O Hina hoi, Hina ukiuki,
O Hina hoi, Hina we’awe’a,
O Hina waianoa, la’i e i ka polikua kane,
Kani ae la Hina ha’ihala,
He akua kona i ka Nonomea. 5.
O ka wai e auau ai Hinakua,
Kani holo Hina i ke alanui,
He kaua huna na Peapea,
A i ole i hiki ka maia o ka wai e,
E ka wai e auau ai Hina makua! 10.
Iho mai Hina mai ka lani,
Kona alanui, o ka anuenue,
Kulukulu ka ua, ka pakapaka,
Ke ala a Hina i pii ai,
Kaukini Hina i ka hele one, 15.
Kani ae Hina i ke ahua,
He manini ka i’a e ai Hina,
Ua loaa e.
Kaumaha ia, kaumaha ia,
Ka papa i kai, ke koa panoa, 20.
Ka halelo, ka hee ku kohola, ka pe’ape’a,
Ka aalaihi, ka palani,
Kaa i ka onini he i’a paoa nui,
Na Hina ia i’a.
Kai-na mai i uka, unuhia mai i kaa walu 25.
Ka i’a Hina makua kala
Ai Hina i ka i’a makamaka maikai
Au e Hina e! Na Hina ka hoi ua i’a.
Kaumaha ia, kaumaha ia,
Ka papa i kai ka haku moana 30.
Ka lua kupua ka wai lua ono,
Kahakai o Hina, makai na ’ku ana,
Nana ia ’ku o Palaiuli, o Palaikea.
O Hina malailena, o Hina ai kanaka,
O ka Hina ia nona ka i’a, 35.
Hanaua mai he i’a e Hina e!
Na Hina ka hoi ua i’a.
Kaumaha ia, kaumaha ia,
Hookelekele ana Hina i kana i’a.
Maunu i ka makau o Hina makua kahi, 40.
Pa i ka ilikai o Hina makua lua,
Ai mai ka i’a a ke kupua, o Hina makua kolu,
Ka’ika’ina iluna o Hina makua ha,
Hoouka i ka waa o Hina makua lima.
Kuukuu ka alae na Hina, 45.
Kuu aku i lalo i manawai,
I ka wai puna, i ka wai kahe,
I ka wai auau no Hina,
Hamo ana i ka ili, nana i ka ula
I ka maikai, hoopau Hina i ona kino, 50.
Ua lele a manu, ua kau a lupe,
Pau ma koa’e, o Kane ka imua
O Hina ka i ka hope
O Hakiololo ka i muli mai ou e Hina.
Kau ka lupe, kolo ka alae a Hina la, 55.
Lele aku la.
O ka awa kanuia i ke kala o ka hale,
Ua kupu, ua lau, ua oo,
Kiina, hukia, lawea mai a,
O ha, o heea, i’a ku i ka apu, 60.
I’a inu, ku ia ia inu Lono, i’a inu Hina,
I ka umu hakoko, o ka awa hoi ane,
E Hina! E Hina! I ke kini,
E Hina i ka mano,
E Hina i ke kala, 65.
E Hina i ka weke,
Eia kau e kala o ka pu’u ma’i,
Eia kau e weke o ka pu’u make,
O ka pu’u ola kau e hoihoi mai.
PRAYER TO KAPO.
Kane, thou who art revered above,
Who art revered below,
A woman garlanded in reverence is Kapo! [2121]
Thou Kapoulakinau, this is a prayer from the heart.
Grant life plentiful to me by the cape at Kaulia, 5.
At shattered Kahiki, by the rise to Maunaloa
Is the path by which Kapo climbed,
Flew, and received honors; Grant me honors.
Where is my wreath, Kapo?
A wreath of reverence placed in Kona by Kapo. 10.
Rise thou, O Kapo!
Come thou, O Kapo, pluck thy herb,
Bind it in a bundle and lay it in the shadowy path,
Have compassion.
The cry of affection creeps to the heart; 15.
Kapo climbs Maunaloa—
Kapo already adorned in her skirt.
A fog of the mountain, a cloud of the rising sea;
Clouds which easily fade away.
Kapo came down to earth, 20.
Kapo saw the lehua,
Kapo broke the lehua,
Kapo bundled the lehua,
Kapo plucked the lehua,
Kapo strung the lehua, 25.
Kapo braided the lehua,
Kapo wore the garland of lehua.
Kapo came down to earth,
Kapo saw the maile,
Kapo broke the maile, 30.
Kapo bundled the maile,
Kapo stripped the maile,
Kapo tied the maile,
Kapo twisted the maile,
Kapo wore the garland of maile; 35.
A wreath for your standing,
A wreath for your sitting, thou woman of Kolokolo.
Pass not the lover of my heart;
The regard is for the lover;
Love for Kaulanaula, O Kapo! 40.
Here is a multitude of voices—the tears,
My sacrifice to thee, O Kane!
That which draws me to him do thou sever:
When this is done, sacrifice is offered on thy altar, O Kane!
PULE NO KAPO.
Kane hili ae ka malama iluna,
Haahaa ka malama ia ilalo,
He wahine lei malama ka e Kapo.
Kapoulakinau ke oho i kamanawa,
A ola i one au, kalae i Kaulia, 5.
Kahiki i olopa o pii a Maunaloa
I hiki ke ala Kapo i pii ai,
Lele ai, hano ai, hanohano au e—alele.
Auhea kuu lei e Kapo?
He lei malama e kau i Kona, e Kapo-la-ana, 10.
Ku mai e Kapo!
Hele mai e Kapo, uhuki i kau weuweu,
Pupu halii i ke ala o nio ka la,
Kau mai.
E weliweli kolo ke oho i kamanawa, 15.
Pii ae Kapo iluna o Maunaloa—
Pau kahiko Kapo i kona pau,
He ohu kuamauna, he ao kainuu,
He opua haalele wale la-ana.
Iho iho o Kapo i ka honua, 20.
Ike aku o Kapo i ka lehua,
Haihai o Kapo i ka lehua,
Pua o Kapo i ka lehua,
Ako ae o Kapo i ka lehua,
Kui ae o Kapo i ka lehua, 25.
Uo ae o Kapo i ka lehua,
Lei ae o Kapo i ka lehua—ane.
Iho iho o Kapo i ka honua,
Ike aku o Kapo i ka maile,
Haihai o Kapo i ka maile, 30.
Pua o Kapo i ka maile,
Uu ae o Kapo i ka maile,
Hikii o Kapo i ka maile,
Wili ae o Kapo i ka maile,
Lei ae o Kapo i ka maile, 35.
Lei ku, lei noho ka wahine o Kolokolo
A mai hala ka ipo i kamanawa.
Ke aloha mai nei hoi ka ipo,
Ke aloha mai nei Kaulanaula, e Kapo!
Eia ka ula leo la, he waimaka, 40.
He mohai na’u ia oe e Kane,
Kana pili la wahia iho;
Iloko i ka palani, kau kuahu oe e Kane!
A PRAYER TO LONO.
O Lono of the heavenly region,
From out of the rest of heaven’s origin
Issued forth Kane and Kanaloa.
[From] within the heavenly birth-place
Came forth Kumu-honua, of Kane. 5.
And Lalo-honua, the female.
Spread forth Wakea and great Papa that gave birth to lands.
From out of Huli-honua
The chiefs were born;
From within the heavenly birth-place 10.
Lono stood forth.
[He] created the red fish;
Sanctified the black coconut;
Created the white fish;
Sanctified the growing awa, 15.
By leaves is the awa propagated,
It springs up at the irregular cliffs.
Kane and Kanaloa stood forth,
They rendered the red fowl sacred;
Sanctified the white awa; 20.
Rendered the pig sacred;
Sanctified the black awa;
Established the restrictions
To anoint the robe
Within the heavenly birth-place. 25.
The rain fell noisily in drops,
In the month of Kaelo,
Of Ikiki, of Ikuwa, and Kanikoi,
To magnify the heavens,
To magnify the earth, 30.
To stand sacred, in fear,
To stand solitary within tremulous heavens.
Lono leaned forward
The shadow of Lono in Kahiki,
The cloud-clusters fell 35.
At the approach of Lono;
The red glow vanishes
At the approach of Lono;
The red smoke-column melts away
At the approach of Lono; 40.
The red rain fell
At the approach of Lono;
The red clouds were overcome
At the approach of Lono;
The rainbow was dispelled 45.
At the approach of Lono;
The smoky atmosphere was dispelled
At the approach of Lono;
The swelling clouds disappeared
At the approach of Lono. 50.
For Ku, Kane,
And Kanaloa were the supreme in Kahiki.
Of the sisters,
The large female sea, Haalipolipo,
Of Ulu-nui Maholo-lani, 55.
Of Maewa at east Kahiki,
Of Maewa at west Kahiki,
Maewa at the Apapa-nui-lani,
Great Maihi-lani, sacred to Hehu,
Kalani-ula, the woman 60.
Who broke the kapus of Kahiki,
Establishing the order, the strengthening bones of the land.
Kahai leaped over,
Kahai leaped over the first boundary
Of the high-place [of earth]. 65.
The vision, the smooth space,
To breathe and carry away the awa leaf
In the wind.
To grow thriftily
In the restraining place of the land 70.
Of Lono, of Keakea-lani,
Living together as progenitors of the land;
Setting apart the kapu of the woman.
Clouds in the sea bowed down,
The head of the earthquake sounds 75.
Below the earth,
Shaken down
Beneath at Malama.
Awake thou, O Lono!
Come and eat of the sacred food of Kanaloa. 80.
Prepare awa,
[As] propitiatory offering for men and for women.
Here is the food, a voice offering.
HE PULE NO LONO.
O Lono, o ka oili lani,
Mai loko mai o ka maha ulu lani,
Ku mai o Kane o Kanaloa,
Iloko o ka eweewe-lani
Puka mai o Kumuhonua a Kane 5.
Me Lalo-honua, ka wahine.
Laha mai o Wakea me Papa nui hanau moku.
Noloko mai o Huli-honua
Hanau mai na ’lii
Mailoko mai o ka eweewe-lani. 10.
Ku mai o Lono.
Hana i ka ia ula,
Molia i ka niu hiwa,
Hana i ka ia kea.
Molia i ka awa-lau, 15.
He lau ka awa i kupu,
I kupu i ka hanuunuu pali.
Ku mai o Kane, o Kanaloa.
Hana i ka moa ula hiwa,
Molia i ka awa maka kea 20.
Hana i ka puaa hiwa,
Molia i ka awa hiwa,
Hana i ka papa kea.
I poina i ka aahu
Iloko o ka eweewe ka lani. 25.
Kulu kahi ka paka a ka ua,
Iloko o Kaelo.
O Ikiki, o Ikuwa, o Kanikoi,
O ku kilakila i ka lani,
O ku kilakila i ka honua, 30.
O ku Iu, o ku ano,
O ku meha iloko o Maewa-lani.
Hina aku la o Lono,
Ke aka o Lono i Kahiki,
Hina ae la ka pae opua 35.
I ka hiki’na o Lono.
Hina ae la ka onohi ula
I ka hiki’na o Lono
Hina ae ka punohu-ula
I ka hiki’na o Lono. 40.
Hina ae la ka ua-koko
I ka hiki’na o Lono.
Hina ae la ke ao makoko
I ka hiki’na o Lono.
Hina ae la ke anuenue 45.
I ka hiki’na o Lono.
Hina ae la ka alewalewa
I ka hiki’na o Lono.
Hina ae la ka opua kiikii
I ka hiki’na o Lono. 50.
No Ku, no Kane,
No Kanaloa, ka pukoa ku i Kahiki.
O na kaikuahine,
O kai-wahine-nui Haalipolipo,
O Ulu-nui Maholo-lani, 55.
O Maewa a Kahiki-ku,
O Maewa a Kahiki-moe,
O Maewa a ke Apapa-nui-lani,
O Maihi-lani nui, kapu a Hehu.
O Kalani-ula, ka wahine, 60.
Nana i ae na kapu o Kahiki,
Holo ka papa, ka iwi niau o ka moku.
Ae mai Kahai,
Ae Kahai i ka iwi kahi,
O ka lewa-nuu. 65.
O Hihio, o Laumania,
O Hano a lele ka lau o ka awa,
I ka makani,
I kupu no a ohiohi
I ka pae humu o ka moku. 70.
O Lono, o Keakea-lani.
E unoho ana i kaulu o ka honua,
Hoanoano ke kapu o ka wahine,
Ku lolou na opua i ke kai.
Kani ka poo a ke olai, 75.
Ilalo o ka honua,
Nauweuwe aku la,
Lalo o Malama.
E ala mai oe e Lono,
E hoi e ai i ka ai kapu a Kanaloa. 80.
Pakiki awa.
Kanaenae no na kane aa me na wahine
Eia ua ai he mohai leo.
A PRAYER.
Strangely lofty is this heaven,
This very heaven which separates the seasons of heaven;
Trembling is the point below;
Moving are the gills, the fins, the head of the earth;
Exclaiming are the hosts, the multitude of gods. 5.
Turned is the face of the god toward the visible heaven;
[He] turned and stamped upon Kahiki.
Extended be the sacred worship of Lono;
Extended through Kahiki and worshiped.
Budding are the leaves of Lono; 10.
Turn hither the image of the god;
Turn hither within Maewa-lani;
Sound the leader within Papa-ia-mea.
