dense clouds to the god Puakau.
Will the goddess rob?
The mountain rises and crumbles off;
Kilohana, the mountain, stands up of itself
As a gift for the cold snow. 50.
The soft fleecy clouds appear and disappear.
Turn to the back, the names have not joined;
Poliahu and Waialeale are floating about.
Beautiful is Kahelekuakane.
Measure the long path to Maunahina. 55.
Snow is upon Kalikua, a thick shade pervades Aipo,
The mountain top is obstructed for travel,
Snow is also upon Elekeninui,
With forest unequal on each side.
Excellent is the path along the precipice of Makana, 60.
The path to the precipice of Kaiwikui
The top of Pueokahei, while one remains on Kapua.
The avalanche is afraid of the precipice,
At Mahuokona is a precipice sweet-scented with naenae;
One can inhale the fragrance if he breathes at all. 65.
The sweet-scented product of Kakioe, the woman who braids the lauae
In the valley of Kikiopua, at Hoomalele.
The firebrands are flying down the steep precipice;
Kamaile belongs not to the place where the fire is projected.
Here are some light firebrands from the factories; 70.
The factories where the firebrands are prepared.
The fire shoots forth oscillating upwards as a shooting star
And falls on the precipice of Kaauhau.
Shall I return at the call;
At the call of Makua to Kalalau? 75.
Here is your companion, a stranger.
The fire has been kindled on the skin,
The kapued skin by consecration
Which will be overcome by the biting firebrand,
For the firebrand has a fire that burns the skin. 80.
Indeed the greater part of the skin was broken
By being bitten by the fire of the firebrand,
Let the descendant warrior live as a soldier of Waiolono,
Offering temple services night and day.
Conquering all that none may dispute. 85.
I am fondly remembered by Kekaha,
I shall breathe at Kilohana the fog that riseth
Like the head of this man.
I am thinking and hoping.
Kaula lies yonder; what is about to be done there? 90.
The water-gourd is his earnest call; give me water!
The zigzag course is the path,
Where I shall go sprightly to work
To wreathe the lehua [blossoms] of Luluupali,
Also the pandanus of Mahamoku by the sea-shore. 95.
That I and my god may garland it;
[My god] Kekoalaulii, the silver-grey leaf,
Thine is the skin of Kinaiahi.
NO KAMEHAMEHA.
Hiki kau kolii [1777] ka la i Maunaloa,
Ke ao eleele koa [1778] halulu i ka mauna,
Ku kaha [1779] ke kuahiwi o Kona he lai [1780]
Ku opuu [1781] Hilo i ka ua,
Pali laau [1782] Hamakua, 5.
Opeope [1783] Kohala i ka makani,
Huki Kauiki [1784] pa i ka lani,
Ua hee [1785] i ka moena a Hina,
He moe ino he moe [1786] kanikau,
I long Mokulaina [1787] i ke kai, 10.
Hoai [1788] ai ua malie,
Lele Hana i pee i ka makani,
He poo wai [1789] no Lanakila,
He mauna wai no Kualihau [1790]
Li hau [1791] ka li kua me ka li alo, 15.
Li maeele [1792] i ke anu,
Ka makemake e kaa kukue, [1793]
E kaa nipolo [1794] nipolo lea.
E ke aho i ka manawa, [1795]
E ke kau [1796] kaa inu wai o ke ala, 20.
Ke ala lau nahelehele no ka waonahele,
O hinale [1797] kupuhia e ka limu akolea.
Loaa Lea [1798] noho i ka mauna,
Makau wale [1799] ka mauna,
He launa ole [1800] a oi pili pohaku o Hanalei, 25.
Ke hea mai nei Hanalei.
Ke i mai nei i Unulau, e haele maua e ai
I ka ia, nunu weuweu [1801] o Kau,
I nunu [1802] weuweu e, i ka weuweu,
Hoohaehae [1803] ana au me Milohae. 30.
E hae ana Milohae [1804] i Miloonohi,
O ka milo [1805] kupu hooneinei o Kikoamoanauli,
Kupu e kupu la [1806] kupukupu lau manoni,
Manoni kupu ae he ala, [1807]
A ala ka poohiwi [1808] pali o Kalalau. 35.
I kau lua ia ka pali o Makana—
He makana he moe na’u i ka po nei—
He ona awa [1809] no ku’u akua ia,
Inu i ka awa lau lena, [1810]
I ka awa o Puawa [1811] ’lii, 40.
I ka awa mama [1812] ka kualena [1813]
Kakiwi [1814] awa i uka o Puna.
Ua awahia ka uka o Puna i ka awa,
I apu ai au he awa kanea, [1815]
Hiki e [1816] hiki la, hiki hakalia ae— 45.
I ke kaunana palamoa [1817] ia Lono o Puakau [1818] e;
Ahao [1819] anei akua wahine?
I una [1820] mai, kolikoli ke kuahiwi,
Kau wale ai mauna Kilohana, [1821]
I makana i ka hau anu, 50.
Ua kau ke ae [1822] haale a hu la,
U wai a ke kua a ai hui na inoa,
E lana nei o Poliahu o Waialeale, [1823]
Kai [1824] Kahelekuakane,
Anana i ka loa hina i Maunahina. 55.
He hau Kalikua he naele Aipo,
Kupilikii [1825] aku la Wawa,
He hau no Elekeninui,
Ulu laau kapakahi aku la.
Nahenahe [1826] ke alo o ka pali o Makana. 60.
Ke ala pali o Kaiwikui.
Ka luna i Pueokahei e noho i Kapua nei ea;
Apoapo [1827] ana ka aholo i ka pali,
I Mahuokona he pali ala i ka naenae,
He lauae [1828] mokihana ihu hanu, 65.
Ka hua ’la o Kakioe [1829] na wahine ako lauae
I ka pali o Kikiopua i Hoomalele,
E lele ana no momoku kuehu [1830] pali,
O Kamaile, aole ia o ke ahi,
Eia’e o na papala [1831] ua noe mokauahi wale, 70.
O na kulana [1832] i ke o ahi lele.
Lele ke ahi lele oni [1833] me he hoku la;
Kau-lia i ka pali o Kaauhau
E hoi a’u anei i ke kahea,
I ke kalalau a Makua i Kalalau? 75.
Eia ko hoa malilina, [1834]
Ua hoa ahi wale na ili.
Ona ili [1835] kapu i hoohiki,
Ae noa [1836] ka ipo ahi papala,
He ahi hoi ka ka papala ke kuni i ka ili, 80.
Ua moku o ka ili ka hoi ka nui,
I ka nahua [1837] e ka ipo ahi papala,
E ola koa [1838] i pua nei ka ulu koa i Waiolono,
Halua po halua ao, [1839]
Kiki maka i hanu ole. 85.
Halialia [1840] ana hoi au e Kekaha,
Owau kea i Kilohana, i ka ohu ke kua,
Ke poo o keia kanaka mai nei a, la,—
O ke ohaoha [1841] e oha e lana.
E kaulia Kaula, o keaha auanei ko laila? 90.
O ka huewai o kona leo kinakina, [1842] i wai,
O kinana [1843] anana ke ala,
E kili [1844] anau e hana ana au,
E lei i na lehua o Luluupali,
Ka hala o Mahamoku i kai, 95.
E lei maua [1845] o ku’u akua
O Kekoalaulii, [1846] lau ahinahina,
Nau ka ili o Kinaiahi.
KAUMUALII.
The surf-spraying [1847] wind of Waialua
Carries the spray of the surf high,
Even to the mountain-top of Kuakala. [1848]
The wind dies [1849] away upward,
Darkened by the smoke [1850] at the height of Kamae, 5.
The smoke [1851] which indicates farming at Poloiea,
Spreading [1852] to the precipice of Luakini.
It is the object of this love, it is evident! [1853]
Their love grew for they were constantly together.
The heavy-sounding [1854] rain is the rain of the koolau; 10.
Heavy raindrops falling in the sea till calm;
The sea becomes calm, it is very still.
Indistinct [1855] are the coral banks of Heeia.
Like the moon down at Mokuoloe
Is the destitution [1856] of verdure of some precipices, 15.
That precipice which reaches to Nuuanu.
The coldness [1857] of a heartless man,
How can he propagate love.
Filled [1858] was the air of Ewa with the report,
Like the sea-spray on the forest trees, [1859] 20.
The forest of the ilima [1860] plain at Ulihale,
Even reddening the outside of the house;
The redness extends and covers the leaves of the field. [1861]
The ridge covering [1862] of the house is broken by the whirlwind,
Which blows from Halawa to Honouliuli. 25.
Unfit [1863] is the man who forsakes [1864] love.
How can he propagate [1865] love!
Driven [1866] by the wind is the pili (grass) of Nuuanu.
Swiftly sweeps the wind, [1867]
Exposed, [1868] pathless is the trail at Keahole 30.
Because of the constant fierce [1869] driving of the wind.
It causes near-falls and slips, [1870]
Near-falls to man; the man fell
On account of the narrowness [1871] of the path,
Thus offering path-difficulties to travelers, 35.
Travelers from Kona going Koolauward,
And those traveling from Koolau going to Kona.
On the Kona [side] of Nuuanu is the mountain rain; [1872]
Reddened [1873] by the rain is the hill of Malailua,
From Malailua to Nahuina it is raining; 40.
Soughing and whiffling about, [1874] the wind reaches not Kahua,
At Kahuawai, at Kahuawai, the bundle is large, [1875]
Gird on the loin cloth for rain traveling;
Tuck [1876] up the skirts of the rain-traveling women of Koolau,
Cover with ti-leaves [1877] the loin cloth of the men 45.
In going to Kona, at Kawalanakoa drop the ti-leaves,
Open up the bundles of the travelers,
Gird [1878] on the skirts of the women
Going from Kona to Ewa.
