Volume 6 / Part 2 — A Lamentation for Lono-opio.1

A Lamentation for Lono-opio.1

By Pelekaia.

My companion of the rain, of the returning water,

My companion of the land of steady wind:

My husband of the night and day;

[And] calling to Kulahuhu

My beloved companion in the Lord;

My fellow-worker in Christ;

My companion in the kukui grove of Koolau; 10.

My companion in the pandanus trees of Pooku;

My companion in the hau trees of Kaukaopua;

My companion of the swelling and sandy seaweed is the man of Manuakepa;

My companion in the rain at the sands of Ona;

My companion of the hand constructed path 15.

Whereby we reached Hoohila with my husband;

My husband in [the] hot sun of Mana; 20.

My companion of the salt plain of Kalaalaau;

My companion of the sands of Kalaihi;

My companion of Kapiheakekua;

My companion of the sugar-cane digging of Kalalii;

My husband of the comforting sea-breeze of Kaali; 25.

My loved companion in the bosom of Lehua;

My companion in the Kapaahoa rain of Kahana;

My companion in the cold rain of the mountain.

Halemanu was above, 30.

Our house was below,

House of a hollow tree-trunk,

A house which was fixed and trimmed by the birds.

We were there above, residing with my husband,

My companion seeking the will of the Lord.

His will was our support in times of weariness.

My companion in the sea of Palepalemoana;

My companion at the cliff of Waahia, at Manawaohua, Wawaenohu, 40.

In the calm of Kaimaio;

[The] stratum of Keawanui.

Lono gave us strength to secure the land.

We strove together indeed, O Chief! 45.

By the chief was the land defeated;

Your land was defeated because of the dead.

At your death the first-born succeeded.

The chief gave birth at Holoholoku.