The heavens are silent;
The eyes of Lono have seen Kahiki. 15.
The rays of light shine forth;
’Tis Ikuwa, Makalii,
’Tis Hinaiaeleele, Hilinehu,
’Tis Kaelo, Kaaona the month.
Lono sickened with pregnancy, 20.
The month suffered intensive pains,
The placenta was agitated,
The travail prevailed in Hinaiaeleele.
The cord of Papa-ia-mea trembled.
The leaves of Lono are scattered; 25.
The image of Lono is placed for devotion,
[To] stand till it falls to the foundation of the land;
Bending low is the glory;
Covered is the god by the heaven;
That heaven is established. 30.
Covered is the god by the earth’s strata.
Squeaking is the voice of the alae within Kanikawi;
Cracking is the voice of the thunder;
Cracking within the shining black cloud;
Broken are the mountain springs below; 35.
The god returns and dwells in the clefts;
The god returns and dwells in obscurity;
The god Lono returns and dwells in the mire.
Sounding is the voice of the shell;
Sounding above is the voice of the overthrow; 40.
Sounding excitedly is the voice of the birds;
Creaking is the voice of the trees in the forest.
Here is your bird-body, O Lono!
Whirling up the dust in the heavens;
The eyes of Lono glance to Hoomo’s altar; 45.
He dwells here in the space of the land.
Growing is the body high toward heaven;
Passed are the former blustering winds.
The first-born children of Hinaiaeleele.
May I be saved by thee, O Lono, my god! 50.
Saved by the supporting prayer!
Saved by the holy water!
Saved to offer sacrifice to thee, O god!
Here is the sacrifice, a voice offering.
HE PULE.
Kiekie e mai nei hoi ua Lani nei,
O ua Lani nei hoi keia ke hemo nei ka manawa o ka Lani;
Ke halulu nei ka piko i lalo;
He api nei ka halo, ka maha, ka poo o ka honua;
Uwa mai kini, ka mano o ke akua. 5.
Huli aku la ke alo o ke akua i ka lewa,
Huli aku la e keehi ia Kahiki,
O mai ka hoano kapu a Lono;
O mai iloko o Kahiki a Hoano.
Oiliili mai ke kino lau o Lono; 10.
Kahuli mai ke kino aka o ke Akua,
Kahuli mai iloko o Maewa-lani;
Kani ka poo iloko o Papa-ia-mea.
Ua neoneo ka lani;
Ua ikea mai e Kahiki na maka o Lono. 15.
O mai na kukuna o ka malama;
O Ikuwa la, o Makalii,
O Hinaiaeleele la, o Hilinehu,
O Kaelo la, o Kaaona, ka malama.
Ua ho’iloli mai o Lono; 20.
Ua haakokohi mai ka malama,
Oili ka inaina,
Hemo ke kuakoko iloko o Hinaiaeleele,
Nauwe ka aha o Papa-ia-mea.
Helelei ke kino lau o Lono; 25.
Ua kau ke aka o Lono i ka molia,
Ku, a hina i ka mole o ka moku;
Opaipai lalo o ka Hiwa;
Wahi ke Akua i ka Lani;
Ua paa ia Lani, 30.
Wahi ke Akua i ka papa o ka honua.
Uina ka leo o ka alae iloko o Kanikawi;
Uina ka leo o ka hekili;
Uina iloko o ke ao-polo-hiwa;
Naha ka umaka pali o lalo; 35.
Hoi ke Akua, noho i ke hanono;
Hele ke Akua, noho i ka pilikua;
Hoi ke Akua, o Lono, noho i ka naele.
Kani ke ka leo o ka pupu;
Kani kaulele ka leo o ke kahuli; 40.
Kani halale ka leo o ka manu;
Uwi ka leo o ka laau i ka nahele;
Eia ko kino manu e Lono!
Ke wili nei ka ea i ka lani;
Lele na maka o Lono i lele o Hoomo; 45.
Ke noho mai la i ka wa o ka moku.
Kupu ke kino a kiekie i ka lani,
Haule na kikeao makani mua,
Na makahiapo a Hinaiaeleele.
E ola a’ uia oe, e Lono, ka’u akua! 50.
E ola i kalele pule!
E ola i ka wai oha!
E ola i kanaenae ia oe, e ke Akua!
Eia kanaenae la, he mohai leo.
AN ANCIENT PRAYER.
Unstable are the heavens;
Makakulukahi has fallen;
The stars are placed in the upper space.
Approaching are the footsteps of Kahiki;
Broken are the kamahele branches of the god; 5.
Shattered is the brittle stone;
Strewn are the pieces in Haehae,
Else numberless gods enter.
The body of Lono has changed into glory.
The kanawao grows in the moist earth; 10.
The body of that tree stands in high heaven,
Established is the holy assembly of Lono in the distant sacred place.
The voice of man is forbidden;
Here is the soul within Kulu-wai-maka-lani;
The soul within the smooth bones of the god. 15.
Here are the sacred signs of the assembly:
The voice of thunder bursts forth;
Flashing are the rays of the lightning;
The earthquake shakes the earth;
The smoky cloud and the rainbow appeareth; 20.
The heavy rain and high wind prevails;
The whirlwinds sweep beneath the earth;
Rocks adjoining the streams are moved;
The red mountain-streams rush to the sea.
Here are the waterspouts; 25.
Tumbled about are the cluster clouds of heaven;
Gushing forth are the springs in the cliffs.
One eye has the god;
Two, four eyes, to see clearly behind him.
Greatly revered be the voice of my god in the heavens. 30.
It has been inspired within Papa-iakea,
Dwelling within the Maka-kolu-kolu-kahi.
The kapu of Lono reaches to Kahiki,
It goes to overthrow the kapu of Kahai,
Sacrificing the kapu of Kahai on the altar; 35.
It has fallen and tumbled in confusion.
Dead are the fish, fallen in their flight;
Fallen disfigured all through Kahiki;
Kahai is stirring up the pelting rain;
Kahai is beating the surface of the earth. 40.
Here is Lono the bone of salvation and glory;
The bone placed in the clear sky.
Indistinct is the voice of the god,
Indistinct through the single-breasted surf.
My god was shark-born; 45.
Shark-born in [the month] of Hinaiaeleele.
May I be saved by my fullness of prayer!
Saved by the life-offering!
Saved by my devotion!
By thee, O god! 50.
HE PULE KAHIKO.
Ua lewa mai ka lani;
Ua haule o Makakulukahi;
Ke kau mai la na onohi i ka lewa.
Pili aku la na kapuai o Kahiki;
Nahae na lala kamahele o ke Akua; 5.
Helelei kia ka pohaku eleku;
Lele ka mamala i Haehae,
O komokomo kini o ke Akua,
Haule ke kino o Lono i ka Hiwa.
Kupu kanawao i ka naele; 10.
Ku ke kino oia laau iloko o Lani wao;
Ua kau ka Aha kapu a Lono iloko o ka iuiu kapu.
Kapu ka leo o ke kanaka!
Eia kahoaka iloko o Kulu-wai-maka-lani,
O kahoaka iloko o ka iwi laumania o ke Akua. 15.
Eia ka hoailona kapu o ka Aha;
Poha mai ka leo o ka hekili;
O mai ka maka o ka uwila;
Nauwe mai ke olai i ka honua;
Iho mai ka alewalewa me ke anuenue; 20.
Hele ino ka ua me ka makani;
Wili ka puahiohio ilalo o ka honua;
Kaa ka pohaku-pili o ke kahawai;
Iho ka omaka-wai-ula i ka moana.
Eia ka wai-pui-lani; 25.
Ke hiolo nei ka pae-opua i ka lani;
Huai ka wai-puna i ka pali,
Akahi maka o ke Akua;
Alua, aha maka i lele pono ka ike ma ke kua.
Hoano nui ka leo o ko’u akua i ka lani. 30.
Hahano o mai iloko o Papa-ia-kea,
Noho mai iloko o ka Makakolukolukahi.
Hoi ke kapu o Lono i Kahiki.
Hoi aku la e kulai i ke kapu o Kahai,
Kau i ka lele ke kapu o Kahai, 35.
Hina e hio iloko o ka pilikua.
Make ka ia, moe i ka naholo;
Hina kikepakepa iloko o Kahiki;
Hoolale Kahai i ka paka o ka ua;
Hahau Kahai i ka papa o ka moku. 40.
Eia Lono ka iwi kaola o ka Hiwa;
Ka iwi kau iloko o ka alaneo.
Paee mai ka leo o ke Akua,
Paee mai iloko o ka nalu alo kahi;
Ua hanau-mano ko’u akua; 45.
Hanau mano iloko o Hinaiaeleele.
E ola a’u i ka’u waihona-pule!
E ola i ka Alana ola!
E ola i ka’u pulapula!
Ia oe e ke Akua! 50.
PRAYER TO LONO.
PROSE TRANSLATIONS SHOWING VARIANCE.
O Lono in heaven; you of the many shapes (or beings). The long cloud,
the short cloud, the cloud just peeping (over the horizon), the
wide-spreading cloud, the contracted cloud in the heavens, (coming)
from Uliuli, from Melemele, from Kahiki, from Ulunui, from Hakalauai,
from the country of Lono situated in the upper regions, in the high
heavens, in proper order, in the famous order of Leka. O Lalohana, O
Olepuu-Kahonua, Eh Ku, Eh Lono, Eh Kane, Eh Kanaloa, Eh the God from
Apapalani of Apapa-nuu, from Kahiki east, from Kahiki west; here is the
sacrifice, here is the offering. Preserve the chief, preserve the
worshipers, and establish the day of light on the floating earth!
Amama, ua noa. [2122]
Your many shapes O Lono in the heaven. The long cloud, the short cloud.
The cloud just peeping (over the horizon). The wide-spreading cloud.
The contracted cloud in the heavens. (Coming) from Uliuli, from
Melemele, from Kahiki, from Ulunui, from Hakalauai, from the country of
Lono situated in the upper regions, in the high heavens, in proper
order, in the famous order of Leka. O Lalohana, O Olepuukahonua. O Ku,
O Lono, O Kane, O Kanaloa, O the God from Apapalani of Apapanuu, from
Kahiki-east, from Kahiki-west, here is the sacrifice, here is the
offering. Preserve the Chief, preserve the worshipers, and establish
the day of light on the floating earth. Amen, so be it.
A PRAYER.
Here is the food great Kawau, of life,
Pour out from heaven the love within Hoeu.
This is the food, kindling the desire, enflaming the thoughts abiding within.
Sleepless I cry for your love,
Longing for the place you slept with your husband.
From Hamakua to Kula we hid in the pandanus [trees] of Hamakua,
We shredded ti-leaves [in] the rain of Hamakua,
To hide this thing, the love for each other,
A love, a love, my husband in the rain
Puhalomoa, of Kula, from the waters of Waiohuli,
[Where] he turned around.
HE PULE.
Eia ka ai e Kawau nui, a ola,
E hina mai kalani ke aloha mailoko o Hoeu,
E eia ka ai ho-a ke kuko, ho-a ka lia, iaia kaulu ku,
Ka makalahia e uwe no au i ko aloha,
E uwe ia kahi a olua i moe ai me ko kane,
Mai Hamakua ’ku a kula peepee puhala kaua o Hamakua,
Hunahuna lau ki kaua ka ua o Hamakua;
E huna ’ku ana i keia mea o ke aloha i na Io.
He aloha, he aloha, ku’u kane i ka ua
Puhalomoa, o kula, mai ka wai o Waiohuli la e,
Huli mai oia.
A SONG OF JESUS. [2123]
Jesus was the heaven-conceived chief,
Brought up in the presence of his Father.
The heaven-conceived was brought forth in travail,
Jesus was born in Bethlehem
In the time of Herod the king. 5.
The angels directed the wise men,
The Holy Spirit rested upon Jesus.
When they came by the spirit of the Lord
And saw the child Jesus
They knelt down with gifts and incense 10.
Which they had brought,
And returned again to their homes.
The earth began to show jealous hatred,
Herod was greatly troubled in mind
And the king commanded his officers 15.
To slay all young children of Bethlehem,
And the children in adjoining towns;
Children born within the past two years.
When Herod died
The word spoken by the Lord to Joseph was fulfilled. 20.
When the time of Pilate came,
The enemies of this world greatly increased. [2124]
Judas betrayed his Lord.
Jesus was the light of the world,
He was hung on the cross 25.
And pierced with the wicked spear.
Jesus’ teachings were of lasting good.
The first-born of God was slain,
The sinless one,
With head bowed down to the earth 30.
Jesus prayed to the Father,
O Father, O Father!
Forgive this world,
They did not understand thee.
The angels of heaven mourned 35.
The sun and moon wept,
The heaven was veiled in darkness,
The clouds wept for Jesus,
The darkness fell down at his feet.
Jehovah divided the waters of heaven, 40.
The Messiah returned in his glorious chariot,
Saying unto his disciples:
I am going to heaven,
To the bosom of my Father,
And will send you a teacher. 45.
Jesus departed with the power of the Spirit.
His fame went all abroad,
Jesus was the soldier of Kawaluna.
The land trembled with fear of the multitude;
Together they fled in dismay 50.
At the revelation of the great day of Jesus.
Compassionate art thou, O Jesus,
Who died to save us.
Ours was the guilt for which the Lord died.