Of Waikiki in Kona is the man. 50.
Like a man [1879] is your love which possesses me.
When you look [1880] around it is sitting there.
Kauaula [1881] is a rain in the mountain
Inhabiting the uplands of Kanaha,
The fierce wind as the rumbling [1882] of thunder in the mountain. 55.
There it is the uplands [1883] of Hahakea,
The rain approaches the pili, (grass).
The rain [1884] and the wind moves seaward;
Moving to cause damage, the mischievous wind [1885]
Tearing up bananas and leaves of trees, 60.
The breadfruit, the coconut, the wauke.
Nothing remains [1886] through the destructive march of the wind.
[For] without teeth the wind is destroying food [1887]
From Puako to Moalii.
A chief is the calm, a lord. [1888] 65.
At Lahaina, and at Helelua [1889] is another calm.
Glossy [1890] is the surface of water at Hauola and on to Wailehua.
Another calm place now is Kekaa, [1891]
Makila [1892] is without wind, Kuhua [1893] is calm.
The banana stalks are [used for] surf-boards at Uo, [1894] 70.
Using the split ripe banana leaves [1895]
For head covering, [1896] for the heads of the people,
For the multitude [1897] of people surf-riding at Kelawea.
Lauding [1898] the glory of Lahaina.
But Lahaina is faulty, it is full of dust; [1899] 75.
There is dust outside as well as inside the house,
Mokuhinia [1900] is the resting place of the dust
Satisfied [1901] with the other’s lying statements.
Lauding [Lahaina] to cause me to anger, [1902]
Hilo rain beats furiously from the heavens, 80.
It is beating angrily at Hilo; [1903]
The anae nets are wet with rain; Hilo is encompassed [1904] by rain.
The fine mist [1905] pervades Kilauea,
The raindrops of Hilo make the sand basket like. [1906]
Puna’s sand is blackened [1907] by the goddess, 85.
Puna is god-possessed [1908] save a small portion only,
Reduced [1909] is the size of its forest,
Uncertain is the trunk though the leaves are lehua. [1910]
Ohia and pandanus were two attractions.
The tree trunks became stone [1911] 90.
Because of the lava [1912] stream over Puulenalena, in Puna, from the sulphur smoke [1913] of the crater.
It is broken up, Puna is fearful because of the goddess, [1914]
The very lava fields are gods; [1915]
They glitter and glisten, they glisten indeed;
They glisten [1916] and change; 95.
The lava has become rock;
The lava flow [1917] became a resident of the rocky plain of Malama;
Lava in front and behind, in front and behind, Oh how dreadful! [1918]
Dreadful is Puna on account of the goddess;
The goddess [1919] which consumes the forest. 100.
Unsatisfied with the pandanus of Kaimu
Which set the teeth of the goddess on edge [1920]
She ate till plentiful was the lava of Puna;
The rocks on the lava plain of Maukele.
Puna becomes a distinct district [1921] for the goddess; 105.
[She] is moving on to Kalapana,
To the place where the lehua grows;
Growing because of the everlasting fire of the woman, [1922]
In no season is the fire assuaged,
It is the master of that district; 110.
It badly scars [1923] the land.
The goddess is heartless [1924] to consume Puna;
Consuming the district of the uplands of Kaliu
And from there straight down to Puna’s shore.
The sea is also kapued for Hoalii: 115.
Seaward, mountainward, seaward, mountainward; at the mountain is the fountain of Kilauea [1925]
Sometimes over Hilo, over Puna, over Hilo, over Puna spreads the smoke [1926] indeed.
The fire burning upland is seen below at Hilo. [1927]
As great rains fall at Hilo [1928] the clouds appear as a long house. [1929]
Excessive [1930] is the rain at Hilo-Hanakahi; 120.
The rain at Hanakahi along Hilo’s sea-beach.
Hilo-Paliku [1931] sees it is raining,
The rain is breaking the fronds of the tree-fern, [1932]
The body of the tree-fern is weighted with water,
Also the downy shoots [1933] of the tree-fern at Kulaimano; 125.
The tree-fern of Ku weighted down by much water
Which lasts above in the mountain,
[At] the forest growth of Paepaekea. [1934]
Rain at Kumoho [1935] fills the stream;
The water carries the wood, scattering, 130.
To the sand of Waiolama, where it is gathered until the house is full.
Fish are gathered till the canoe swamps, [1936]
Hasten [1937] lest the rain and the shivering cold prevents the going up to Kaumana.
Quickly gather the food [1938] from the field,
It is useless [1939] to stand with eyes turned upward. 135.
Those who come drenched [1940] sit by the fire for warmth,
Fleshy people continue their stay. [1941]
Slippery is the ground by the winter rains;
The old residents of Hilo are accustomed
To go in and out, in and out. 140.
Many [1942] are the streams of Hilo-Paliku;
Going up, coming down, up and down,
Wearying is the climbing; [1943]
Wearisome is Hilo of the many hills; [1944]
Wearisome is Laupahoehoe and Honolii. 145.
Wailuku [1945] is a stream with an open bridge,
Not [only] for Wailuku; at Pueo a path crosses to Piihonua
For Kaa, for Kapailanaomakapila,
From Kaipalaoa [the] tears reach Kilepa,
[Causing] the fluttering of the ti-leaf cloak. 150.
It is the rain; thatch the house [1946] for the fisherman’s comfort,
Thatch it again with the ie-ie vine.
Ie-ie baskets [1947] are the gatherers of the nehu fishers of Waiakea.
In the rain, in the cold, in the cold one is discouraged thereby.
Uncomfortable is Hilo [1948] on the capes of the sea. 155.
KAUMUALII.
Ka makani ehukai o Waialua,
O ke ’hu o ke kai aia iluna,
Iluna ke kuahiwi o Kuakala
Ke hoomoe ala e ka makani iluna.
Po i ka uahi ka i ka luna o Kamae, 5.
I ka uahi mahiai o Poloiea,
Hohola aku la i ka pali o Luakini e
O ko kini ia i aloha ai, ke aloha la!
Ina no ke aloha o ka pili mau,
Ka ua kanikoo, ua o ke koolau. 10.
Ua kanikoo i ke kai a malie,
Malie iho la ke kai ua laiku;
Ua apulepule ke koa o Heeia.
Me he mahina la i kai Mokuoloe
Ka olohelohe o kekahi pali, 15.
Ikea no ia pali a Nuuanu,
Ke anuanu o ke kanaka i ke ’loha
Me he mea la hala ke ’loha iaia,
Kupuni ula ka ea o Ewa i ke ala,
Me he puakai la i ka lau laau. 20.
Ka laau i ka ilima o Ulihale,
Ula no mawaho o ka hale.
Ka ea ula, ke pili ka lau o ka weuweu,
Haki ke kaupaku o ka hale i ka ea,
Ka ea no mai Halawa a Honouliuli, 25.
He uli ke kanaka haalele i ke ’loha,
Me he mea la hala ke ’loha iaia
Moku i ka makani ka pili o Nuuanu,
Ka holo ai ka holo e ka makani.
Apoopoo alanui ole ka holo a Keahole, 30.
I ka pukiki mau ia e ka makani.
Akelekele e hina, e pahee,
Kelekele ana e hina, e hina ke kanaka.
I ka haiki i ka pili o ke ala,
I ka pilikia o ke ala i ka huakai, 35.
Ka huakai o Kona pii i Koolau,
Ka huakai o Koolau iho Kona.
Ke Kona o Nuuanu, ka ua kuahine.
Ula i ka ua ka pali o Malailua,
A Malailua i Nahuina ka ua, 40.
Iolo, iolo ku ole ka makani i Kahua.
I Kahuawai, i Kahuawai nunu i ka opeope.
Hume ka malo o ka huakai hele ua,
Palepale ke kapa o ka wahine hele ua o Koolau,
Puolo huna i ka lauki ka malo o ke kanaka. 45.
Hele Kona a Kawalanakoa lu ka lauki,
Wehewehe kai opeope o ka huakai,
Kakua ke kapa o ka wahine pa-u.
Hele Kona o Ewa,
Ke Kona o Waikiki ke kanaka, 50.
Me he kanaka la ko aloha e noho nei,
Kaalo ae no e noho mai ana.
Kauaula ka ua noho i uka
Noho i uka o Kanaha.
Ka makani nu me he hakikili la a noho i ka uka, 55.
Ai la i uka o Hahakea.
Hooneenee ana ka ua i ke pili,
O ka ua o ka makani haele i kai,
Ke kii e kalohe eu ka makani.
Pau ka maia, ka lau o ka laau, 60.
Ka ulu, ka niu, ka wauke,
Aohe koe i ka hoonaikola ia e ka makani,
He ai niho ole ana ka makani i ka ai,
Mai Puako a Moalii,
He ’lii ka lai, he haku, 65.
No Lahaina, e no Helelua no kekahi malino,
Malino Hauola ia Wailehua.
O kekahi lulu Kekaa e noho nei,
He pohu ko Makila he lai o Kuhua.
Ua hee pumaia ka nalu o Uo, 70.
Kihehe i ka lau maia pala.
Alalai no ke poo o ke kanaka,
No ke kini heenalu o Kelawea.
Hoonuinui ana i ka nani o Lahaina,
He nui ka puu o Lahaina o ka ea, 75.
Mai waho mai ka ea a loko o ka hale,
He ilina na ka ea o Mokuhinia,
Kuhinia i ka olelo palolo eia la
Hoonuinui i manawa ino au.
Hilo ua moku keke ka ua i ka lani, 80.
Ua moku keke Hilo i ka ua.
Ua ka upena anae, puniia Hilo e ka ua.
Ua uaawa mai la o Kilauea,
Ua awe makahinai ka ua o Hilo i ke one.
Ua one elele Puna na ke ’kua, 85.