By his death 55.
Once only was that sacrifice for sin.
But the death of this world
Is two fold in its nature,
This world, and the world to come,
Life everlasting. 60.
HE MELE NO IESU.
Iesu ke ’lii kauhua lani,
Hoowiliwili i ke alo o kona Makua,
Kokohi ka lani, hoiloli kuakoko,
Hanau Iesu i Betelehema,
I ke au i ke alii ia Herode. 5.
Kuhikuhi ka anela i na Magoi
Kau iho la ka Uhane Hemolele maluna o Iesu.
A hiki aku la lakou me ka mana o ka Haku,
Ike aku la lakou i ka Haku ia Iesu.
Kukuli iho la me ka mohai aku i na mea ala, 10.
A lakou i lawe aku ai,
A hoi aku la lakou i ko lakou wahi,
Hoomaka ka honua i ka inaina,
Kahaha iho la ka naau o Herode.
Kena ae la ke ’lii i kona mau kuhina, 15.
E luku i kamalii uuku o Betelehema.
A me na kamalii e kokoke mai ana,
O kamalii i hanau i na makahiki elua,
A make o Herode,
No ia ko ai ka olelo a ka Haku ia Iosepa 20.
A hiki i ke kau ia Pilato.
Mahuahua loa ka enemi o ko ke ao nei.
Kumakaia Iuda i kona Haku,
Olina Iesu i ke ao nei,
I kaulia ’i ma ka laau kea, 25.
O ia i ka ihe ino.
Ko Iesu aoao maikai mau,
Make ’i ke keiki makahiapo a ke Akua,
Ka mea hala ole.
Kulou iho la kona poo i ka honua, 30.
Pule Iesu i ka Makua
E ka Makua, e ka Makua!
E aloha mai i ko ke ao nei.
Ka poe ike ole mai ia oe.
Uwe kanikau na anela o ka lani 35.
Uwe ka la me ka mahina,
Uhi ka lani poeleele.
Ua ka lewa ia Iesu
Haule ka pouli i lalo o kona wawae.
Mahele Iehova i na wai o ka lani, 40.
Hoi ka Mesia ma kona kaa hoano
Kauoha mai i kana mau haumana
Ke hoi nei a’u i ka lani,
I ka poli o ko’u Makua.
A hoouna mai a’u i kumu na oukou. 45.
Hoi aku la Iesu me ka mana o ka Uhane,
Kui aku la kona kaulana i na wahi a puni.
Iesu ke koa o Kawaluna,
Li haukeke ka aina o ke poi
Pilikua make ke auhee, 50.
I ka hahana o ka la nui o Iesu.
Aloha wale oe e Iesu,
Ko make mau ia makou
No makou ka hewa make ai ka Haku,
O kona make ana, 55.
Hookahi no ia make ana i ka hewa,
Aka o ke ao nei make ana,
Ua papalua ko lakou make ana,
I keia ao, i ke la ao,
A i ke ao pau ole. 60.
THE HOLY BIBLE.
BY KANUI.
The Holy Bible,
Precious and wonderfully rich,
Being published throughout our country.
There is nothing like the precious pearl
It is an everlasting gift for God’s people; 5.
Those who go prepared
With spear, sword and cudgel.
The Holy Bible, you are precious,
Your word is accepted by your believers here.
It is sweet, like honey from heaven above: 10.
Your strength is like a two-edged sword.
You have been cutting in all lands,
The hardened minds and averted eyes.
Stop, put away tobacco and all evil things.
The Holy Bible, 15.
Your beauty was seen from the earliest teachers
On the hills and on the mountains,
In the valleys and ponds;
The hill of Zion, the lake of Liberia;
The mountain of Gerizim and the valley of Laneka (?). 20.
O the Holy Bible, here it is;
We have seen with [our] two eyes.
There is nothing to be compared [to it] for the peoples uplift.
Where is the people ruling, to govern
The distorted mind of the Hawaiians, 25.
Whereby they would walk uprightly as you desire?
Where is the carpenter who proposed this ruling?
The rule to straighten the gnarled trees?
O the carpenter! search and you will find.
There is the uprightness and justness; 30.
Take and place [it] in your minds
In order to judge the right and the wrong;
To distinguish the upright and the crooked.
Where is the blacksmith who really believed
In his solid hammer 35.
Striking heavily
The hard iron bars of the mind of the people?
There is no one else to break them but you.
The Holy Bible, you possess good;
You are the weapon which makes the soldier brave. 40.
Through you came forth death and the resurrection.
Where indeed is the captain
Who considers this instruction
The correct compass,
So that their boats should not be wrecked 45.
On the coral strands beyond
Where they are sailing?
Here is the good leader,
The true guide to reach
The port of the King in New Jerusalem. 50.
Therefore, the precious truths we hear
Is plainly set forth in the Holy Bible;
It is good, beautiful, there are many blessings.
Where is the great mirror
To reveal all things within? 55.
Here is the right mirror
For God’s people;
Those who look honestly would see all their faults;
The envious, the quarrelsome are revealed here,
Therefore, [there is] no hammer, no rule, 60.
No compass, or mirror,
No advisor, no guide for the soul
To reach unto heaven
But the Holy Bible.
KA PALAPALA HEMOLELE.
NA KANUI.
E ka Palapala Hemolele
Waiwai nani ano e
I hoolahaia mai ma ko makou aupuni nei
Aole waiwai e ae i like me ka momi loa
He waiwai mau loa ia no ko ke Akua poe kanaka 5.
Ka poe hele makaukau
Me na ihe, pahikaua, newa nei.
E ka Palapala Hemolele, he nani kou
Ua ae ia kau hua, e au mau haipule nei
He ono, he meli, mai luna o ka lani mai 10.
O kou ikaika, me he pahikaua oilua la
Ua okioki iho oe, ma na aina a pau
O na naau paakiki, o ka maka hoomaloka
Ua oki, paka haalele, i na mea ino a pau
E ka Palapala Hemolele 15.
Ua ikeia kou nani, mai ke kumukahiko mai
Ma na puu, a me na mauna
Ma na awawa, a me na loko
Ka puu o Ziona, ka loko o Liberia
Ka mauna o Gerizima a me ke awawa o Laneka 20.
E ka Palapala Hemolele, ano la
Ua ike makou me na maka elua
Aohe mea e ae e pono ai na kanaka
Auhea la ka rula pololei i rula iho ai?
I na naau kekee o kanaka Hawaii 25.
I mea hoi e pololei ai, a like me ka manao ou?
Auhea la ke kamana i manao ai keia rula
Ka rula e pololei ai na laau kekee?
E ke kamana, e huli, a e loaa no,
Malaila ka pololei a me ke kupono, 30.
E lawe, a e kau ma ko oukou naau
I ikea ka pololei a me ke kekee
I ikea ke kupono a me ke kapakahi
Auhea la ka amara i manao oiaio
I kana hamare paa nei 35.
I kui paluku iho a
I na kua hao paakiki o ka naau o kanaka
Aohe mea e e naha ai, o oe wale no.
E ka Palapala Hemolele, he maikai kou
O oe ka pahikaua, i koa ai ka poe koa 40.
Maloko ou i puka mai ai ka make a me ke ola.
Auhea la hoi ke kapena?
I manao i keia alakai,
Ke panana pololei
I ili ole ai na moku o lakou 45.
Ma ka pukoa i ku i ke ohi
Kahi a lakou e holo nei
Eia ke alakai maikai
Ke kukukuhi pololei i hiki aku ai
I ke awa o ke Alii i Ierusalema hou 50.
Nolaila ka waiwai nani a kakou e lohe nei
Ua hoike akaka mai ka Palapala Hemolele
He maikai, he nani, nui wale ka pomaikai
Auhea la ke aniani nui?
I ikea na mea a pau iloko. 55.
Eia ke aniani pololei
No ko ke Akua poe ohua
O ka poe nana pono, e ike ia na hewa a pau
O ka huahua, o ka hakaka, ua ike ia maanei
Nolaila aole hamare, aole rula 60.
Aole panana a me ke aniani
Aole kuhikuhi, aole alakai no ka uhane
E hiki aku ai i ka lani
Ke ole ka Palapala Hemolele.
THE IGNORANT.
BY PAALUA.
You are the ignorant!
To look and direct the people wrongly.
You are a blinded leader of them
And also a general for them,
The one who taught them 5.
There is life over there; there is death over there.
There is the lie.
The sinner; the father of the unbelievers;
The one who taught them
I am the Life, and I am the one to punish 10.
Those who do not believe on me.
But! Your thoughts are foolish,
You taught with cunning,
Show us the right way;
Teach us with wisdom. 15.
But I have cunning. You were smart in teaching.
Alas! you are worthless.
Show yourself with forwardness; refute the wrongs.
You are the death.
The general of the pit of fire; 20.
You are springing like a lion
Searching for something to swallow,
Like a lioness waiting at the den.
So you are the sinner,
You are leaping like a real lion, 25.
And you are swallowing it as you desired.
NO KA NAAUPO.
NA PAALUA.
O oe e ka naaupo!
Ke nana e ao mai i ka poe hewa
He alakai makapo oe no lakou
He alihikaua no hoi no lakou
Ka mea nana e kuhikuhi mai ia lakou 5.
Aia ke ola ma o, aia ka make ma o
Aia ka hoopunipuni.
E ka hewa, ka makua o ka poe aia
Ka mea nana e kuhikuhi mai ia lakou
Owau ke ola, owau ka mea nana e hoopai 10.
I ka poe manaoio ole mai ia’u.
Aia ka! he lapuwale kou manao
Ao mai oe me ka maalea
Kuhikuhi mai me ka pololei
Ao mai me ke akamai loa 15.
Aia ka! he maalea ko’u, akamai oe i ke ao mai
Auwe he lapuwale oe
Hookohukohu hoiimaka oe e ka hewa
O oe hoi e ka make
Ke ’liikoa o ka lua ahi 20.
Ke lele mai nei oe me he liona la
E imi ana i kana mea e ale ai
E like me ka liona wahine e moe ana ma ka lua
Pela no oe e ka hewa
Ke lele mai nei no oe me he liona io la 25.
A ke ale io mai nei no oe ia e like me kou manao.
THE IGNORANT.
BY KAUWAHI.
You are an ignorant;
The teacher teaching the people wrong.
You are a blind guide for them,
A general indeed for them!
You are the sinner; 5.
The father of the ungodly
Who tempted all persons;
The enemy of the righteous.
You are the death.
Where is your power? 10.
I liken you to a lion
Springing upon us.
You indeed are the wise one
Who called the ignorant people.
Persevere you; seek wisdom, 15.
So that you can rightly direct your living.
You are the true believer;
The one who calleth on the indifferent
To repent right away,
Or you will fall quickly to darkest night. 20.
You indeed are the careless one;
The one who taught us
To change to carelessness.
Alas! you are a barren land.
You indeed are the ungodly, 25.
The one who denied God.
Do not you deny like that;
You must consider it first.
You indeed are the life;
The one who enlightened the wicked; 30.
The light which leadeth
Unto everlasting darkness.
You are the adulterer.
The deadly pit of the Hawaiians.
Alas for us! should we follow after you, 35.
You would be greatly delighted.
You indeed, who are all sinners,
We have nothing with which to refute [you].
Alas for us! should we sink together with you
To everlasting death; death of the dark night. 40.
NO KA NAAUPO.
NA KAUWAHI.
O oe e ka naaupo,
Ke kumu ao mai i ka poe hewa
Ke alakai makapo oe no lakou
He alihikaua no hoi no lakou.
O oe hoi e ka hewa 5.
Ka makua o ka poe aia
Ka mea hoowalewale mai i na kanaka a pau
Ka enemi hoi o ka poe pono a pau
O oe hoi e ka make
Auhea kou mana e? 10.
Ke hoolike aku nei au ia oe me ka liona
E lele mai ana maluna o makou.
O oe hoi e ka naauao
Ka mea kahea mai i ka mea naaupo
E hooikaika oe, e imi i ka naauao 15.
I hiki ia oe ke hooponopono i kou noho ana.
O oe hoi e ka manaoio
Ka mea kahea mai i ka mea palaka
E mihi koke oe ano
O poho koke oe i ka po 20.
O oe hoi e ka palaka
Ka mea ao mai ia makou
E huli mai oe i ka palaka,
Auwe! he kula neoneo oe.
O oe hoi e ka aia 25.
Ka mea hoole i ke Akua
Alia oe e hoole pela
E noonoo pono oe mamua.
O oe hoi e ke ola,
Ka mea hoomalama i ka poe hewa 30.
Ka lama e hele ana
Iloko o ka pouli mau.
O oe hoi e ka moekolohe
Ka luapau o ko Hawaii nei
Auwe makou ke lilo mamuli ou 35.
A olioli loa oe.
O oukou hoi e na mea hewa a pau
Aole o makou mea e pale aku ai
Auwe makou ke poho iloko o oukou
I make mau, make ma ka po. 40.
THE NAME OF KAMAPUAA.
RECITED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER KAMAULUANIHO.
Thou art indeed Haunuu,
O Haulani, O Kaalokuloku,
The shark, the great fish,
Make a move, O stalwart chief,
Your name, make answer. 5.
Your child was born a bundle,
That indeed is your name;
Rub against the cold dew of Kaala
The skin roughened from awa
In dwelling above Kaliuliupeapea, 10.
Near Akua,
Of the fine misty rain
In the cold dew of Keke.
The pandanus and the lehua are in the uplands,
Increasing in the uplands of Kaliuwaa, 15.
This is your name, make answer.
Your child was born a bundle,
The stately eye of the chief;
Recognizing eye of the chief;
Enchanting eye of the chief 20.
That went away
To establish relationship with the royal clan,
O Ku, O Kane, O Kanaloa,
The chiefs, ancestral gods of the night;
The ancestral gods of the day. 25.
The god of wild eye
Before Kawa’ewa’e,
This is your name, make answer.
Your child was born a bundle,
Thou art Hiwahiwa, 30.
And that is Hanohano,
Of the eye of the god
That glances to heaven,
To place, to shake, to rain.
Like the sun flash 35.
[Is] my fruit, my chief,
When the heavens are obscured.
Thou art the man
That was born in the uplands of Kaliuwaa,
Having eight feet, 40.
Having forty toes,
The leaf of the hiwa,
The ki, the white ki,
The white weakling,
The trampled hog, 45.
The temple stones,
The hot stones,
The blonde, the dark,
The black, the white face,
The kukui, the fern, 50.
The scratchy pandanus,
The matured shoot, the hard rock,
The large foreigner with bright eyes,
The prize pig of the heavens,
The hog bodies of Kama in the bush. 55.
Thou art Haunuu,
And that is Haulani,
And Kaalokuloku,
The shark, the large fish.
Make a move, your name respond thereto. 60.
Your child was born a bundle,
Be watchful, be watchful,
When you give birth, O Hina,
The eyes of the hog
They glance to heaven, 65.
They glance mountainward,
To the mountain of expert Peapea;
The hog-child of Hina hath eight eyes.
By Hina art thou,
By Kahikiula, 70.
By Kahikilei.
Thou art Lonoiki,
Thou art Lononui,
Of my eyes,
My love is this, 75.
O Lono.
Follow until thou liest on the altar of Olopana;
Of our king.
Your name, make answer.
Your child was born a bundle, 80.
Kaulua was the star,
Koeleele was the month,
The surf was born, the bag of waters,
Scattering hither the spray of the sea.
Lo the spring water above flows forth, 85.
The bath water of man
Born to Hooilo,
The bursting, contending shark.
Ikuwa was the star,
Koeleele the month 90.
Kama was born.
Kaneiahuea was born,
A god is he,
Kama is human.
This is your name, make answer. 95.
Your child was born a bundle.
Thou art Kaneiahuea,
The god with piercing eyes,
The eyes that look to heaven,
Watching over the island here. 100.
In Kahiki was that chief,
The young fish of Lono in the distant water trough.
Thou art Hiiaka at Puukapolei,
Thou art the god of Haia,
Thou art Haia, your name, make answer. 105.
Your child was born a bundle,
For Mumu above,
The tumult below.
The heaven belongs to Mumu,
To Muahaaha, 110.
The crawling maggots, to Niniole,
Of the seed here,
The report came in the day
Of the powers of the hog;
Its tusks, its chewing, 115.
Make soft and fine,
By Haapekupeku.
The hog that roots up the land,
Standing on the island of Kauai,
He is of Oahu-of-Lua here. 120.
Your name, make answer.
Your child was born a bundle.
Standing high at the cliff,
Low are the tusks of the hog.
Simply weary is the chief, 125.
Simply weary indeed,
Simply weary indeed is the chief,
The sound of the great chief-eating hog,
Eating men also,
Wind is raised below Waimea, 130.
Going forward to lie on the altar of Olopana,
Your name, make answer.
Your child was born a bundle,
The red collections are going away,
The wreath collections, 135.
The collecting together the bristles of the hog,
The large marketable hog,
That it may grow and touch the heavens,
Carrying the large house-filling hog,
Kaleiheha, Hoohonua, 140.
Ukunono, of the noisy sea,
Rustling above, rustling below,
Slippery Hauiliili,
Thou art Kukaleiai,
Thou art the man that was born above Kaliuwaa, 145.
Having eight feet,
Having forty toes.
Innumerable are
The bristles of the hog here.
Your name, make answer. 150.
KA INOA O KAMAPUAA.
I HEA IA E KONA KUPUNAWAHINE KAMAULUANIHO.
O oe no ia e Haunuu,
E Haulani, e Kaalokuloku,
Ka mano ka ia nui,
E ui—e, e ui—lani
Kou inoa, e o mai. 5.
Hanau ae no apopo ka olua keiki,
Kou inoa no ka hoi kena,
Ili ana i ka hau anu o Kaala
Ka ili mahuna i ka awa
I noho i uka o Kaliuliupeapea, 10.
Maka i o Akua,
O ka ua ili noe awa,
I ke hau anu o Keke,
I uka ka hala me ka lehua
Kupu i ka uka o Kaliuwaa, 15.
O kou inoa ia, e o mai.
Hanau ae no apopo ka olua keiki,
Ka hanohano maka o ka lani,
Kunou maka o ka lani,
Awihi maka o ka lani, 20.
I haalele aku ai
E ku ka iwi i ka ahumanu.
E Ku, e Kane, e Kanaloa,
Na ’lii, na aumakua o ka po;
Na aumakua o ke ao, 25.
Ke akua maka iolea,
Imua o Kawae’wa’e
O kou inoa ia, e o mai.
Hanau ae no apopo ka olua keiki,
O Hiwahiwa no oe, 30.
O Hanohano na,
O ka maka o ke akua,
Lele oili i ka lani,
O kahi, o ue, o ua,
Oane ka la, 35.
O ka’u hua, ka’u lani,
O hookokohi ka lani,
O kanaka oe,
I hanau iuka o Kaliuwaa,
Ewalu ka wawae, 40.
He kanaha ka manea,
O ka lau o hiwa,
O ke ki o ki-kea,
O ka nana-kea,
O ka hahi-kea, 45.
O ke kakala-unu,
O ke kakala-wela,
O ka ehu, o ka uli,
O ka hiwa, ka mahakea,
Ke kukui, ke ama’uma’u, 50.
Ka hala uhaloa,
Ke a oo, ke a piwai,
Ka haole nui maka alohilohi,
Ke eo puaa i ka lani,
Na kino puaa o Kama i ka nahelehele, 55.
O Haunuu oe,
O Haulani na,
O Kaalokuloku,
Ka mano ka ia nui,
E ui—e, kou inoa, ae o mai. 60.
Hanau ae no apopo ka olua keiki,
He miki, he miki,
I hanau ia mai oe e Hina,
Ka maka o ka puaa,
E lele ana i ka lani, 65.
E lele ana i kuahiwi,
I ka mauna o Peapea makawalu,
Ewalu ka maka o ke keiki puaa o Hina,
Na Hina no oe,
Na Kahikiula, 70.
Na Kahikilei,
O Lonoiki oe,
O Lononui oe,
O kuu maka,
O kuu aloha nei la, 75.
E Lono e,
A haina a moe i kuaahu o Olopana,
O ko kakou alii,
Kou inoa, e o mai.
Hanau ae no apopo ka olua keiki, 80.
O Kaulua ka hoku,
O Koeleele ka malama,
Hanau ka nalu, ka inaina,
Puhee mai ahu lele kai,
Kahe mai ka wai puna la o uka, 85.
Ka! ka wai auau o ke kanaka,
I hanau ia Hooilo,
Ka mano poha ko eleele,
O Ikuwa ka hoku,
O Koeleele ka malama, 90.
Hanau o Kama,
Hanau o Kaneiahuea,
He akua ia,
He kanaka o Kama,
Kou inoa ia, e o mai. 95.
Hanau ae no apopo ka olua keiki,
O Kaneiahuea oe,
Ke akua maka oioi,
Nana ka maka i ka lani,
E kilo ana i ka moku nei, 100.
I Kahiki na lani,
Ka pauu e Lono i ka haiuiu,
Hiiaka oe i Puuokapolei,
He akua oe o Haia,
O Haia oe, kou inoa e o mai. 105.
Hanau oe no apopo ka olua keiki,
Na Mumu iluna,
Na hoowawa ilalo,
Na Mumu ka lani,
Na Muahaaha, 110.
Na ilo eu, na Niniole,
Na ka hua nei
Na ke lono i ke ao,
Na ka mana o ka puaa,
Na kui, na nau, 115.
Na wali, na oka,
Na Haapekupeku,
Na ka puaa eku aina,
Eku ana i ka moku o Kauai,
Oahu-a-Lua oia nei la—e, 120.
Kou inoa, e o mai.
Hanau ae no apopo ka olua keiki,
Kiekie ku a ka pali,
Haahaa ka niho o ka puaa,
Kena wale no i ka lani—e. 125.
Kena wale la hoi,
Kena wale la no i ka lani,
Ka leo o ka puaa nui ai alii
Ai kanaka hoi,
E ku ka ea i kai o Waimea la—e, 130.
O hele ana, a moe i kuahu a Olopana,
O kou inoa, e o mai.
Hanau oe no apopo ka olua keiki,
O hele ana e ka unuunu ula,
Ka unuunu lei, 135.
Ka unuunu ana o ka hulu o ka puaa,
O ka puaa nui maauaua,
E kela a kupu a pa i ka lani,
Ke amo ana o puaa nui pani hale,
O Kaleiheha, o Hoohonua, 140.
O Ukunono, o ke kai wawa,
O nehe luna, o nehe lalo,
O Hauiliili nakelekele,
Ku-ka-lee-ai ka oe,
O kanaka oe i hanau iuka o Kaliuwaa, 145.
Ewalu ka wawae,
He kanaha ka manea,
He kini, he lau.
Ka hulu o ka puaa nei la—e,
Kou inoa, e o mai. 150.
KAMAPUAA’S PRAYER.
A FRAGMENT
The rain is descending here,
My flesh-god in the heavens,
The wreath ladder of Paoa
That separates the rain and the sun
In the atmosphere, 5.
In the great broad smoke-columns,
Falling down from heaven to earth,
Opening the heavens to rain,
Kiouli-Kiomea was born;
Kauakahi-iki-poo-waiku was born; 10.
Kahakaa-kelu—
Kepolohaina,
Kuliaikekaua,
Lonomakaihe,
Lono-iki aweawealoha, 15.
Lonopuakau,
Apanapoo, Pooilolea.
O Kanikawi, O Kanikawa,
O Kumahumahukolo, O Kolokaaka,
Thou defending gods of Kama, 20.
Cause the rain to flow.
PULE A KAMAPUAA.
HE APANA
Iho mai ana ka ua ilalo nei,
E kuu kino akua i ka lani,
E ka haka lei o Paoa.
E mahele ana e ka ua e ka la,
E ka alewalewa, 5.
E ka punoho nui akea
I haule ai ka lani i ka honua,
I hookaakaa ai ka lani e ua.
Hanau Kiouli Kiomea;
Hanau Kauakahi-iki-poo-waiku; 10.
O Kahakaa-kelu—e.
O Kepolohaina,
O Kuliaikekaua,
O Lonomakaihe,
O Lono-iki aweawealoha, 15.
O Lonopuakau,
O Apanapoo, o Pooilolea,
E Kanikawi, e Kanikawa,
E Kumahumahukolo, e Kolokaaka,
E na akua hooheu o Kama la—e— 20.
Homai ana he ua!
PUNA SPREAD WITH FERTILITY.
Puna spread with fertility, rich in fragrance,
Expanding the woods of Panaewa in the rain,
A rain, a steady rain for the lehua,
A prevailing lehua aspect through much moisture
For the hala blossom friend of Kaulumano. 5.
Hilo arises [calling] a breeze, a fragrance,
A fragrance as of passing over lehua, twice.
Vain [was the] cold wind of Omaolena,
Revealing toward dawn the cliffs.
Many were the falling streamlets; 10.
The brook of Palikaua flowed slowly.
Place on the platform of desire,
The place of the thoughts to dwell in,
It is love’s dwelling place
For Kamehameha. 15.
Being handled, red cross [was] the wood,
All lama, singing by the falling of the rain.
Reddened is the skin of the ohelo by the sun,
Sparkling red in the grass [is the] sacred child;
A reservoir for the running water loosing itself; 20.
A house for the flowers to stand;
A place for the lehua to hang up.
Place choice fragrant flowers on the person;
As one with waving hair;
The shining straight leaf of the fern; 25.
The fern leaf of the dark fern;
A fern, of wild growth only.
If you attempted to go there,
Desiring the top of the ti leaves,
Jealous of the swelling of the kukui, 30.
A different comfort had the awapuhi.
The eye delighteth in the beauty of the woods,
There was no fault in looking with your eyes,
Beauty covered all my mountains,
Wasted by the birds are my lehua flowers; 35.
Shaken and fallen down,
Reaching there, Kaliu descended with his offering,
Shedding tears, weeping for love
For Kamehameha.
PUNA LAU MOMONA.
Puna lau momona ala kuhinia
Ka liko ka nahele o Panaewa i ka ua
He ua, he ua hoonou paa no ka lehua
He lehua maka aulii halana wai
No ka ipo hinalo hala a Kaulumano 5.
Ke u nei o Hilo, he moani he moani e—
A moani ua ani lehua ka lua
Ua puulena o Omaolena
Kaukau ane uwaiao ka paliku
Ua lau maka oa ma ka ihe ka wai 10.