Ua ’kua Puna ua koena iki wale,
Ua uuku ka kino o ia laau;
Ua haohao ka kino he lehua ka lau,
He ohia, he hala, alua oiwi,
He oiwi pohaku no ka laau, 90.
No ke a kahili o Puulenalena i Puna i ka uahi awa o ka lua,
Ua moku, makau Puna na ke ’kua
Ua ’kua ka papa,
Ua kahuli anapa anapanapa,
Ua anapa kahuli 95.
Ua kino pohaku ke kino o ke a,
He a hokiinaenae noho kupa i ka papa o Malama,
I ke a mamua mahope mamua mahope weliweli ino hoi e!
Weliweli ino Puna i ke ’kua wahine.
Ke ’kua wahine ka ai i ka laau, 100.
Ka ai ana ole i ka hala o Kaimu.
Ka oi o ka niho o ke ’kua wahine,
Ka ai ana, a nui ke a o Puna
I ka pohaku o ka papa o Maukele.
He konohiki okoa Puna na ke ’kua, 105.
Ke hooneenee aku la i Kalapana,
I ka wahi a ka lehua e kupu ai.
Kupu i ke ahi a mau a ka wahine,
Aole kau e maalili ’i ke ahi.
O ka haku no ia o ia aina. 110.
E alina loa ai ua aina la.
Aloha ole ke ’kua ai ia Puna,
Ka ai ahupuaa i ka uka o Kaliu,
Ai pololei no a kai o Puna.
Ua kapu kai aku la na Hoalii, 115.
I kai, i uka, i kai, i uka, i uka ke kumuwai o Kilauea.
I Hilo, i Puna, i Hilo, i Puna, i uka ka uahi e.
I uka ka a ana ike kai o Hilo,
A ua nui Hilo halau lani ke ao,
Aiwaiwa ka ua o Hilo-Hanakahi. 120.
Ka ua o Hanakahi a Hilo i ke one.
Ike ae la Hilo-paliku he ua ia,
Ke hahaki ku la i ka lau amau,
Ke kino o ka amau i luli i ka wai,
Ke oho o ka amau i Kulaimano. 125.
Ke amau o Ku i luli i ka nui o ka wai,
Ke noho paa mai la i uka.
Ka ulu i Paepaekea,
Ua i Kumoho piha ke kahawai.
Hali aweawe ole ka wai i ka wahie, 130.
A ke one o Waiolama waiho, malama o ka wahie a piha ka hale.
Malama aku o ka i’a a komo ka waa,
I makau i ka ua i ke anu oleole e hiki i Kaumana.
Kii koke no ka ai i ke kalu ulu,
Hoohewahewa o ke ku iluna ka maka. 135.
I kuululu a mehana i ke ahi.
Uhekeheke ke kini noho hou aku.
Hulalilali i ka ua o ka Hooilo,
Ua walea wale no ko Hilo kupa,
I ke komo iloko iwaho, iloko iwaho. 140.
He lau ke kahawai o Hilo-paliku,
I ka pii, i ka iho, i ka pii, i ka iho.
Ikiki i ka pii e—.
Ikiki wale Hilo i ka puu lehulehu,
Puu Laupahoehoe, Honolii, 145.
He kahawai Wailuku he ala hakaia,
Aohe no Wailuku, no Pueo he alanui ku ai no Piihonua.
No Kaa, no Kapailanaomakapila,
No Kaipalaoa waimaka o Kilepa.
O ke Kilepa ka ahu lauki, 150.
He ua ia, ako hale no ka lawaia i malu.
Ako hou aku no i ka ieie papa,
Popoo ieie ka lawaia huki nehu o Waiakea.
I ka ua, i ke anu, i ke anu uluhua i ke anu,
Uluhua wale Hilo i na lae i kai. 155.
KAUMUALII. [1949]
BY KAPAEKUKUI.
The chief [1950] arrived from Kahiki,
Burdened with kowali [1951] vine,
Well fastened with hau [1952] rope
And bound with ahuawa [1953] cord of Kona,
The loosely drawn cord 5.
Which pulled the excrement of Lono.
The residents of Luahiwa,
The great number of people of Kauhiahiwa,
The Kona of Kukonanohoino [1954]
Whose is the smooth unruffled sea. [1955] 10.
Rise up! stand on the bank, seize the rope
Which is well fastened
By the stream, by the men of Limaloa, [1956]
They will hold the ends of the rope.
Pull and place it on the cliff of Hakaola; 15.
Pull and place it on the cliff of Halalea;
Pull and place it on Koolau’s seaward ridge;
A Koolau resting place of Kauahoa. [1957]
Upon reaching there Kalalea [1958] came,
Kaipuhaa and Kapahi came, 20.
Uhaoiole, Kauhao, Kawi, Keahua,
And Kamooloa, with the rope held up by the hands.
The hau of Pelehuna is theirs,
Inviting the hills, calling for winds;
Calling to Puna of Kekumakaha 25.
For Puna’s sea-spray in the time of Kawelo, [1959]
Ascending from Wailua to Maunakapu, [1960]
The land of Kawelomahamahaia, [1961]
When the rope was seasoned [1962] by heat,
The shore grown [1963] hau bark of Alio, 30.
Hanaenaulu had gone on ahead
To the place where Kawelo was born. [1964]
Gathering up the bad ashes.
The many small lights are dancing.
Aaanuikaniaweke [1965] is dancing. 35.
The dust rose up from the men.
Many were the people at Kilohana. [1966]
The mountains were heated by Moe, [1967]
From the promulgations of the herald
For the tax-feathers of the chief. 40.
The malo is fastened, the cape is of kapa,
Uncooked was the traveler’s food [1968]
Gathered from several gangs of men
For the forest road-ways of Koloa.
Closed up was the Kawaihaka plain; 45.
The water turned up to Wahiawa. [1969]
Flowing from above at Manuahi;
Manuahi sent forth indeed a koula wind,
Blasting the taro leaves of Hanapepe, [1970]
The leaves vibrated toward the plain of Puea. 50.
The smoke rises pyramidal in the field,
Twisting around down at Kawiliwili.
Passed is the salt plain,
The salt plain of Mahinauli;
Kahana and Olokele was already passed 55.
Except the upland of Hikilei.
Call for the upland birds,
Descend O Kawaikapili!
Descend O Peapeanui, lightning eater!
Laheamanu was Peapea’s son, 60.
The man who lived up at Kalaualii,
Through whom the field was desolated.
A bird is watching in the uplands.
[The] kolea [1971] was the messenger of Koolau,
The ulili was the watcher for Puna, 65.
Looking and watching the mid-lands.
The moho [1972] sounds in the grass,
The kuna [1973] lives in the water.
Not many men [gathered] when the crier ended
[Summoning] to carry the ropes to Kona. 70.
Children and women questioned
For what was this rope being borne?
A drag-rope for Kahiki, at Aukele,
For the soldier-companion of the chief, of Kahiki.
NO KAUMUALII.
NA KAPAEKUKUI.
Ku ia mai Kahiki, e ka lani.
Awaia i ke koali,
Nakinaki ’a a paa i ke kaula hau,
Kamakamaia i ke kaula ahuawa o Kona.
Ke kaula e malanaai 5.
E huki ai ka lepo o Lono.
Ka makaainana o Luahiwa,
Ka nonanona kanaka o Kauhiahiwa.
Ke Kona o Kukonanohoino,
Nona ke kai paeaea. 10.
E ku e ke kaha e hopu i ke kaula,
I paa i kawelewele.
Ona kaha o ke kanaka nui o Limaloa,
O ka lihi o ke kaula ka lakou,
Hukia kau e ka pali Hakaola. 15.
A lawe kau e ka pali Halelea,
Hukia kau e Koolau kai kua.
E koolau, kapu hia o Kauahoa,
A ka kihi o Kalalea hele mai,
Hele mai Kaipuhaa a me Kapahi, 20.
O Uhaoiole, o Kauhao, o Kawi, o Keahua.
O Kamooloa, o ke kaula kai ka limalima.
O ka hau o Pelehuna ka lakou,
Kono aku na puu, kahea makani,
Kuhea ia Puna o Kekumakaha, 25.
O kai-ki puna ma ke kau o Kawelo,
E pii ana Wailua i o Maunakapu.
Ka aina o Kawelomahamahaia,
A moa aku kaula i ka ai,
Ka ilihau pa kai o Alio. 30.
Ua hala mua Hanaenaulu,
Ka aina o Kawelo i hanau ai.
Pukua a pau ka alehu maka ino,
Kahulaia lamalama uku.
Hulaia o Aaanuikaniaweke. 35.
Ku ka ea o na kanaka,
Kauluawela uka o Kilohana.
Wela na mauna i o Moe,
I ke ahi a kuahaua.
A ka hulu kupu a ka lani 40.
Ua puali ka malo, he kihei ke kapa,
He ai maka ke o,
Mikia mai na aloaloa kanaka.
Kanahele kanaka o Koloa,
Papani ku i na kula o Kawaihaka, 45.
Hoi ka wai i uka o Wahiawa.
He hua mai uka o Manuahi,
No Manuahi ka iho ka he Koula.
Nou iho ina kalo o Hanapepe,
Kapalili ka lau i ke kula o Puea. 50.
Puoa ka uahi i ke kula.
Wili-o-kai ma kai o Kawiliwili.
E kala i hala ai ke kaha,
Ke kaha paakai o Mahinauli.
Ua hala mua Kahana a me Olokele, 55.
O ka uka o Hikilei koe.
He ia ’ku ka uka manu,
E iho e Kawaikapili,
E iho e Peapeanui ai uila,
O kaiki Peapea o Laheamanu, 60.
O ke kanaka o uka o Kalaualii,
Iaia mehameha ke kula.
He manu kiai o uka.
Kolea ae la ka lele o Koolau.