Ua laumeki kahawai o Palekaua e—
E kau i ka awai haka a ka lia
Ko ka manao wahi e noho ai
Ko ke aloha kuleana hale ia
Na Kamehameha 15.
Kuau iho la kea nono ka laau
He lama okoa memele i ka uaia e ka ua
Lelo ka ili o ka pua helo i ka la
Ula oaka i ka mauu keiki kapu
He ahu no ka wai holo ilina ala 20.
He hale waiho ale no ka pua
He holopapa no ka lehua e kau ai
Kau na lua pua ala i ke kanake e—
Me he kanaka lauoho maewaewa la
Ke oho hina lau kalole o ka palai 25.
He lau palai no palai uli
He palai he nahelehele wale no
Ke hoohele aku oe malaila
Makemake aku i ka muo o ka lauki
Makee aku i ka liko o ke kukui 30.
Nanea okoa no i kaawapuhi
Oa ka maka i ka nani o ka laau
Aohe hala o ka maka i nana
He nani wale no a na’u mauna
Maunaia iho la e ka manu kuu pua lehua 35.
Luhia iho la helelei ilalo
Hiki ae la, ua iho la uka Kaliu
He liu waimaka ue ue aloha.
Na Kamehameha.
BEAUTIFUL IS WAIALEALE.
Beautiful is Waialeale in the sky.
Sea-waves absorb many waters.
The head of Kapaeloa is reached by
Keolewa, flying as a bird.
Haupu is like a kite to me, 5.
Flying kite-like in the heavens;
Eyes is it of the sailing canoe. O thou!
Why went you away, the companion?
Upsetting the water to anoint the bed.
That man is satisfied through love, 10.
Swollen as a snow-covering garment.
The snow girdled the summit,
Uniting the shoulders of my mountains,
The front and back [of] Kahaliukua,
Diffusing the akoa tears, offensive water of the mist. 15.
Bright is Waimea; Kohala has cliffs; you are above [them].
A canoe is the property of man,
The freighting resembles the high platform;
Loaded, it groans with its burden.
NANI WAIALEALE.
Nani Waialeale i ka lani
Kai ale hanini ka wai kini
Ke poo o Kapaeloa i hiki
Keolewa lele e—me he manu la
Me he pea la ia’u Haupu 5.
E lele kaha lupe ana i ka lai
Na maka ia a ka waa holo.—O oe e—
I holo i ahaia la ke hoa?
I kaulia i ka wai, i hinu i ka moe
Mimiko ia kanaka he aloha 10.
Opuopu me he kapa lele hau la
I hau kakoo i ke kuahiwi
He pane hono no a’u mauna
He alo he kua Kahaliukua
O kuu ka waimaka akoa, wai hauna i ke kewai 15.
Lama Waimea a ke Kohala ka pali i uka—o—oe—e
Ukana ka waa na ke kanaka
Ka hooukana me he pola wala
Piha loko ua nanahu i ka eha.
KOOLAU WIND OF WAILUA.
The wind-mist [2125] cloud of Wailua
Seeks and embitters the water [2126] from the sea.
Wilted are the leaves of food-plants and trees;
Ripened [2127] are the stalks, the food of Makaukiu,
The kukui blossoms [2128] foretelleth the wind; 5.
A sure messenger of the [coming] koolau.
The results [2129] are seen above at Kapehu;
Seen by the people, they call for help [2130] from the wind,
[And] warn the canoes to flee [for safety].
The banana leaves come floating [2131] down; 10.
The hau blossoms and their mate, mokihi, [2132] of the stream,
Passeth, floating [2133] to the waters of Maluaka; [2134]
The sign of that fierce, relentless [2135] wind,
Devastating the forest of Maluakele,
Taken [2136] together with companion-man, lost, 15.
Leaving [2137] the sorrow and memories within,
They vainly [2138] grasp the sand,
And simply cry at Moomooiki. [2139]
A narration [is this] of the imagination, [2140]
Not the word of mouth, which blames, [2141] 20.
Else affection would justly hold me guilty. [2142]
I am the sufferer [2143] of love,
Wandering [2144] in the way with tears;
At no time [2145] was payment made for the house,
I am indeed guilty. 25.
KE KOOLAU O WAILUA.
Ka waiopua makani o Wailua,
I huliia e ke kai, awahia ka wai,
Awahia ka lau ai me ka lau hau,
Pala ka ha, ka ai o Makaukiu.
He kiu ka pua kukui na ka makani, 5.
He elele hooholo na ke koolau.
Ke kuehu mai la iuka o Kapehu,
Ike ke kanaka, kahea, ualo makani!
Ke kipaku mai la i ka waa e hele e—
Holo newa ka lau maia, 10.
Ka pua hau i pili aloha me ka mokihi i ka wai,
Maalo pulelo i ka wai o Maluaka,
Ke aka o ua makani kaili hoa la,
Kaili ino ka lau Maluakele,
Lala lawe i ka hoa kanaka la, lilo, 15.
Koe aku ka u me ka manao iloko.
Ke apo hewa la no i ke one,
Uwe wale iho no i Moomooiki e.
He hoomooolelo na ke kuhiwale,
Aole ae ma ka waha e hewa ai, 20.
E hewa pono ai la hoi au e ke ’loha.
Owau ka ke ’loha i luaiele,
Ua kuewa i ke ala me ka waimaka.
Aohe wa ua uku hoi i ke hale,
Hewa au e— 25.
LAHAINALUNA CHANTS.
A LOVING DIRGE FOR L. L. UA. [2146]
Alas! the bright morning star has passed away,
It was given away to God;
It was hidden away by the dark clouds.
He may be up with the stars
Far above the sky in infinite space. 5.
You have seen the beautiful Paradise;
The beautiful place of the lamb,
That is surrounded with gold and diamonds.
Like the friendly rain of Hilo
That is on the way to Hanakahi. 10.
Loving thoughts predominate,
As the yearning of mother and child,
Pinching hard the skin of the lover;
Firing the wheels of affection permeated with love.
[I] am bemoaning thee, 15.
Flowing tears doth flow for thee,
[Like] the rushing sea of Makaiwa.
The thunder roars in the sky,
A professor in mathematics wert thou;
A professor of science wert thou, 20.
Seen by the eyes and seized by hands.
Tumultuous was the voice of sorrow
Being heard from island to island.
Husband and wife separated;
Broken are the bands joining Russia. 25.
The friend of the sea has gone;
Gone to dwell in the calm of Kona;
Will not again see the uniting of the isles
In the Kailua day of Lahainaluna.
Memories of the comrades of the hot day of Makalii. 30.
Glory is gone, the beauty has passed away,
The elder brother has gone to the friendless land;
We are children of the same parents,
We shall meet there again,
Never to be separated in that realm. 35.
Thou hast gone first and we shall follow,
Weeping in loving remembrance of thee, L. L. Ua,
Who has gone alone on the journey of sleep.
The teacher has gone, his teachings have ceased;
The departed spirit has been laid to rest; 40.
Moved to the cliff of Hooipo;
Taken there to Wahinekapu,
The going off of the loved one
To seek the companionship for this barren plain.
Loud is the weeping and wailing 45.
For the father of the companionless home.
Brought together but soon separated;
Taken by the rushing wind above.
Scattering the fragments of love,
Overflowing the top of Waialoha, 50.
Loving thoughts are always for thee
At the grassy plain of Lele.
Take away the breath and life ceases,
The breath has ended the thoughts within,
The naked soul passed away. 55.
Two things that are dear within,
The love which has returned
Though your soul has departed;
Taken away to Kamalama below
Before was the light and darkness at the rear. 60.
Close thy eyes with love.
The soul is returning to the coconut grove of Lele;
To the dark clouds of Wailuku;
To the cold misty rain of Kula;
To the smoky sprinkling rain falling in the grass, 65.
Joining the rain and the sun
In the cold and chilly time.
Return thy soul to Maunahoomaha,
Rest from weariness and pain
That was scattered, damaging the thicket, 70.
The bird that eats lehua of Hauola,
The rain-fog that hung over the woods,
We thought you were there, but no.
A shadow of the soul that went at dawn;
At the breaking of the day. 75.
The voices of the birds above are gayly singing,
Your passing footsteps are sounding
Like the strange one of Maunapiku,
A sad and loving memory of you.
My love to Lanihulipo at the smoky crater; 80.
Benumbing love, benumbed by the cold,
Turning and facing the plain of Nahili;
Plaiting mistakingly the faded red flowers of the thicket;
Remembering thy love at the plain of Limaloa,
Quickly recognizing the beauty of love; 85.
Love of the sea of Pailolo and Kaiwi,
Where you used to sail.
You have gone away with good fortune;
Your brethren are left behind in tears;
Your elder brothers in sorrow; 90.
Your many friends are mourning here,
And your teachers are weeping.
Your friends of the journey
Have gone and passed the shade of Kaawela.
Separated are we your brothers from the study room, 95.
The room where pursued different studies;
It was the ark of wisdom,
Unhabited house of the mind,
Death is an inheritance of the body.
A memory of love to thee, 100.
Farewell to thee who has gone ahead
To see the heavens and their hosts.
Your dreams of wisdom have passed
To the double of the square and the thickness of the cube;
To the fullness of the square and extract of the square root; 105.
To the triangular and the algebra,
Geometry and trigonometry;
To the surveying and navigation.
You have gone to the new Jerusalem,
It is the inheritance of just persons; 110.
It is the path quieting the wind
Which we mistakenly held.
You were ahead in all studies.
Your studies are over, the body is prepared for its sleep,
Sleeping by the sands of Lahainaluna, 115.
Upon Jesus the Savior.
[It is] for us to be comforted.
MAU MELE NO LAHAINALUNA.
HE KANIKAU ALOHA NO L. L. UA. [2147]
Auwe, ua nalo ae nei ka Hokuloa malamalama,
Ua manuahiia aku la e ke Akua;
Ua paniia aku la e na ao Polohiwa.
Aia paha la iluna i ka poe lalani hoku,
Iluna i ke aouli la oloko lilo aku. 5.
Ike aku la oe ia Paradaiso nani;
Kahi nani o ke Keikihipa,
I hoohiluhiluia i ke gula a me ke diamana.
Me he makamaka ala ka ua no Hilo
Ka hele no a kipa i Hanakahi. 10.
Akahi ke aloha e hana nei,
Iloko o ka wahine me ke keiki,
Iniki wela i ka ili o ka ipo ahi;
Ahi loko huila i ke aloha.
Aloha ana oe la e, 15.
Ke niuniu oe a ka wai kahe,
Kahe makawalu ke kai o Makaiwa.
Aiwaiwa ka hekili poha i ka lewa,
He ahikanana oe i na mea helu;
He puaakela oe i na mea ike, 20.
He ike na ka maka lalau ka lima.
Nui ka pihe ke wawa nei
Ke holo nei ka lohe i na moku.
Moku ke kane kaawale ka wahine;
Naha ka paa ka pili o Rusia. 25.
Ua hala ke kai ka makamaka;
Hoi no a noho i ka lai o Kona;
Pau ka ike ana i ka hono o na moku
I ka la ko Kailua o Lahainaluna,
Aloha mai na hoa o ka la wela o Makalii. 30.
Ua Ikaboda, ua hala ka nani,
Ua hele ke kaikuaana makua o ka aina makamaka ole;
He mau kieki kakou na ka makua hookahi,
Malaila no kakou e hui ai,
Aole he kaawale ana ’ku iloko olaila. 35.
O oe no ka hiki mua o makou na ukali,
He u, he aloha ia oe e L. L. Ua,
Ka mea i hele aku la i ke ala koolua ole a ka moe.
Ua hala ke kumu, pau ke a’o ana;
Moe kinowailua ke kaha ana ’ku nei; 40.
Nei aku la i ka pali o Hooipo;
Lilo aia i Wahinekapu,
Ka hele ana aku nei a ke aloha
E imi ana i na hoa kuka o keia kula panoa.
Olo ka pihe e uwe ana 45.
I ka makua o ka hale hoopili wale.
I ka pili no a haalele mai;
Popoi na umii hao a ka makani iluna.
Hoolelele i na auneke a ke aloha,
Ke hele nei a hanini iluna o Waialoha, 50.
Aloha wale ke kahana loa oia nei
I ke kula pili o Lele.
Kaili ka hanu lele ke ea,
Ua pau ka makani ka manao aloko,
Hele kohana ke kinowailua. 55.
Elua mea nani a loko e hana nei,
O ke aloha ua hoi mai
Ko kino uhane ua lilo e;
Lilo aku la ia Kamalama ilalo.
Malamalama ke alo pouli ke kua. 60.
Papale na maka i ke aloha.
Ke hoi nei ka uhane i ka malu niu o Lele:
I ka malu kuwawa o Wailuku:
I ka ua naulu noe anu o Kula;
I ka ua noe uwahi moe i ke pili, 65.
I piliia ka ua me ka la
Ke anu hoi me ke koekoe.
Hoi ka uhane i Maunahoomaha,
Hoomaha i ka luhi i ka eha.
I lu ia, eha wale ka nahele, 70.
E ka manu ai lehua o Hauola,
Ka ka punohu a ka ua i ka laau,
Kuhi makou o oe ia, aole ka.
He aka no ka uhane i hele i ka wanaao.
I ka wehe ana o ke alaula malamalama. 75.