He ulili ae la ke kiai o Puna, 65.
He nana kiai o waena,
He moho ka mea kani i loko o ka weuweu,
He kuna ka mea noho o ka wai,
Aole lau kanaka i ka pau i ke kuahaua,
I ka hali i ke kaula i Kona, 70.
Ninau kamalii me na wahine
He kaula aha keia e hali ia nei?
He kaula pu no Kahiki ma Aukele,
No ka hoa kaua o ka lani, o Kahiki.
A NAME FOR W. P. LELEIOHOKU.
This is a name for Hoku.
Said the visitor,
The young stalwart of Peking.
He is the foremost one
Of the knowledge class; 5.
He sought wisdom.
Are you emerging here
To preserve my rare one?
And Hoku is his name.
This is a song for Hoku, 10.
Kaililauokekoa it was asked:
Where are you going?
Enamored of the bird-catcher
The bird spoke up, saying:
He has gone with Makaweli. 15.
This is a name for Hoku,
Laieikawai it was that said:
A feather cape is mine,
She had been quiet
Up above at Paliuli. 20.
This is a song for Hoku.
Hopoe it was that spoke,
The woman twisting wonderfully;
Here comes Pele also,
The wizard of Kilauea 25.
Who will sweep off the trembling earth.
This is a song for Hoku,
And it was Laka who asked
For a wreath garland,
Stringing sufficient for the head, 30.
Decorating your neck,
The woman who watched flowers
Up above the hill.
HE INOA NO W. P. LELEIOHOKU.
He inoa no keia la no Hoku,
E makaikai olelo mai,
Ka ui o Pekina.
Ka helu ekahi ia
O ka papa naauao; 5.
Nana e noiau aku.
Puku mai ai oe ianei
E ola no kuu iwa?
A o Hoku no he inoa.
He inoa no keia la no Hoku. 10.
O Kaililauokekoa ka i olelo mai,
E naue ana mahea?
A ka puni o ke kia manu
Na ka manu i olelo mai:
Ua lilo me Makaweli. 15.
He inoa keia la no Hoku.
Laieikawai ka i olelo mai
I kapa hulumanu ko’u.
Nana e hoolai aku
Ka uka o Paliuli. 20.
He inoa keia la no Hoku,
Hopoe ka i olelo mai
Ka wahine ami kupanaha
Eia mai no Pele,
Ke kupua o Kilauea, 25.
Nana e pulumi aku naueue ka honua.
He inoa no keia la no Hoku,
A o Laka ka i olelo mai
I papahi lei ko’u
Kui a lawa ke poo, 30.
Ohuohu ko ai,
Ka wahine kiai pua
O uka o ke kualono.
SONG TO KAUIKEAOULI.
Kupahipahoa [1974] is the chief, the king,
The king of heavenly brightness,
That heavenly flame shines increasingly;
A chief of the projecting stone-cliff.
Lonokaeho had several stone foreheads, [1975] 5.
Lono’s [1976] forehead was anointed with coconut juice, [1977]
[He was] recognized by the black pig [1978] of Kane;
The sacred black pig and awa [1979] of Lono.
O Lono!
Here is your chief eye, your leaf, your bud, 10.
Your light, your child, your sacred chief,
O Kahaipiilani!
Yours on the back [1980] others will care for.
Take care of the leaf, the flower (child) of Keaka;
The restless child of Kaikilani’s [1981] weakness, 15.
Whose restless child he was.
Kanaloa’s [1982] was the dark colored dog,
His eyes were blackened that
It penetrated the eye-ball;
The forehead was marked with variegated stripes, [1983] 20.
Indicating high kapu;
The kikakapu was substituted for kapuhili, [1984]
The time that chief ended.
MELE NO KAUIKEAOULI.
O ke Kupahipahoa ka lani, ke ’lii.
O ke ’lii aoa lani, ao aa,
He a ia mau lani kumakomako,
He lani no ka huku maka palipohaku.
He mau lani pohaku na Lonokaeho, 5.
No Lono ka lae i ponia i ka wai niu,
I haua i ka puaa hiwa a Kane,
I ka puaa hiwa, puawa hiwa a Lono.
E Lono e!
Eia ko maka lani, ko lau, ko muo, 10.
Ko ao, ko liko, ko ’lii kapu.
E Kahaipiilani.
Ko ma ke kua, na hai e malama,
Malama ia ka lau, ka pua o Keaka.
Ka pua ololo, hemahema o Kaikilani, 15.
Nona ia lau ololo.
No Kanaloa no ka ilio hulu pano
I poni ka maka i noho ka eleele
I loko o ka onohi.
Ke kakau kiokii onio i ka lae 20.
He kioki kapu,
O ke kikakapu o ku ia kapuhili
Au wahiawahi ia lani.
KEELIKOLANI.
BY PIPI.
The standing coral of the shallow sea, the chief,
Overturning waves of the dark deep sea,
Diving its crest there as a porpoise
According to their kapu.
Diminishing numerous noises of the chief. 5.
Kahiki scattering timber.
Exceedingly long is the chief
Kaumakamano, a shark, a shark for chiefs.
In one season the kapu passed;
May be Kekelaokalani was kapu also. 10.
The poison plant it was, yellowing the sea.
Stupifying the fish, deadened by the intoxicating plant;
Fluttering on the surface of the sea,
A moving sea; a cross, chasing sea.
Kahiwalele kapued the chief Keelikolani; 15.
Kauiki stands bare in the wind,
Trembling by the sea of Kaihalulu,
Greatly increased by the wind,
Waiting for the paiolopawa rain
On the stricken back of the Koholalele. 20.
The dark shadow of Nalualele leaps seaward,
Reducing gradually the lauawa [wind].
Hana was water-whitened as the fern changed
The malos of Kama in Kualihau.
Perhaps so, without falsehood, be patient till more follows. 25.
Excepting Auhi, Kahikinui escaped,
Taken by the force of the naulu [wind];
Grown are the flowers scattered by the wind;
Destroyed are the shoots of the aalii,
Scorched by the sun. 30.
Lualailua of the plain,
Waiahualele fluttering, the fire of kula attracts the eye.
Suddenly brightened up above Koanaulu!
Yes, perhaps, without falsehood to be set aside.
Except Wailuku in the shade of Kuawa 35.
In the contentions of Kaiaiki with Kaahaaha,
Niua was cold; the grass waved towards the sea.
Calm was the channel within Hupukoa,
Withheld was the spray of the sea;
A sea-spray for Papale 40.
Stirred up by the salt sea seeking [the] roots of green verdure,
Perhaps so, without falsehood to be set aside.
KEELIKOLANI.
NA PIPI.
Kapukoaku, kai kohola ka lani,
Kai luu o ke kai uli hohonu,
E kihe ai ka ihu, me he naia la,
E no ai i ke kapu o lakou,
Kanahae makawalu nono o ke ’lii 5.
Kahiki wahie aloaloa,
Loaloanui ia ka lani
Kaumakamano, he mano, he naha na ’lii.
Hookahi lau konahala ke kapu;
Kapu hoi paha Kekelaokalani; 10.
Ka auhuhu hoi ia e lena ai ke kai,
E onioni ai ka ia, make i ka hola;
E kapalili ai i ka ili o ke kai,
He kai hoonee; he kai oki apu,
Kahiwalele kapu kalani, o Keelikolani la. 15.
Ku Kauiki pa kohana i ka makani,
Hoohalulu i ke kai o Kaihalulu
Ke oi a lau i ka makani,
E kali ana i ka ua Paiolopawa,
I ka hili kua ia e ke Koholalele, 20.
Lele ka hauli o Nalualele i kai
Ke komi komi’a iho la e ka lau awa,
Wai kea hana ua huli ka amau,
O na malo o Kama i Kualihau e!
Ae paha aohe wahahee, aho o koe aku e! 25.
Koe Auhi, pakele aku o Kahikinui,
Lilo aku la i na lima o ka naulu,
Ulu ae la Kalupua e ka makani,
Lomi’a iho la na maka o ke aalii,
Enaena wela i ka la, 30.
O Lualailua i ke kula la,
Welo Waiahualele, lele ke ahi o kula maalo i ka maka;
Weli oaka, a i uka o Koanaulu e!
Ae paha, aohe wahahee e hookoe aku e!
Koe Wailuku i ka malu Kuawa, 35.
Ke hoopaio la me Kaiaiki, me ke Kaahaaha.
Anu o Niua, hamo ke kilioopu ka o kai,
Pohu ke kaha maloko o Hupukoa,
Hoopaaia i ka uwahi a ke kai,
He uwahi kai no Papale. 40.
Kailiu ke hoale la, i ike kumu o ka maomao e!
Ae paha, aohe wahahee e hookoe aku e!
KEELIKOLANI
BY NAHEANA.
Kamakaku stands surrounded with kapus,
Kahanaipea kapued Kauhiakama,
He was the kite flown in the top branches, the top branches,
[The] kapu spy of the chief.
Chiefs who had not been divided. 5.
They are related to other chiefs,
They are joined, without place of separation,
There is no place for division among the chiefs:
They are established, steadfast.
It was thick, very thick, 10.
It was compassed with kapus, a rank,
A grade related to the Awaawapuhi,
Bitter, sour, without sweetness;
The matured salt sea, leaving a bad taste [in] the mouth.
Kalanikauleleiaiwi, cross of the greatness of Kekela, 15.
That was the leaf which protruded.
The sacred under-wing twin feathers;
The clear desire, the time [of] the chief,
The bird that flies,
The sacred Kaulu, 20.
The large hillock of Iwikauikaua.
The coral in midst of the depth;
The eyes were frightened to behold;
Becoming dizzy, dimsighted was the vision,
The chief’s kapa shelf, of his food place. 25.