Kani uina ka leo o ka manu iluna,
Nei nakolo na kapuai o kou hele ana
He mea kamahao ia no Maunapiku,
He u he aloha ia oe la e.
Aloha Lanihulipo i ka uwahi a ka lua; 80.
Aloha maeele, maeele i ke anu,
Huli kua huli moe i ke kula o Nahili;
Hili hewa i ka pua ula mae a ka nahele;
Haale mai ana kou aloha i ke kula o Limaloa,
Aole loa e ike i ka mea maikai o ke aloha; 85.
Aloha ke kai o Pailolo a me Kaiwi,
Kahi au e holoholo ai.
Hele aku la no oe me ka pomaikai;
Noho kou mau pokii me ka waimaka;
Ou poe kaikuaana me ka minamina; 90.
Ou nui kini e kanikau nei,
O au mau kumu e u nei.
Na makamaka ia o kamahele
Hele aku la ae nalo i ka malu o Kaawela.
Kaawale makou ou pokii o ka hale noele, 95.
E noele aku ana i ka apua paa o ka ike;
O ka hale lewa ia o ka noiau,
Hale hooilina ole o ka noonoo,
He hooilina ka make no na kino
He u he aloha ia oe la e. 100.
Aloha nui oe e ka mea i hele aku la,
E ike i ko ka aina lani a me kolaila puali
Pau kou hiolani ana i na mea naauao.
I ka papalua o ke kuea a me ka makolukolu o ke cuba;
I ka hoopiha ana o ke kuea a me ka unuhi o na kumakaha, 105.
I ka huinakolu me ka hoailonahelu;
Moleanahonua me ke anahuinakolu;
I ke anaaina me ka holoholomoku.
Holo aku la oe e ike ia Ierusalema hou,
Ke kuleanapaa ia o ka poe pono; 110.
He ala hoolulu ia na ka makani
A makou e kuleana hewa nei.
He hiki mua oe iloko o na buke noonoo,
Pau ka noonoo la ua lolii ke kino i ka moe,
Moe lolii oe i ke one o Lahainaluna, 115.
Maluna o Iesu ka hoola.
E ala oluolu ai makou.
LAMENTATION FOR LAHAINALUNA. [2148]
Love to you Lahainaluna,
The chief parent of the Hawaiian Isles,
The beautiful golden garment of the poor;
The glory of the orphans.
You are the one greatly thought of 5.
By the new students from Hawaii to Kauai.
We are happy over your everlasting beauty;
Our minds are ever longing
Just to see your honored home,
And your beautiful golden fence. 10.
O Lahainaluna, love to you,
Where wise men have dwelt,
There were our hearts made ever glad
With the shady trees of your grounds
Where your brethren encamp around thee. 15.
O Lahainaluna, love to you,
The shelter of the learned.
You have found a new chief
For the residents.
From you have come forth 20.
The honored men of the Hawaiian government;
From your bosom there were sent out
Deacons and disciples of the Lord.
O Lahainaluna, I love you
Who brought out the goodness of the Hawaiian Kingdom. 25.
Where shall I find the one you long to see?
Let us consider the learned men
From Hawaii to Kauai.
Is it right to have the flag half-masted
By the Hawaiian Kingdom? 30.
The sumach flowers turn toward the plain of Puopelu
Resting safely with the breeze, the aa,
Here we are the orphans, longing to be with thee.
O Lahainaluna, I love thee,
The breast of the orphans. 35.
You are the kawelu (grass) at the cliff of Nuuanu;
At Nuuanu, the dividing line of knowledge,
Seeking for you but never finding you.
There you are at the Isthmus of Darien,
Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. 40.
O Lahainaluna, I love you.
You are the sounding twine of the shoemaker;
You are the sledge hammer of the blacksmith;
You are the compass of the navigators;
And the mud-hen singing at mid-night. 45.
I heard a noise while asleep and awoke,
O Lahainaluna, I love you.
You were a hunch-back among the chiefs;
You were the consulting companion of the two winds,
The moae and the hauapepee. 50.
They are the originators of the kona,
To hide away your love
Across to the stormy sea of Cape Horn.
O Lahainaluna, I love you;
Thou art the misty rain of Lilikoi 55.
That is agitating my heart.
You have seen Waialeale,
You were delighted with the water of Haunu,
Lovely Kaala sublime in its beauty,
It was the beauty of the land, 60.
You are the fragrant flower of Ainahau, that is kissed in all lands.
In the midst of people, and the jungle of Africa.
I love the lehua blooming on the plain,
Satisfied in the sojourn that was blessed by the red rain,
Murmuring at Kanehoa. 65.
You was a friend in time of trouble at Lahainaluna,
Just like the pervading of perfumes
Flying over to the calm of Lele.
I jumped to embrace you, but could not find you
You were at Ieheulani. 70.
Beautiful lies the field of Kaiwiula.
O Lahainaluna, I love you,
The greatest in the Kingdom of Hawaii nei.
March 30, 1853.
KANIKAU NO LAHAINALUNA. [2149]
Aloha oe e Lahainaluna,
Ka makua alii o ko Hawaii paeaina,
Ke kapa gula nani o ka poe hune;
Ka lei alii o na keiki makua ole.
O oe ka mea i manao nui ia 5.
E na haumana hou mai Hawaii a Kauai.
Ke olioli nei makou i kou nani pau ole;
Ke iini nei no hoi na naau o makou
E ake e ike aku i kou hale hanohano,
Me ou pa gula nani. 10.
E Lahainaluna e aloha oe;
Kahi i noho iho ai o ka poe noiau,
Malaila no hoi i hauoli nui aku ai ko makou manao
Ma na laau malumalu o kou kahua hele
Kahi e hoomoana ai o kou mau hanauna. 15.
E Lahainaluna, e aloha oe,
Ka puuhonua o ka naauao.
Ua loaa iho nei oe he pali alii hou
No na kupa Hawaii.
Noloko mai hoi ou i hoopuka ia mai ai 20.
Na kanaka hanohano o ke Aupuni Hawaii;
Noloko o kou poli i hookuu ia mai ai,
He mau luna haiola na elele o ka Haku.
E Lahainaluna e aloha oe
Ka mea e maikai ai ke Aupuni Hawaii. 25.
Mahea la i huli aku ai kau mea i manao ai?
Noonoo pu kakou i na kanaka noiau
Mai Hawaii a Kauai.
Pono anei ka hae hapa hoailona o ka make
E ke Aupuni Hawaii? 30.
Ka pua-nele-au nenee i ke kula o Puopehi
I walea ka noho ana i ka pa aheahe a ka makani, he aa,
Eia makou na keiki makua ole e ake aku ana e launa me oe
E Lahainaluna, e aloha oe,
Ka waiu o na keiki makua ole. 35.
O ke kawelu ka oe i ka pali o Nuuanu;
A Nuuanu huli ka palena o ka naauao,
E imi aku ana ia oe aole ka oe i loaa.
Aia ka oe i ka puali o Kaliena,
E huai aku ana i ke kai o Kaikahonelua, 40.
E Lahainaluna, e aloha oe.
O ke kuaina kani ka oe a ka poe humu kamaa;
O ka hamale kui hao ka oe a ka poe kui hao;
O ke panana ka oe i waena o ka poe holomoku;
O ka alae kani kuluaumoe ka oe. 45.
Moe au a puoho lohe i ka halulu,
E Lahainaluna, e aloha oe.
O kahi kuapuu hele ka oe i waena o na ’lii;
Ka hoa kuka ka oe o na makani elua.
O ka moae a me ka hauapepee. 50.
Na laua e hooluli ala o ke kona,
I huna aku hoi i kou aloha
I alo aku hoi i na lae ino o Kepahoni.
E Lahainaluna, e aloha oe;
Ka ua noe ka oe o Lilikoi 55.
E hakoi lua nei ka puuwai.
Ike aku la oe ia Waialeale.
Walea aku la oe i ka wai o Haunu,
Aloha Kaala he onaona i ka nani,
He nani no no ka aina, 60.
O ka pua ala oe o Ainahau i honi ia ma na aupuni a pau,
I waena hoi o na wahi kanaka a me na auakua o Apelika.
Aloha ka lehua aki popohe i ke kula,
I walea ka noho ana i ka hoopiha ia e ka ua ula,
Ke nu mai la i Kanehoa. 65.
He hoa oe i ka la inea o Lahainaluna,
Me he wai lukini ala ia e paoa nei
Lele hoolahalaha aku la i ka lai o Lele.
I lele aku wau e apo ia oe aole oe i loaa
Aia ka oe Ieheulani. 70.
Nani ke kula o Kaiwiula e waiho nei.
E Lahainaluna, e aloha oe,
Ka mea ihiihi ma ke Aupuni Hawaii nei.
A LOVING SONG FOR THE SEMINARY.
Deep regards, seminary, our mother of education,
Our mother of this place,
Our mother of the hot days,
Our mother of the dust,
Our mother of the cold weather that chills the skin, 5.
The parent of the scattering rain,
The mother of the grass glittering in the sun,
Our regret for thee as thy children leave thee with love,
My mother of the orphanage period in the hot and cold weather.
Thou art cold, my love, 10.
The sun was above and you were below,
Regard to you, O united fame,
My loving mother of the barren hill,
My mother of the pleasant breeze,
My mother of the sea-breeze, 15.
My mother when at play,
My mother when at work,
My mother of the elule [2150] food,
My mother in the ascent of steep cliffs,
And the trail of Kuia and Makili, 20.
My mother of the pattering lehua rain.
Makili was the mother of the fog of Kuia,
You were known by the things made by you.
Be compassionate to the woman with child,
The mother who conceives frequently, 25.
You have conceived these four or five years,
You have long conceived
And your time of delivery is at hand.
You fell ill O pregnant woman,
The approach of birth is released, 30.
The red rain of birth is near,
Your time of labor is one of these days.
My love to you and the rest of your children,
Our love for our younger brothers,
Our loving mother of the red dust, 35.
Our loving mother, farewell.
Farewell to thee, I return to the dry place,
And the two-masted schooner which shadowed thee, farewell.
Your face is hid, we cannot see you, our beloved,
Our younger brother whom we love, who saw the place through you, 40.
Ate at this hot and barren place.
If I searched for you here I should find you,
And by letters would you be found.
Memories of school, devotion, lunch, roaming, sleeping, playing, and working time.
If you searched there you would find us, 45.
Memories of our parents, farewell to you all.
HE MELE ALOHA NO KULANUI.
Aloha ino o Kulanui ko kakou makuahine ma ka naauao,
Aloha ka makua o keia wahi.
Aloha ka makua o ka la welawela,
Ka makua o ka lepo,
Aloha ko kakou makuahine o ke anuanu lia o ka ili, 5.
Ka makua o ka ua kawalawala,
Ka makua o ke pili anapanapa o ua kula la nei la,
Aloha ino no hoi oe o haalele kau mau keiki ia oe la, ea aloha,
Aloha kuu makuahine o ka wa makua ole ua pili ia ka la, ka wela, ke anu,
Ke koekoe ia oe la, e aloha, 10.
He la ko luna o oe ko lalo,
Aloha oe e kaulana huipuia,
Aloha ka makua o ke kula panoa,
Kuu makua o ka makani olu,
Kuu makua o ke aheahe a ka aa, 15.
Kuu makua o ka paani ana,
Kuu makua o ka hana ana,
Kuu makua o ka ai ka elule.
Kuu makua o ka piina ikiiki o na pali,
Ka holo o Kuia ame Makili, 20.
Kuu makua o ka ua kanikani ’lehua.
Makiki ka makua o ka ohu noenoe o Kuia.
Ua ike ia oe ma na mea i hana ia nou.
Aloha ka wahine hapai keiki,
Aloha ka makuahine hapai pinepine. 25.
Ua hapai iho nei oe i keia mau makahiki eha a elima,
Ua loihi kou hapai ana
A ua kokoke mai kou wa e hanau ai.
Hoiloli iho la oe e ka wahine hapai,
Hemo mai la inaina hanau keiki, 30.
A ua kokoke mai ke kuakoko e hanau ai.
E hanau ana no nae oe i keia mau la.
Aloha oe a me kau mau keiki i koe,
Aloha ino na kaikaina o kakou,
Aloha ka makua o ka lepo ula, 35.
Ka makua aloha, aloha.
Aloha oe ke noho iho ke hoi nei ma ka maloo,
A ma ka moku kialua huna ka huina ao uli ia oe la e, aloha.
Nalo na maka pau ka ike ana ia oe, e aloha,
Aloha na pokii o kakou i ike ia keia wahi ia oe la e! 40.
Ai no i keia kula wela e au.
Ina i huli ia oe ma keia wahi e loaa no,
A ma na palapala e loaa no oe.
Aloha ke kula ana, ka pule ana, ka ai ana, ka hele ana, ka moe ana, ka pani ana, ka hana ana,
Ina oe i huli malaila, e loaa no, 45.
Aloha na makuakane o kakou, aloha oukou a pau.
A SONG FOR LAHAINALUNA.
You are Lahainaluna,
The parent of the educated,
You were organized with wisdom.
And thy works therefore are indeed good.
You are the foremost in Hawaii here, 5.
You are in an elevated place,
Your several buildings also are always clean.
Your fence and roads are good.
You are, Lahainaluna,
The father of the orphans, 10.
A friend of the friendless,
A light to shine in the dark place,
A guide for the unknown places.
You provide the food for famine lands.
You are, Lahainaluna, 15.
You are a sharp two-edged sword,
Separating the darkness
Of all these islands.
Alas, O Lahainaluna,
You are filled with wisdom, 20.
You have the knowledge and the skill.
You are Lahainaluna, the one I love,
You are also desired
By all the well educated people.
April, 1841.
HE MELE NO LAHAINALUNA.
O oe e Lahainaluna,
Ka makua oe no ka naauao,
Ua hookumuia oe me ke akamai.
O kau mau hana hoi he maikai no ia.
O oe hoi ke pookela ma Hawaii nei, 5.
Aia hoi oe ma kahi kiekie ae,
O kou mau hale hoi he mea maemae no ia.
O kou mau pa, a me na alanui, he maikai no ia,
O oe hoi, e Lahainaluna.
Ka makua no ka poe makua ole, 10.
He makamaka no kahi makamaka ole,
He kukui hoi no kahi pouli,
He alakai no oe no kahi ike ole ia,
Ia oe ka ai no kahi ai ole.
O oe e Lahainaluna, 15.
He pahikaua oilua oe,
E hookaawale ana i ka pouli
O keia paeaina a pau.
Auwe oe, e Lahainaluna,
Ua piha oe i ka naauao, 20.
Ia oe no ka ike a me ka noiau.
O oe e Lahainaluna, ka mea a’u i aloha ai,
Ua makemake ia hoi oe
E ka poe naauao io a pau.
A SONG.
BY KAMAKEA.
Beautiful Lahainaluna, the great school
Where students are mingling,
And the red dust is blown
By the fickle upland wind,
And the cold dews of the dawn from above 5.
Cried out, asking, who were the teachers?
Andrews and Clark were the teachers.
Beautiful Lahainaluna the great school
At the gathering of the students
In the cool sea-breeze 10.
And the hot sun glittering at noon.
Students look well dressed in their best
In their uniform of the seminary
As they are parading about.
A day for the students 15.
[Was] the first Monday of the week,
Friday was composition day,
Thursday and Friday were trial days.
My thoughts go back to Lahainaluna.
To the enlightening flowers of the mind. 20.
Wisdom reverts to Lahainaluna,
The receptacle where teachers were stationed.
Beautiful Lahainaluna the seminary.
The white dining halls,
And the glistening of the windows 25.
At the rising sun from Pa’upa’u,
And the clouds facing the windows.
Beautiful are those red clouds,
At the parting of the rain was seen
Lahainaluna nestled in the pili grass, 30.
Whitening the plain of Lele,
Glorying over lower Lahaina.
The thought was lost,
[It] almost returned to America,
The place whence it came. 35.
The sea is before your eyes.
The bell rings early in the morning,
At the breaking of the dawn of day.
Awake, move, and go to devotion.
The bell rang, the teacher entered, 40.
After devotion a few minutes of rest.
The bell rang again, breakfast was ready.
Kamakau was weeping,
Having the routine tasks,
Resting and praying. 45.
After breakfast, time for work,
Working with our hands for food.
April, 1839.
HE MELE.
NA KAMAKEA.
Nani Lahainaluna, i ke kulanui
I ka hio a na kamalii,
I ka hao mai a ka lepo ula
I ka makani lauwili mauka mai.
I ka hau anu o ka wanaao mauka mai 5.
E uo e ninau, owai na Kumu?
O Aneru, o Kalaka, o na kumukula ia.
Nani Lahainaluna i ke kulanui
I ka uluaoa a na haumana
I ka makani olu makai mai 10.
I ka la ulili anapa i ke awakea.
Nani na haumana i na wawae paikini
I ke kapa komo like o ke kulanui.
Ka hookakahele a na haumana
He la no na haumana 15.
Ka Monede mua o ka hebedoma,
He la hai manao ka Feraide,
He la hookolokolo kiko ka Tarede a me ka Feraide.
Hoi ka manao i Lahainaluna,
I na pua hoolale a ka manao. 20.
Hoi ka ike i Lahainaluna,
I ka ipuholoholona a na kumu kahi i waiho ai.
Nani Lahainaluna i ke kulanui.
I ke keokeo mai a na halepuna,
I ka anapa mai a na pukaaniani 25.
I ka la hiki mai ma Pa’upa’u,
I ke ao pa pono mai i ka pukaaniani.
Nani wale ia ao ula,
I naha ka ua i ike
Lahainaluna noho i ke kulapili, 30.
Hoaiai ana i ke kula o Lele,
Kei ana iluna o Lahainalalo.
Ka manao ua nalowale,
Ane hoi i Mareka (Amelika),
I kona wahi i hele mai ai. 35.
Ke kai alo i ka maka.
Kani ana ka bele i ka wanaao,
I ka wehe ana o ke pewa o ke ao.
E ala! E eu! E hele i ka pule.
Kani ka bele komo ke kumu, 40.
Pau ka pule hoomaha i na minute,
Kani hou ka bele he bele aina ia,
Ue ae nei o Kamakau,
E mea ka paluku haina ma,
Hoolai ka noho e pule ana, 45.
Pau ka ai, hele i ka hana,
Ka hanalima no ka ai.
A SONG OF LAHAINALUNA.
BY KIAIKAI.
Beautiful art thou Lahainaluna,
The trees that are grown on good soil;
Grown and covered by thy leaves.
Under thy shade everyone rests,
Shading the places that were not shaded; 5.
Darkening where nothing green was seen.
Planted on uncultivated soil,
That is why we call you a tree,
Sheltering these islands.
Thou art standing alone on this barren hill, 10.
And this place was shaded by you,
You are famous for your shade
And loved also by the lands.
For you were grown in the dark.
The people of that place have raised you; 15.
They have fed you
With the things to develop you,
Your leaves have grown and are beautiful,
You must be stronger than all the plants.
March, 1839.
KAHI MELE IA LAHAINALUNA.
NA KIAIKAI.
Nani no oe e Lahainaluna,
Ka ka laau i ulu ma kahi lepo maikai;
Ulu a maikai kou mau lau.
Malalo o kou malu na mea a pau.
Ua hoomalu aku la oe ma kahi malu ole; 5.
Hoouliuli aku la ma kahi uliuli ole.
Kanu ia ’ku la oe ma kahi i kanu ole ia;
Nolaila hoi kapa ia aku oe he laau,
E hoomalumalu ana i keia paeaina.
Ku iho la oe ma keia kula panoa, 10.
A ua malu keia pae wahi ia oe,
Kaulana aku la oe no kou malu,
Ua aloha ia hoi ia e na aina,
No kou ulu ana iloko o ka pouli,
Na ko laila poe i hoala ia oe; 15.
Hanai mai la lakou ia oe
Me na mea e ulu ai oe,
Ua ulu a maikai kou mau lau,
E ikaika oe mamua o na mea ulu a pau.
LAHAINALUNA SEMINARY.
BY PAALUA.
Of the Seminary seeking knowledge,
It seeks to multiply, to subtract, to divide.
Located there on the grassy plain of Lele
[Is] the reflection of its glass windows.
The misty rain is falling on the Puopelu plain, 5.
The eyes of the people of Lahaina are attracted
[And] they inquire:
What is that object of Lahainaluna
That is glittering on the plain of Puopelu?
It is the first time this wondrous thing of Lahainaluna is seen. 10.
Turn, look at the wondrous object of Lahainaluna
Shining and glittering forth.
Go up and look, and see the beauty of Lahainaluna,
You will see the Seminary building and the wondrous things
Where the learned people reside, 15.
[And] will see the dormitory of the students.
March 8, 1839.
KULANUI LAHAINALUNA.
NA PAALUA.
O ke Kulanui imi akamai,
Nana i imi ka hoonui, ka hoolawe, ka puunaue,
Ke noho mai la i ke kulapili o Lele
Ka hulalilali a na pukaaniani.
Ke kewai la e kahe ana i ke kula o Puopelu, 5.
Kaha ka maka o ke kanaka o Lahaina
Ninau ae la;
He aha la kela mea o Lahainaluna
Ke hulali mai la i ke kula o Puopelu?
Akahi no a ikeia keia mea kupanaha o Lahainaluna, 10.
E huli, e nana i ka mea kupanaha o Lahainaluna
Ke alohi anapa mai la.
E pii e nana, e ike i ka nani o Lahainaluna,
I ike aku au i ka hale Kulanui a me na mea kupanaha
Kahi o ka poe naauao e noho ai. 15.
I ike aku au i ka hale moe o na haumana.
A LAMENTATION.
BY KAAUEPAA.
Affection,
Affection, my companion,
My companion in the cold and the chill;
My companion in the heat of the day;
My companion of childhood; 5.
My companion from the floating land;
Love, my companion, weep.
My companion of uninhabited region;
My companion seeking things mysterious,
Seeking American people of education; 10.
Brought hither from foreign lands.
Love to you, O my companion;
My companion peopling the uninhabited region.
Beautiful are the proud flowers,
Beautiful are the shade grown flowers. 15.
When well opened
The patch owner rejoices
In his flowers here.
July 13, 1840.
HE UWE ALOHA.
NA KAAUEPAA.
Aloha,
Aloha ku’u hoa,
Ku’u hoa i ke anu a ke koekoe,
Ku’u hoa i ka wela o ka la,
Ku’u hoa pili kamalii, 5.
Ku’u hoa mai na aina lewa,
Aloha ku’u hoa u.
Ku’u hoa o kahi kanaka ole,
Ku’u hoa imi i na mea pohihihi,
I imi ia e ko Amerika poe naauao, 10.
I lawe ia mai mai na aina e mai,
Aloha oe e ku’u hoa.
Ku’u hoa hoolau kanaka o kahi kanaka ole.
Nani na pua hoomahie,
Nani na pua ulu malu, 15.
I mohala maikai ai
Olioli ka mea kihapai
I kana mau pua nei.
LUNALILO.
Moving, the heavens fell by the rolling of Kieleula,
By the sweet voiced lunihini in the woods.
By right the chief could not say anything
From within Hinawaikolii.
The central precious tax of the upper Haea 5.
To raise up red Malani so as to be heard.
He was from Kalanipulei;
As the chief stood forth, nine prostrated,
Divided through the prostration they escaped this,
The eyes reverted not on seeing clearly, 10.
I went on, tired of him.
Here you are.
Kona was lazy for the sun was hot,
Huehue was enjoying the gentle land breeze,
Not wearied by the hand of Hikuhia. 15.
The standing staff of Mailehahei
Shielding only those having confidence.
What are you doing there, Keawaawa?
You came back by the aalii leaf road,
Kamakuhi smelling fragrant flowers of Kapuulena. 20.
Let us look, he is here;
He was meek, gentle was his living
In receiving these good things, sitting quietly.
Here you are.
LUNALILO.
Naue hina ka lani na ke kaa Kieleula,
Na ka lunihini leo lea i ka nahele.
Na ka pololei kani kua ole na ’lii.
Mailoko mai o Hinawaikolii.
Ka onohi palalahiwa i ka uka Haea 5.
Ka ea Malani ula i kau ka lohelohe,
Na Kalanipulei ia nei.
Na ka lani ke ku mai eiwa ka moe.
Moku loko i ka moe a ua ola onei
Hoihoi ole ka maka ke ike aku, 10.
Hele hoi au a molowa iaia,
Eia la—oe.
Molowa Kona ua wela i ka la,
O Huehue kai apo’a e ke kehau,
Kaumaha ole i na lima o Hikuhia. 15.
Ke kalele ku a Mailehahei
Hilinai wale iho no i ka hilinai.
Heaha kau e Kaawaawa o laila?
E hoi mai oe i ke ala lau alii,
Kamakuhi hanu pua ala o Kapuulena. 20.
E nana e kakou, eia ianei,
Ua akahai, ua kakuu mai ka noho.
I ka hiki o nei mea maikai he noho malie,
Eia la—oe.
BEAUTIFUL LAND OF HAWAII.
BY NUUANU.
You are pleasant toward strangers;
You are kind and loving,
Your nights have no rain, it is calm also,
A safe refuge art thou for ships;
You give them rest in their troubles. 5.
Hawaii has gained a victory, yet only an island,
Bare above, nothing growing,
Jehovah caused things to grow,
He produced the growing plants.
Beautiful and lovely are the isles, 10.
He distributes benefits;
The soil is rich;
Every plant is growing well,
The taro, the potato, the yam,
Whereby hunger is appeased. 15.
The water-melon and the cane are good,
They are desirable products;
The cotton is good,
It brings riches to men,
Hope for Hawaii’s future. 20.
Have a mind to go there,
The people are kind, not angry,
It is finished to crumbling.
September, 1839.
NANI NA AINA O HAWAII.
NA NUUANU.
He oluolu kou i na malihini;
He lokomaikai me ke aloha,
Aole ou po ua, ua noho malie hoi,
He puuhonua maikai oe no na moku;
Ia oe no e maha, lakou pilikia. 5.
Ua ea Hawaii he moku wale no,
Olohelohe ko luna, aohe mea kupu.
Na Iehova i hoopuka mai,
Nana hoi i hana i na mea ulu.
Nani he maikai ka aina, 10.
Ua hookupu maikai mai oia;
He momona ka lepo;
He kupu maikai na mea kanu,
He kalo, ka uwala, ka uhi,
He mea ia e maona ai. 15.