The order of the chiefs conformed with the rank of high chiefs,
Standing thickly together, as shell-fish, in a sacred place.
It was prostration kapu.
They were not unkind, they were fearless chiefs;
Not cowardly, not decorated, 30.
Not crooked, they were unfaltering.
During the day, Keakamahana, vigilant and fresh,
Vigorous and increasing,
Resembled the Iliee.
The chief Kupuapaikalaninui 35.
[Was] the ancestor.
Keolewa stood, kiliopu was the wind
Rippling the flowing water
Reduced and cut off [by] Kamaluakele,
The pleasant path with three hills. 40.
Koolau was robbed and turned to the cliffs,
Transforming upon Kamahualele.
Quickly arises malamalamaiki, a wind.
Kalawakua stands here;
At Kalalau the mended bones were again broken. 45.
May be so, without falsehood to be set aside.
Except Puna, broken by the wind,
Filled, satisfied by the comfort of Makaiki
Up above Koholalele, there was slaughtering
In all the lands at Mailehuna. 50.
Twisted about [is] the kalukalu (grass) of Kapaa,
Spreading over the breadth of Kaipuhaa,
The depth, the width of Kewa.
Broken up by the kiuwailehua wind,
Cleared at the Koolau plain of the thatch, 55.
Perhaps so, without deceit of future revealing.
Fading, shadowy is Kaluwai
Pressed by the fountain of the chief Kuua,
Touched and held with love water,
Simply resting at Koamano. 60.
There was no flowing at Kalauae,
It was the breath arising at Kolokini,
Falling over at the cliff of Makana
Are the rivulets of Kapona,
The collar bone of Makuaiki. 65.
Perhaps so, without falsehood to be set aside.
KEELIKOLANI
NA NAHEANA.
O Kamakaku, ku makawalu, o ke kapu,
O Kahanai pea kapu Kauhiakama,
O ka pea ia i oni a ka wekiu, a ka wekiu,
Kiu kapu o ka lani,
Mau lani loaa ole i ka waeia, 5.
Ua wiliwili ana na ’lii
Ua hookui, aole he wahi hemo,
Aole he wahi owa o na lani,
Paa no, he paa;
He manoanoa, he makolukolu, 10.
He peekue i ke kapu, he papa,
He papa, he papa Awaawapuhi,
He awahia, he mulea, he manalo ole,
Ke Kailiu oo, e mue ai ka waha,
O Kalanikauleleiaiwi, kea o ka manomano o Kekela, 15.
Ka lau kela i puka mawaho,
O ka Ee hulu aa, i ke kapu,
Ka moha kaupu, ka au ka lani,
Ka manu nana e lele,
Ke Kaulu kapu, 20.
Ke ahua nui o Iwikauikaua,
Ke pukoa i waena o ka hohonu,
E makau ai ka maka ke nana aku,
E poniu ai, o hewahewa ka ike,
Ke olowalu alii, o ka lani hoohialaai 25.
Ke ku a na ’lii, kulike ka noho a na ’lii nui
Kuku me he nahawele la i kahi kapu,
Kapu no he moe.
Aohe akahakai o laua, he mau alii wiwo ole
Aohe wiwo, aohe lulo, 30.
Aohe napa, he ma ole
I ka la, Keakamahana, he kuoo, he nono,
He nono, he aai,
He kohu me he Iliee la,
Ka lani Kupuapaikalaninui,— 35.
Kupuna la.
Ku Keolewa kiliopu i ka makani,
Hoohualei ana i ka wai olohia,
Unihi mai la, oki Kamaluakele,
Ke ala oli me ka puukolu, 40.
Hao ke Koolau, huli, a no i na pali,
Hoohaili ana maluna o Kamahualele,
Hikilele malamalama iki, he makani,
Ke nu nei Kalawakua,
I Kalalau, hai iho la ka iwi o ka iwikui e! 45.
Ae paha, aohe wahahee a hookoe aku e!
Koe aku la Puna hakina i ka makani;
Piha maona i ka hoolu a Makaiki,
Luku’a iho la ka uka o Koholalele
I ka akula apau ma Mailehuna, 50.
Wili’a ’kula ke kalukalu o Kapaa,
Waiho’a aku ke akea o Kaipuhaa,
Ka hohonu, ka laula o Kewa,
Wahi mai ka makani kiuwailehua,
Molale i ke Koolau ke kula, o ke ako e! 55.
Ae paha, aohe wahahee e hookoe aku e!
Akeakea, alaalai ana Kaluwai
Kaomi i ka mano o ka lani Kuua,
Ua hoopa, apaa me wai aloha,
Ili wale iho la no i Koamano, 60.
Aohe nae puai o Kalauae,
O ka hanu ia e mapu la i Kolokini,
Hiolo iho la ma ka pali o Makana,
Kau na penikala wai o Kapona,
Kaia iwilei o Makuaiki e! 65.
Ae paha, aohe wahahee e hookoe aku e!
LEGEND OF KANA AND MOI.
Moi was the priest of Kapeepee,
Here is the fault of this chief,
He took the wife of Hoakalanileo,
The father of Kana.
Then Moi slept in spirit; 5.
He saw Niheu coming towards him
With a wooden pike,
And brandishing his mantle, but did not turn away.
Kana thereupon called to him from heaven,
Bidding him turn thither. 10.
Thereafter that man thrust his hands
And turned his mantle the other side out,
Wherefore Moi dreaded this man
Lest he should push the mountain down.
Then Moi awoke with a shiver 15.
And said unto the chief, chanting forth:
Heedest thou the prediction?
Who is the chief deaf at the hidden language,
In the dream of me, the priest, in the day time?
The land flees, the frames are thrown into confusion. 20.
Yield my younger brother, for the drums stand in line,
The fences are being overleaped, the unus are being given to destruction;
The moi is being lifted to the altar whereon is the banana of Palila.
The sun has risen above the mountain;
It rose, with eyes like the moon in brightness. 25.
In his view he fled,
As if the eyes belonged to the aloa.
The earth was lightened [by his eyes],
The fowls quarreled in the night.
The great moving body that conquered through reinforcement. 30.
It’s being so the land was heated.
The coconut grove is by the sea;
The kalo patch is in the upland;
The fish-pond of Molokai is in front.
The coconut of Mauluku, of Mauluko. 35.
Of Kaluaaha, of Kaluakanaka, of Kaluakahiko,
Of Mapulehu, of Mapuna, of Pukoo, of Pukooiki, of Pukoonui,
The four Pukoos are all enumerated.
Rushed, rushed is the current by Hoakalanileo.
Nihoa is a land whereto the soldier returned, 40.
Kapeepee, the warrior of Haupu.
Ye above, fight not longer,
Lest ye be dead and defeated,
The heavenly multitude are all conquered;
They have all been struck down. 45.
They all rose up;
They are all knocked down;
They are all killed.
The mist cloud has appeared,
Should a cloud be seen, ’tis on Molowekea. 50.
If the girdle was seen ’twas at Haupu,
The bosom was at Kalawao,
The back was at Helaniku.
Kana traversed the golden sand of Kane:
Hooila is this season. 55.
Mokapu arose and his train saw him to be a man.
The end of it.
The kingdom became Nua’s
According to the dream of the priest.
’Tis the first instance where cowardice was felt; 60.
Haupu is trembling as if with cold.
KAAO NO KANA [1985] AME MOI.
O Moi, [1986] oia ke kahuna a Kapeepee, [1987]
Eia ka hewa o keia ’lii,
O ka lawe ana i ka wahine a Hoakalanileo, [1988]
A ka makuakane o Kana.
Alaila moe iho la o Moi i ka uhane, [1989] 5.
A ike aku la ia Niheu [1990] e hele mai ana.
Me ka laau palau.
A kuehu [1991] mai la i ka ahu, aole i huli.
Alaila kahea mai la o Kana i ka lani, [1992]
Oia [1993] hoi e hulia ’ku hoi e, 10.
Alaila o mai la ka lima o ua kanaka la,
A huli aku [1994] la i ka ahu,
Alaila weliweli [1995] iho la o Moi i keia kanaka,
I ka hilia [1996] mai o ka mauna e keia kanaka
Alaila ala [1997] ae la o Moi me ka haalulu 15.
Alaila olelo aku la i ke ’lii, paha [1998] aku la.
Moe ana i ola honua ka walana, [1999]
Owai ke ’lii kuli i ka olelo huna? [2000]
I ka moe a’u a ke kahuna ma ke ao
Hee ka aina koeleele [2001] ka haka ipu. [2002] 20.
E laa [2003] la e kuu pokii ke kulaina nei na pahu, [2004]
Ke aea nei na pa ke puhia nei na unu, [2005]
Ke kaina [2006] la ka moi [2007] ka haka lele maia a Palila, [2008]
Ua hiki ka la i ka mauna,
Hiki a mahina na maka. 25.
I na maka no la, hee; [2009]
Me he maka no ka aloa ’la,
Ua malama ka honua,
Ua hakau [2010] ka moa i ka po.
Ka ohua Kaialana [2011] o ka lanakila e pa nei, 30.
Waiakua [2012] a wela ka aina.
Ka uluniu aia i kai [2013]
Ka loi kalo aia i uka,
Ka loko i’a o Molokai ma ke alo,
Ka niu o Mauluku, o Mauluko, 35.
O Kaluaaha, o Kaluakanaka, o Kaluakahiko,
O Mapulehu, o Mapuna, o Pukoo, o Pukooiki, o Pukoonui,
Pau na Pukoo eha.
O kupeke [2014] kapekepeke ke au ia Hoakalanileo.
He aina ka e hoi koa i Nihoa [2015] 40.
O Kapeepee [2016] koa o Haupu,
Mai hookoa [2017] mai e luna.
A make a hee auanei,
Pau ae la kini [2018] o luna.
Ua hilia [2019] ka oneanea. 45.
Kulia [2020] ka oneanea.
I moe lia ka oneanea
Ka pau o ka oneanea. [2021]
Ua ku wale hau oneanea.
Ina ike kehau aia i Molowekea. 50.
Ina i kau [2022] ke kakaai kai Haupu,
Ka umauma [2023] ka i Kalawao.
O ke kua ka i Helaniku,
Keehi kapuai o Kana [2024] i ke one lauena a Kane,
O Hooilo keia malama 55.
Ua kuu hoi Mokapu; he huakai ike
aku la he kanaka.
Pau aku la [2025]
Huli ke au [2026] ia Nua,
I ke ano moe a ke kahuna,
Akahi kaua i hopo’i i ka manawa [2027] 60.
Ke lia nei Haupu me he anu la,
PRAYER OF MALAEHAAKOA
IN THE LEGEND OF HIIAKAIKAPOLIOPELE.
Of Pele, her warfare in Kahiki,
That was fought with Punaaikoae,
Pele fled hither to Hawaii,
Fled as her eyeball—
As the lightning’s flash, 5.
Lighting as does the moon,
[Let] awe possess me.
For Pele the ocean sleeps,
For the god a sea hastens toward the islands,
It breaks afar at Hanakahi 10.
Upon the sands of Waiolama,
And guards the house of your god.
The axe is being borne to fell the tree above,
Heavily breaks the surf from Kahiki,
Cresting onward in front of Kilauea, 15.
The sea turned at the front of Papalauahi.
Man called that day
To Puaakanu’s lehua-stringing women
Above at Olaa, my lehua-land,
In the front of Heeia, Kukuena women 20.
The companions entered the entanglement
In the thickets of Puna, irregularly, and dwelt.
Here we are thy many adherents.
[Let] awe possess me.
A spraying sea has Kohalaloa, 25.
Sea roughed by the cliff above.
A sea cliff-watcher is Kakupehau.
Sea invading your pandanus groves.
It crests onward toward Maui,
The sea of the chiefess 30.
Of the lehua-stringing party of Pele,
Of my god indeed.
[Let] awe possess me.
Answer, O mountain, in the cliff mist;
Turn the voice of the moaning ohia, 35.
I see in the fire-consuming rocks
The aged dame sleeping quietly
On hot lava bed, liquid stone,
Till, canoe-shaped, the covering there hid first,
Depressed in center, else flat in the rear, 40.
Spouting was its source, Kamakahakaikea,
Mischievous Niheu, [the] cutting man.
[Let] awe possess me.
On famed Molokai of Hina,
Is Kaunuohua, a cliff, 45.
When Hapuu was lighted—
Hapuu the small god—
Pele came forth, the great god,
With Haumea and Hiiaka,
With Kukuena and Okaoka. 50.
When the small fire lights, it burns
[As] an eye-ball of Pele.
The flash-light of the heavens is it.
[Let] awe possess me.
At Kaulahea, Lanai, 55.
At Mauna-lei, twine the wreath,
Pele is wreathed with the ieie,
Hiiaka shines [her] head,
Haumea anoints [her] body.
Pele enjoys her fish, 60.
The small turtle of Polihua,
Small turtle, short necked,
[Of] crab-like back, of the sea.
The large pattern-backed tortoise
Resembling the food for Pele 65.
If glistening and reflecting in the sun.
[Let] awe possess me.
At Keolewa over Kauai,
At the flowers floating below Wailua,
Pele looks from there: 70.
Oahu is seen set aside,
Longing for the water mirage of the land.
Mokihana [fragrance] arose,
The enjoyment of Hiiaka.
Pele disputed there, 75.
There was no guardian to protect.
Pele stamped with her feet the long waves;
An eye-ball for Pele [was] the flash-light of the heavens.
[Let] awe possess me.
Pele came forth from the east, 80.
The canoe landed at Mookini
[The] battle ceased at Kumalae.
Pele people set up an image,
The image of Pele folk remained for the offspring of Koi.
Pele folk offered sacrifices there; 85.
Pele led them in procession.
At the cape of Leleiwi
[They] inhaled the fragrance of the pandanus;
Of the lehua of Mokaulele,
That was what Pele was wreathing. 90.
Puuloa was a village;
Papalauahi a sleeping house,
A shed for Kilauea.
Pele came forth from Kahiki
[With] the thunder, the earthquake, the bitter rain; 95.
The pelting rain of Haihailaumeaiku,
Of the women in the wilds of Maukele.
Pele came at twilight,
Tossing and turning the long-backed waves.
The ocean was in agitation at the jealousy of Pele; 100.
The great shock is the shock above the heavens,
Tearing the foundation, the surface stratas,
The strata on which Kane surfed at Maui.
Kahiliopua was the god of the day
At Waiakahalaloa, to expand. 105.
It was Waa, whose was the fishing fleet
Remaining at Kohala’s shore.
The ghost-god of Puuloa
Entreated the traveler,
The wreath-stringing god of Kuaokala. 110.
Makanoni was wreath making,
The day Pualaa arose and was observed,
The day after Kahuoi stood cold above.
A red-fisted robber was exercising
Eastward of the sun of Kumukahi 115.
Whose first rays reveal the light.
[The] fine garments of Kohala are spread out
To the sun, warmed not in the night,
When the sun hides the day, placed above
Is the moon. 120.
[Let] awe possess me.
Auaahea meets death; on baking
The hog, unshorn of its bristles,
The acceptable offering to the god,
The sacred observance of the companions, 125.
Thunder shook the heavens, the bitter rain
Of Kaulahea of the revealed altar of light.
Kaomealani rained. So! that’s the fault,
The god was jealous. Pele for the first time was duped;
Pele for the first time drew near; 130.
Pele for the first time was without pau to clothe your companion,
To shake the stones and overflow the mountain with lava.
Where lava flowed, there dwelt
Kalaukaula, at the household of the deities,
Kaneulaapele and Kuihimalanaiakea, 135.
Royal companions of Pele, resident tree eaters,
The women of wonderful prayer of eight-fold power.
[Let] awe possess me.
Stamp, stamp out the people’s fire
Below Kilauea, and as its reward 140.
Arise the shoutings, the confused noise of the gods
On the cliff of Mauli,
The source of tears of this place
Of men who, owl like, seek water.
Gird thou thy weapon with thy countrymen. 145.
I seize my club and strike at the god.
Pele stands raining, Pele’s heaps
Are placed below; heaped [was] the dead.
At reddening below thou doth flow.
Alas! ’tis flowing, it runs canoe-like; 150.
The mountain rocks, Hiiakaikapoliopele is safe,
Flee away! flee above to the light!
[The] crab climbs up Kauiki,
[It] returns distressed at man’s shadow.
Crabs are struck with the stick, 155.
Taken and thrown in the bag,
The soft crab catches the flap of the malo;
The soft crab stays within boundaries,
Entwined with the sea-moss pods.
The soft crab is placed upon the stone, 160.
As chewed bait it leaves the bag.
Other crabs, how many awa drinkers? Four,
The tortoise, turtle, kukuwaa and hinalea,
At the ginger of Kahihiwai, lolipua ate,
Lolikoko ate, lolikae ate, lelea ate, 165.
Of Leleamakua, father of Kahikona,
At his birth the red rain poured,
[A] recognizing sign of the power
Of thy god without, jealous.
[Let] awe possess me. 170.
The heavens and the rain rejoice,
Grief rends the heavens, darkness covers the earth,
At the birth of the princely ones.
At birth of a girl the heavens travailed;
When a male child came forth 175.
The red rain above gathered together.
Kuwalu was born and her lord
Kuihimalanaiakea.
Eat O Pele of thy land!
Source of the ohias, the pandanus grove below Leleiwi, 180.
With Panaewa severed Kau is refuse,
With Pele a mound, Pele flows freely
Over thy land, burying the district.
[Let] awe flee on.
Standing in Wailua is the lover’s hala post, 185.
The call is heard, the loud noise
Of night gatherers singing, not calling for help.
Deep sympathy! this indeed is Ikuwa,
The first indications arise,
The evils of the wind. 190.
Provoking, run away, make known
The sign, O Hiiaka!
Whose is the sacrifice? For the family
Of Haumea is the offering.
Kane stood supporting the valiant, 195.
Done in his time, for Pele;
For Hiiaka; for the land,
This here land,
The floating land of the heaven above.
Anakuku is the assembly within 200.
Haamo, a road that is traveled;
A drum discarded; a fence o’erleaped;
A platform trampled; a comforting grass;
A cane-leaf thatching, end trimmed;
A spread mat; a supply of dishes; 205.
A filling of water; a food offering;
A feast for the house.
Released, released is that house; ’tis o’erleaped; ’tis entered trustfully.
For Waihonua stands the long shed,
The house where Pele lived. 210.
Spying came a multitude of the gods.
Be gone! be gone outside!
A prayerless priest, a prayerless chief
Shall not carelessly enter the house of Pele,
My god indeed! 215.
[Let] awe possess me.
Place dottedly the cross signs,
When the kapu expires I shall be first
Dividing into hills, scattering, dividing dottedly.
The land is freed, children restricted, 220.
The coconut is kapu, the waters flow;
When leaf wrapped, stack the bundles [of food].
Kulipee resides at the pit,
And the companions of Kuwawa
And Kuhailimoe flee away to the mire of Hawaii. 225.
I am first to go out hence
From thy presence,
Flying hither in nakedness.
[Let] awe possess me.
PULE O MALAEHAAKOA
MAI KE KAAO O HIIAKAIKAPOLIOPELE.
O kaua a Pele i haka i Kahiki,
I hakaka ai me Punaaikoae, [2028]
Mahuka mai Pele i Hawaii
Mahuka Pele i ona onohi,
I na lapa uwila, 5.