He maikai ka ipu, ke ko,
He mau waiwai maikai ia,
He maikai ka pulupulu,
Ko ke kanaka pomaikai ia,
Lana ka manao ia Hawaii. 20.
Manao e holo ilaila,
He oluolu na kanaka, aole huhu,
Ua pau a elu.
SONG BOOK OF KALAIKUAIWA.
IN HEAVEN IS POLOULA.
BY KALAI OF KONA.
There in heaven is Poloula, the chief star,
The twinkling star,
Fluttering in the cross of the sky.
Keawe and Kalanikauleleiaiwi,
The line of chiefs from out of the East, 5.
The banana field that stood in the time of Pukea,
The small parent who radiates Kahualoa.
Kalanikupuapa the high chief, the ancestor,
Springing forth the joy and desire
To seize the hand, confirming the voice 10.
That this is my lehua field.
Here you are.
There in Mana [is] the shadow, the mirage,
Searching for Kalama Kopii,
Found at the fifth of Ainaike, 15.
A work of the residents of Limaloa,
Erecting houses at Papiohuli.
The house of the thick cloud at Kaunalewa was finished,
The ridge bonnetted by Kalauamaihiki.
So you have come over here, 20.
I have gone to seek food
For our house warming,
Here you are.
BUKE MELE NA KALAIKUAIWA.
KA LANI POLOULA.
NA KALAI O KONA.
Aia i ka lani Poloula, ka hoku alii,
Ka hoku maka imoimo,
I hulili ma ka pea o ka lani.
O Keawe o Kalanikauleleiaiwi,
Ka lalani alii puka mai ma ka hikina, 5.
Ka e’a maia i ku i ka wa o Pukea,
O ka iki makua nana e kaa Kahualoa,
O Kalanikupuapa i ka laninui, ke kupuna,
Kupu mai nei ka olioli me ka makemake
E lalau ka lima e hooko i ka leo 10.
O ka’u kula lehua noia,
Eia la oe.
Aia i Mana ke aka! ka wai liula.
E imi ana ia Kalama Kopii,
Loaa i ka hapa lima o Ainaike, 15.
He hana ka ke kamaaina o Limaloa.
E kukulu kauhale ana i Papiohuli,
Paa ka hale a ka naulu i Kaunalewa,
Ke kaupaku ia la e Kalauamaihiki.
Ua hiki mai ka oe ianei, 20.
Ua halaau i ka imi mea ai
I mea komo no ka hale o kana,
Eia la—oe.
HAKALELEPONI.
The bitter gourd had protection of chiefly kapu,
The fragrant shrub of the stream,
The chief’s pillar it was of Kaka’e.
A retinue, gathered compassionately for the Kakaalaneo,
A water-course dam for the noisy place. 5.
There was the wonderful chief’s residence
For the kapued stream of Kamakaalaneo.
The house was silent and empty, no people;
The bed was not used,
Perhaps onward in the small room, 10.
Here you are.
The heavens turned back, the chief turned front,
Turned from Keaka the chief’s tree,
The ancestral ohia from the woods,
The mamaka sprouting field of Piilani, 15.
Plucked [by] the resident the leaves call.
The overturned leaf of the kapu;
Kapu of Kauwaunui, the flute.
Go [thou] according to the urging of the desire;
The mind leading the body, 20.
But you would be tired of the love,
Here you are.
Here am I, the kuahine rain,
Raining in the woods of Kaau,
Joining friendly the dews of Keehu, 25.
The dew drops of the misty cloud,
Dripping to flood, floating the nene blossoms,
For the teasing kupukupu in the Waikoloa,
Working craftily on the plain of Kanoenoe,
Deceiving the native born resident of that place; 30.
The many above Kokoloa.
When you called the meal was finished,
You were famished with hunger,
You had better have some salt,
It is the best there is. 35.
Here you are.
HAKALELEPONI.
O ke kamanomano alii kapu ka uhi,
Ka aala makahinu o ke kahawai,
Ka pela ’lii noia a Kaka’e.
He kini haehae ahu no ke Kakaalaneo,
He pani mano wai no ka halulu kahi, 5.
Nolaila mai ka noho kupanaha ’lii,
No ke kahawai kapu o Kamakaalaneo.
He neoneo wale no ka hale, aohe kanaka.
Waiho wale iho no kahi moe,
Eia ’ku paha i na rumi liilii, 10.
Eia la—oe.
Kaakua ka lani, kaa alo ke ’lii,
Kaa mai Keaka ka laau alii,
Ka ohia kumakua mai i ka wao.
Ka hoowaa ulu o mamaka o Piilani, 15.
Kapaipai ke kupa oha ka lau;
Ka lau kahulihuli’a o ke kapu,
Kapu a Kauwaunui ka ohe.
O hele i ke koi a ka makemake;
Ke kono a ka manao i ke kino, 20.
O oe no nae ke luhi ana i ke aloha,
Eia la—oe.
Eia ’u e ka ua kuahine,
E ua nei i ka nahele o Kaau,
Au hoolaua o Keehu wai kehau, 25.
Ka huna wai kehau a ke kiowao,
I kulu kio, halana i ka pua o ka nene,
Ne ke kupukupu hone i ka Waikoloa,
Hana maalea i ke kula o Kanoenoe,
I puni ke kupa, ke kamaaina o laila; 30.
Ke kini mauka o Kokoloa.
Ea mai nei oe ua pau ka ai ana,
Oki loa oe i ka pololi,
E aho no ka pu paakai a’e,
He ma’u noia, 35.
Eia ’la—oe.
KAIAHUA.
Fly above the relentless path of the wind,
Sickened by [the] head rain of Ikuwa,
Treading the borders of Kaawela,
At the eyeball of Manohina at Makalii,
The women above Nuumealani, 5.
At the heaven cross of Kuhana heaven
In the flowering thicket of Laumalahea
That called me to you in your day [of] rejoicing.
If you got angry your chin was firm;
Becoming indignant your mouth closed, 10.
Extended the long lizard tongue.
This man was displeased with you.
What kind is it? the thing is rubbish,
Here you are.
Perhaps scattered 15.
There at Kaukini [is] the bird-fearing fire,
A fire bewildering birds for Pokahi
That were snared above Kaawana.
A fish-net it is of Kamaino,
A bag (of Hasai) gathered fog from the mist. 20.
The net is spread in the smoke,
The fish is seized by hand of Puawalii,
A chief whose love is a curiosity to us,
An awa passer, an accuser,
A river-mouthed lobster for him and I. 25.
Here you are.
KAIAHUA.
Lele iluna ke ala ino a ka makani,
Hooliliha i poo ua o Ikuwa,
Hehi hele i ka lihilihi o Kaawela,
I ka onohi o Manohina a Makalii,
O na wahine iluna o Nuumealani, 5.
I ka pea lani o lani Kuhana,
I ka uluwehiwehi lau pua o Laumalahea,
I hea mai oe ia’u i ko la lealea.
(Huhu iho oe ku ko nuku),
A hiki mai ka ukiuki paa ko waha, 10.
(Hemo ke lelo loa o Pelo),
Wahawaha keia kanaka ia oe,
(Heaha ke ano, he opala ia mea),
Eia la—oe.
(Puehu paha). 15.
Aia i Kaukini ke ahi kanai manu,
He ahi kanalio manu no Pokahi
Ke hoohei ’la i luna o Kaawana,
He upena mahae ia na Kamaino,
He eke (a Hasai) hului ohu na ka noe. 20.
Ke kuu ’la i ka upena o ka uwahi,
Hei ka ia lauahi lima o Puawalii.
He alii ke aloha he milimili na kakou,
He a’e awa he pii poo,
He ula ai nuku na maua me ia nei. 25.
Eia la—oe.
KEOHOKALOLE.
BY MAKUE.
The chief’s girdle is sacred to a chief.
Liloa was girded with the girdle of great power,
The girdle that compassed Umi the chief.
Chiefs outspread to ten descendants;
Descendants set aside for Kanikawi 5.
Whose were the four burning ancestors.
A sacred chief’s countenance had Kauhi, governor of Kama.
You are from Kamalua, the love discerning man.
Because he had many friends he went forward,
He went forward and backward. 10.
Here you are.
Kawaikini resembled Waialeale,
Resembled and agreed at Maunalima,
Boasting of the fine lehua buds,
Wishing perhaps to hear Hauailiki 15.
Regarding the work of Kukalakamanu.
I have affection for Aipo,
A longing for a sight of Kahelekua.
The hunger troubles of Koianana
Measure it, place its full length, 20.
Covering the width and breadth
To completely satisfy your desire.
Here you are.
KEOHOKALOLE.
NA MAKUE.
O ke Kaailani kapu na he ’lii,
Kaa mai Liloa ke kaa i ulu nui,
O ke kaai mawaho o Umi ke ’lii.
Na ’lii lau manamana i umi ka pua;
He mau pua wae ia no Kanikawi, 5.
Nona na kupuna ahi eha.
He maka lani kapu no Kauhi aimoku a Kama.
Mai Kamalua oe ’ke aloha i ke kanaka,
I na ia na la he hoa lehulehu
He hele imua, hoi ana i hope, 10.
Eia la—oe.
Hookohu Kawaikini i Waialeale.
Ua hookohukohu i Maunalima,
Ke kaena ’la i ka lehua maka noe,
E ake paha e lohe Hauailiki 15.
I ka hana wale a Kukalakamanu.
He aloha ko’u ia Aipo,
O ka ike wale aku ia Kahelekua.
Ka haiki pilikia o Koianana
Anana ia kau i pau ka loa, 20.
I pau ka laula me ke akea
Pau pono iho ’la no kou makemake,
Eia la—oe.
MOEHOLUA.
The chief is the chosen warrior, skin-striped by the kapu,
The kapu of Kukona of Ahukinioloa,
[The] sacred road from Kahiki
Comes [to] the chief, the eatable rough fish skin.
Kaulua-heavenly-altar-sacrifice, the chief. 5.
The fish of the fish-pond of Kinilau
That were caught by the hook of Manaiakalani
Do not praise the men.
The one who desired
The maile as a bed room for the auhau. 10.
The resident is signaling at the fire-place;
The all-absorbing altar of the fire at Makuaiki,
Seeking the swelling Pueo, the decoration.
Odorous mokihana, the fragrant plant of Makana
With my companion Kaana at Waialoha. 15.
There is at Honopu, Waikanaka,
A man to love should you see [him],
A companion for the lonely place,
The close companion who is residing here.
Here you are. 20.
MOEHOLUA.
O ka lani ke koa ili ohiili onionio i ke kapu,
Ke kapu o Kukona o Ahukinioloa,
Alalaa mai Kahiki
Hiki ka lani ka ia ili kalakala ili ai.
O Kaulualelemohailani ke ’lii, 5.
Na ia o ka pa ia a Kinilau,
I hoolou ai i ka makau o Manaiakalani.
Mai hoolanilani i ke kanaka,
Ka mea nana i makemake
He lumi moe ka maile no ka auhau. 10.
Ke kuehu mai ’la ke kupa i ka momoku;
Ka lele makawalu a ke ahi i Makuaiki,
E imi ana i ka liko Pueo, ke hei,
Noenoe mokihana ka ihu anu lauae o Makana
Me o’u hoa Kaana i Waialoha. 15.
Aia la i Honopu i Waikanaka,
He kanaka ke aloha i ike oe,
He kokoolua no kahi mehameha,
O ke hoa pili no ia e noho nei,
Eia la—oe. 20.
KANAINA.
The kaona flower befogs the sky,
Hanging in the smoke-house of Kanaloa Kuaana.
The red bird with two sharp defenses,
Struck by the spurs of Makakaualii,
The red makoko octopus in the deep sea. 5.
Bones of Maka hung out in the rain.
The weapon that excelled in length
Was Kane of the Iwilani rain,
Like the great heavens was the love.
The beating of the heart pained, 10.
The twisting hurt across the man’s back,
Here you are.
Nuuanu is turned to the wind;
The hands have seized the kiowao rain
Contending with Leleaanae. 15.
Waipuhia was well pleased,
The haao rain resounded with laughter;
[The] kukui consorted with the ahihi;
With the kamakahala wreath of Malailua.
I am exceedingly ashamed of you 20.
By your going around taking my name
When I flew by as a runner.
Here you are.
KANAINA.
Ka pua kaaona maka uwahi ka lani,
I kau i ka hale uwahi o Kanaloa Kuaana.
O ka moa ulahiwa i paku lua ka oi,
I ku i ke kakala o Makakaualii,
O ka hee makoko ula i ke kai eleele. 5.
O iwi kau i ka ua, a Maka,
O ka hia i pakela ka loa
O Kane i ka ua Iwilani,
Me he lani nui la ke aloha.
Ke kuikui i ka houpu a eha. 10.
Eha ka hilo ka pea kua o ke kanaka,
Eia ’la—oe.
O Nuuanu ua huli i ka makani;
Ua lalau na lima o ka ua kiowao.
E aumeume ana me Leleaanae 15.
Ua komo ka lealea ia Waipuhia,
Ke kani nei ka aka a ka ua haao;
Kukui haele me ka ahihi;
Me ke kamakahala lei o Malailua.
He lua ole kuu hilahila ia oe 20.
I ko lawe hele i ko’u inoa
Pulelo ana ’u me he wahi kukini ’la,
Eia la—oe.
LOVE CHANTS.