E lapa i mahina—la
Elieli [2029] kau mai.
He kai moe nei no Pele,
No ke akua, he kai hoolale i na moku,
Hai aku ka i Hanakahi, [2030] 10.
I ke one o Waiolama iluna,
A koa ka hale o ko akua,
Ke amo ala ke koi, ke kua la iuka,
Haki nuanua mai ka nalu mai Kahiki,
Popoi aku i ke alo o Kilauea, [2031] 15.
Ke kai huli i ke alo o Papalauahi, [2032]
Kanaka hea i ka la,
Ko Puaakanu [2033] wahine kui lehua,
Ka uka i Olaa, kuu moku lehua, [2034]
I ke alo o Heeia, o Kukuena wahine [2035] 20.
Komo i ka lauwili [2036] na hoalii,
I ka nahele [2037] o Puna ae ae a noho,
Eia makou ko lau kaula la,
Elieli kau mai.
He kai ehu [2038] ko Kohalaloa, 25.
Kai apaapaa ko ka pali i uka,
He kai kiai pali ko Kakupehau,
Kai pii hala ko aina,
Ke popoi aku la i kai o Maui,
Ke kai a ka wahine [2039] alii, 30.
O ke kai kui [2040] lehua a Pele,
A ko’u akua la—e,
Elieli kau mai.
E o, e mauna i ka ohu ka pali,
Kaha ka leo o ka ohia uwe, 35.
Ike au i ke ahi ai ala,
Ka luahine [2041] moe nana,
A Papaenaena [2042] wai hau,
A waa ka uhi, ilaila pee mua,
Pepepe waena, o pepe ka muimui, 40.
O kihele ia ulu, Kamakahakaikea,
O Niheu-kalohe, kanaka kaha la, [2043]
Elieli kau mai.
A Molokai nui a Hina, [2044]
A Kaunuohua he pali, 45.
A kukui o Hapuu,
Hapuu [2045] ke akua liilii,
Puka mai Pele [2046] ke akua nui,
Me Haumea me Hiiaka,
Me Kukuena me Okaoka, 50.
O ke a ke ahi iki e—a
He onohi no Pele,
Ka oaka o ka lani [2047] la—e
Elieli kau mai.
A Nanai [2048] Kaulahea, 55.
A Mauna-lei, kui ka lei,
Lei Pele i ka ieie la,
Wai hinu poo o Hiiaka,
Holapu ili o Haumea,
Ua ono Pele i kana ia, 60.
O ka honu iki o Polihua, [2049]
Honu iki ai nounou,
Kua papai o ka moana,
Ka ea nui kua wawaka,
Hoolike i ka ai na Pele, 65.
Ina oaoaka oaka i ka lani la
Elieli kau mai.
A Kauai, a Keolewa iluna,
A ka pua lana i kai o Wailua,
Nana mai Pele ilaila, 70.
E waiho aku ana Oahu,
Aloha i ka wai liu [2050] o ka aina,
E ala mai ana mokihana [2051]
Wai auau o Hiiaka,
Hoopaapaa Pele ilaila, 75.
Aohe kahu e ulu [2052] ai,
Keehi aku Pele [2053] i ke ale kua loloa,
He onohi no Pele, Kaoakoakalani la,
Elieli kau mai.
Holo mai Pele mai Kahikina, 80.
A kau ka waa [2054] i Mookini,
Noho kaua i Kumalae,
Hooku Pele [2055] ma i ke kii,
Noho i ke kii a Pele ma, na ka pua o Koi, [2056]
Kanaenae [2057] Pele ma ilaila, 85.
Kai a huakai mai Pele,
A ka lae i Leleiwi [2058]
Honi i ke ala o ka hala,
O ka lehua o Mokaulele, [2059]
Oia ka Pele a kui la, 90.
He kunana [2060] hale Puuloa,
He hale moe o Papalauahi, [2061]
He halau no Kilauea,
Haule mai Pele mai Kahiki mai,
O ka hekili, o ke olai, o ka ua loku, 95.
O ka ua paka, o Haihailaumeaiku,
O na wahine i ka wao o Maukele la,
Ho mai ana Pele liu la e,
Aumiki, auhuli ka ale kua loloa.
Nuanua ka moana i ka lili o Pele, 100.
O ke kua nui, ke kui la iluna o ka lani,
Wahia ka papaku ka papainoa,
Ka papa a Kane ma i hee ai i Maui,
Kahiliopua [2062] ke kua o ka la,
A Waiakahalaloa i akea, 105.
O Waa kai nana i ka auwaa lawaia,
Ku kapa kai e Kohala,
O ke akua lapu e Puuloa,
Ke uwalo la i ka mea hele,
Ke akua kui lehua o Kuaokala, 110.
Kui mai ana o Makanoni,
Ka la puka la helu o Pualaa,
Ka la aku hoi e Kahuoi i ku uka anu,
E olohe [2063] kui ula e mauna mai ana. [2064]
Ka hikina o ka la o Kumukahi ma, 115.
E haliko ae ana ka aama,
Lele [2065] hihee o Kohala, ke kau laina la,
E ka la, pumehana ole o ka po,
O ke la pe ai o ke ao kau aku iluna
I ka malama la. 120.
Elieli kau mai.
He make no Aua’ahea [2066] i kalua ia,
I ka puaa aohe ihi ka lau ahea,
Ka ipu kaumaha a ke akua,
Ka mamala kapu a na hoalii. 125.
Kui i ka lani, ka hekili, o ka ua loku, [2067]
O Kaulahea o ka okai nu’u o ke ao,
O Kaomealani e ua la, Aha, o ka hala ia?
Lili ke akua, akahi Pele la, a hokahoka, [2068]
Akahi Pele la a neenee, [2069] 130.
Akahi Pele la a oi [2070] pau, i pau i ko hoa,
I oni i ke a, i pahoehoe ai oe i ka mauna,
Auhea, pahoehoe la, noho iho la,
Kalaukaula, e ka pau hale o ke akua,
E Kaneulaapele, o Kuihimalanaiakea, [2071] 135.
He hoalii [2072] na Pele, he noho ana ai laau,
Na wahine pule mana nana i papawalu, [2073]
Elieli kau mai.
Kiope, kiope mai ana ke ahi a kanaka.
Ilalo o Kilauea, a i ku maumaua, 140.
Ai kua mai ana ka pihe a ke akua,
Iluna o ka pali o Mauli, [2074]
O ka hua waimaka ia nei,
O kanaka nana i huli pueo ka wai, [2075]
Pu oe i kau laau me ko makaainana, 145.
Hopu au i ka’u laau hahau [2076] i ke akua.
Ku ua ae Pele, lapuu na Pele,
Waiho ana ilalo, lapuu ka moe,
A ka ula ilalo la, pahoehoe ai oe,
Auwe! [2077] pahoehoe la, e holo e ka waa, [2078] 150.
E kaa ka mauna, [2079] ola Hiiakaikapoliopele,
Hoi aku e, hoi aku iluna i ka malama!
Aama pii ae iluna i Kauiki,
Iho mai aama i ke aka o kanaka,
Hooili aama ku i ka laau, 155.
Lawea aama haona i ka eke,
Kaohi paiea i ka pola o ka malo,
Ku ana paiea iloko ka unuunu,
Lei ana paiea i ka hua limu kala,
Kau ana paiea iluna i ka ala, 160.
Maunu paiea haalele i ka eke.
Neiau moala ehia inu awa? eha,
O ea, o honu, o kukuwaa, o hinalea,
O ka apuhihi, o kahihiwai, ai ae lolipua,
Ai ae lolikoko, ai ae lolikae, ai ae lolea, 165.
O Leleamakua, makua o Kahikona,
Nana i hanau, kaha ka ua koko,
Haina ae ana ka mana,
O ko akua iwaho la, i lili,
Elieli kau mai. 170.
Uua lili ka lani me ka ua,
U ooki ka lani poele ka honua,
I ka hanau ana o na hoalii, [2080]
Hanau he kaikamahine hoonou o ka lani,
Hemo mai he keiki kane, 175.
O ii ka ua koko i luna,
Hanau o Kuwalu me kana kane,
O Kuihimalanaiakea,
A ai e Pele i kou aina, [2081]
Ai na ka ohia, ka ulu hala i kai o Leleiwi, 180.
Me moku Panaewa, he oka wale Kau,
Me puu o Pele [2082] nuikahi e Pele,
I kou aina, hoolewa ke au,
Elieli holo e.
Ku i Wailua ka pou hala a ka ipo, 185.
Hoolono i ka ualo ka wawau nui,
O ulu po maoli nei aohe nalo mai e,
Aloha ino o Ikuwa [2083] maoli nei,
Ke lele la ka eka [2084] mua,
Ka ino a ka makani, 190.
Ukiuki, kolo e, kaulana
Ka hoaka, e Hiiaka e,
Nowai ke kanaenae? No ka ohana
A Haumea ka naenae.
Ku ua e Kane ke koa, 195.
I ka nei manawa ia, no Pele,
No Hiiaka, no ka honua,
Ka honua nei,
Ka honua lewa, [2085] ka lani i luna,
O Anakuku ka aha [2086] iloko. 200.
O Haamo e, he ala i heie ia,
He pahu i kulaina, he pa i a’ea,
He kahua i hele ia, he luana mauu, [2087]
He kau nana ko, he o kana piko,
He hola moena, he lawe na ipu kai. 205.
He ukuhinawai, he kaumaha ai,
He haina no ka hale e,
Noa, noa ia hale, ua a’ea, ua komo hia.
No Waihonua, ku ana o halau ololo,
Ka hale o Pele i noho ai, 210.
Makaikai [2088] mai kini [2089] o ke akua,
Hoi aku e! hoi aku iwaho na,
He kahuna pule ole, he ’lii pule ole,
Mai komo wale mai i ka hale o Pele,
O ko’u akua la, 215.
Elieli kau mai.
E kau ana kiko, [2090] i ke alia [2091] kiko,
Hele a moa kiko, akahi nei au,
Kaele puepue, neinei, kaele pakikokiko, [2092]
Ua noa ka aina, e kapu keiki. 220.
E kapu ka niu, e kahe na wai,
E ka ha ki ana, [2093] ku ka opeope,
O Kulipee [2094] noho i ka lua,
A lele e na hoalii o Kuwawa,
O Kuhailimoe, o ka naele [2095] o Hawaii, 225.
Akahi nei au, a hoi aku nei,
Mai ou aku la,
A lele pakohana mai,
Elieli kau mai.
PRAYER TO PUA
Koheili above here,
Reaching to heaven is the reverence to Koheili.
Grant me pardon.
Awake thou, O heaven!
O thunder and lightning! 5.
The severe rain, the pelting rain, the fine rain,
The clouds, the winds; messengers of flying gods in the heavens,
Come you in pairs,
With prostration beneath and myself on top.
Koheili turns aside in the wilderness 10.
To gather the ti-leaves,
For uniting, sleeping, kissing;
For food at the temple where I will meet the husband.
Love passes on by your climb with the burden.
Thou to hold the heart while I hold the breast; 15.
Let the rain fall, the heavy rain;
Let there be wailing,
Thou art taken by your lover, O Pua—
Return, grant this prayer.
Koheili, O Koheili! 20.
Koheili of the mountain here,
The reverence of Koheili reaches to the mountain,
Calling me to arise.
Awake thou O mountain! O valley!
Thou ornament, thou serene sky, 25.
Come you in pairs,
Prostration is below, I am above.
Koheili turns aside in the wilderness,
To gather the ti-leaves,
For embracing, sleeping, kissing, as food at the temple, 30.
To be worn by all, worn for trespass;
Love passes on by your ascent with the burden,
Thou to hold the heart while I hold the breast.
Let the rain fall, the heavy rain;
Let there be wailing, 35.
Thou art being taken by your lover, O Pua—
Return, grant this prayer.
Koheili! O Koheili of this earth,
The sacredness of Koheili pervades the earth,
Calling me to arise. 40.
Awake thou O earth, O sand, O dry leaves,
O coconut grove, O taro patch, O moth,
O reef, O island, O tide, O land,
Come in pairs.
Prostration is beneath, I am above, 45.
Koheili turns aside in the wilderness
To gather the ti-leaves,
To embrace, to sleep, to kiss, as food at the temple,
So that when I am met by a man
I can give all, give without wrong, 50.
Love passes on by your ascent with the burden,
Thou to hold the heart, I to hold the breast.
Let the rain fall, the heavy rain,
Let there be wailing.
Thou art taken by your lover, O Pua— 55.
Return, grant this prayer.
Koheili, O Koheili!
O Koheili of guidance here,
The reverence of Koheili reaches to the sea
Calling me to arise. 60.
Awake thou O body surf, O facing surf,
O heavy surf, O sudden sea.
O the cherished, O the forbidden,
Come thou in pairs,
With reverence beneath [and] I above. 65.
Koheili turns aside in the wilderness
To gather the ti-leaves,
For embracing, sleeping, kissing, as food at the temple
So that when I am met by a man
I can give all without wrong, 70.
Thou to hold the heart while I hold the breast.
Let the heavy rain fall,
Let there be wailing.
Thou art taken by your lover, O Pua!
Return, grant this, a prayer. 75.
PULE O PUA
Koheili oluna nei
Pa iluna nei ka moe a Koheili,
Oi hala ia’u.
E ala oe e ka lani!
E ka hekili, ka uila! 5.
Ka ua loku, ka ua paka, ka ua hea,
Ka oili, ka ma’ema’e, na maka ’kua
lele o ka lani,
Oi haele lua mai olua,
O ka moena ka i lalo, owau ka i luna,
Kipakipa Koheili i ka nahelehele, 10.
I hakihaki i na lauki,
I pipili i momoe, i hohoni, ia ai i ka unu,
I loohia mai au e ke kane,
Hala ke aloha ma ko pii me ka awe,
Ma ka manowai oe, ma ke alo au. 15.
Kulukulu ka ua, ka pakapaka,
Ue hoi.
Lilo oe i ka ipo, e Pua e—
Kele ana, e homai la hoi ua pule.
Koheili, e Koheili! 20.
O Koheili o uka nei,
Pa i uka nei ka moe a Koheili,
I hoala ia’u e ala oe.
E ala oe e ke kuahiwi, e ke kualono!
E ka lei, e ka polikau; 25.
Oi haele lua mai olua,
Ka moena ka i lalo, owau ka i luna,
Kipakipa Koheili i ka nahelehele,
I hakihaki i na lauki,
I pilipili i momoe, i hohoni, i ai i ka unu. 30.
O lei ua pau, o lei ua hala,
Hala ke aloha ma ko pii me ka awe,
Ma ka manowai oe ma ke alo au,
Kulukulu ka ua, ka pakapaka,
Ue hoi. 35.
Lilo oe i ka ipo, e Pua e—
Kele au, e homai la hoi ua pule.
Koheili, e Koheili o ka honua nei.
Pa i ka honua nei ka moe a Koheili,
Oi hoala ia’u. 40.
E ala oe e ka honua, e ka oneone, e ka palapala,
E ka uluniu, e ka lo’i kalo, e ka mu,
E ka papa, e ka moku, e ke au, e ka aina.
Oi haele lua mai olua,
O ka moena ka i lalo, owau ka i luna, 45.
Kipakipa Koheili i ka nahelehele,
I hakihaki i na lauki,
I pipili, i momoe, i hohoni, i ai i ka unu,
I loohia mai au e ke kane,
O lei ua pan, o lei ua hala, 50.
Hala ke aloha ma ko pii me ka awe
Ma ka manowai oe ma ke alo au,
Kulukulu ka ua, ke pakapaka,
Ue hoi.
Lilo oe i ka ipo e Pua e— 55.
Kele au, e homai la hoi ua pule.
E Koheili, e Koheili,
E Koheili o kai nei,
Pa i kai nei ka moe a Koheili,
I hoala ia’u e ala oe, 60.
E ala oe e ka nalu kua, e ka nalu alo,
E ke kaikoo, e ke kai wawe,
E ka pulupulu, e ka naia.
Oi haele lua mai olua,
O ka moena ka i lalo, owau ka i luna, 65.
Kipakipa Koheili i ka nahelehele,
I hakihaki i na lauki,
I pipili, i momoe, i hohoni, i ai i ka unu,
I loohia mai au e ke kane,
O lei ua pau, o lei ua hala, 70.
Ma ka manowai oe, ma ke alo au,
Kulukulu ka ua pakapaka,
Ue hoi.
Lilo oe i ka ipo e Pua e!
Kele au, e homai la hoi, he pule. 75.
PRAYER TO HINA
O Hina, [2096] Hina the tantalizer, [2097]
O Hina, Hina the procurer, [2098]
O Hina unrestrained [2099] resting on the husband’s breast.
Hina proclaims the wrong doing
She has a god at Nonomea, [2100] 5.
The water assigned Hinakua [2101] for bathing
Hina revealed [2102] through the streets,
The secret delayed by Pe’ape’a,
Else the juice of the banana was the water,
The water that elder Hina bathed in! 10.
Hina came down from heaven,
Her way was by the rainbow.
The rain sprinkled, heavy rain fell,
The way by which Hina ascended.
Hina noted for sand walking, 15.
Hina proclaimed from a high place
The manini [2103] as Hina’s fish food;
Found indeed.
Sacrifice, sacrifice, [2104]
The seaward flat, the bared coral [2105] rock; 20.
The halelo, the squid of the reef, the pe’ape’a,
The aalaihi, [2106] the palani, [2107]
Hold the onini, the unlucky fish,
It is Hina’s fish.
Pull [2108] from shoreward, drive [2109] into the net, 25.
The kala [2110] is elder Hina’s fish.
Hina eats the good [2111] fresh fish;
It is yours O Hina! For Hina indeed is the fish.
Sacrifice, sacrifice,
The shore reef is the ocean guard; 30.
The wizard’s pit affords fresh (twin) water.
The beach of Hina beyond is guarding.
Watch for Palaiuli; for Palaikea.
O vengeful [2112] Hina, Hina the man-eater, [2113]
That is the Hina who owns the fish. 35.
Give birth [2114] to fish, O Hina!
It is Hina’s own fish.
Sacrifice, sacrifice,
Hina boasts of her fish;
Bait the hook, O parent-Hina one, 40.
Touch the surface of the sea, O parent-Hina two,
Bite the fish of the wizard, parent-Hina three,
Lift it above [2115] to parent-Hina four,
Put in the canoe of parent-Hina five, [2116]
The mud-hen [2117] came down for Hina; 45.
Came down below to the water-source,
To the spring, to the flowing water,
To the bathing pool of Hina.
By rubbing the skin, producing redness
To cleanliness, Hina absolved her several body forms; 50.
They flew as a bird, suspended like a kite,
Past the difficult places, Kane leading.
Hina followed at a distance,
Hakiololo came behind you O Hina,
As the kite rose the mud-hen crawled to Hina 55.
And flew away.
The awa planted by the side of the house
Has grown, has leaved and ripened,
Send [2118] and pull it up and bring it here;
Chew it, strain it, and put it in the cup, 60.
[The] fish-drink, [2119] if approved, Lono drinks and Hina drinks.
For the contentious effect of the oven-treated awa.
O Hina! Hina of the many,
O Hina of the shark,
O Hina of the kala, 65.
O Hina of the weke, [2120]
Here is yours, kala, the sick part,
Here is yours, weke, the death part,
Return you the life-giving portion.