Volume 6 / Part 2 — A Wakea Creation Chant.
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Wakea the son of Kahikoluamea.
Papa even Papahanaumoku the wife.
She brought forth also Kahikiku and Kahikimoe;
She also bore Keapapanuu and Keapapalani,
But her first-born child was the island Hawaii. 5.
The first-born child of them two,
Wakea was, acted the husband.
Papa, Walinuu was the wife.
Papa conceived the island (Hawaii).
In pregnant sickness Mauiloa was an island. 10.
Then were born quiet and restlessness;
The system of Kapus;
A distant place lying in quietness
For Ku, for Lono,
For Kane, together with Kanaloa. 15.
She brought forth with flowing of blood,
Papa was weakened at the birth of the island Kanaloa (Kahoolawe).
It was born beautiful like the birds punua and naia,
It was the child born of Papa.
Papa forsook her husband and returned to Kahiki: 20.
Returned to Kahiki she lived at Kapakapakaua,
Wakea stayed, lived with Kaulawahine,
From them was born Lanaikaula (Lanai).
Who was indeed the first-born of that woman (Kaulawahine).
Wakea sought a new wife and found Hina. 25.
Hina [when] found lived with Wakea.
Hina brought forth the island of Molokai:
Molokainui was the large island of Hina.
Laukaula the plover had told [Papa].
That Wakea was living with another woman. 30.
The chief was on fire; Papa raged with fury—a—
Papa returned from Kahiki,
She stood with jealous rage against the second wife (punalua),
Full of rage towards her husband Wakea.
She lived (moe) with Lua her new husband. 35.
[From them] Oahualua was born,
Oahualua the island child.
A child proceeding born from Lua—a—
She then returned and lived with Wakea.
From her quarrels were internal sensations (iloli), 40.
Then Papa brought forth the island Kauai.
Kamawaelualani was born an island,
Niihau was the after-birth, (eweewe)
Lehua separated them,
Kaula was the youngest, also a low flat island. 45.
From Papa is the extended creation of Lono—o—o
Lono is the lord,
The voice ringing from heaven;
The voice is uttered all nature flees in terror.
Kahai was the trumpet causing storms to flee, 50.
From the descendant, the Kamaluahaku,
Is the consent, the answering, the anointing.
The tatooing black of many shades,
The black, the black,
The darkening frequently the rain of Papa—a— 55.
Papa, Hoohokuhonua (her daughter)
Is the chief digging the trenches without smoothness
Then dressing them smoothly,
Are shaved at top to thinness.
Wakea is the head. 60.
Haloa is a grade below,
Wailoa descends from him, from him (Kakaihili),
The young man (Kakaihili) like a high chief (pueo alii).
The steadfast chief (pueo makalulu).
Dwelt swaying this way and that like a kite;
Like the kite of the kapu chiefs 65.
Strike and unite and adhere together,
So Ahukai and Laa.
Laa, Laa, Laamaikahiki was the chief;
Ahukini and Kukona were sons of Laa;
Lauli was also the son of his father Laa, 70.
These were the three sons of Laamaikahiki
The kapu first-born (three at a birth) children of Laa,
All born in one day,
Appeared at once the placenta, the mucous, with the blood.
The blood flowed at the navel, 75.
The royal navel, the points within;
The royal birth-place of chiefs,
The placenta of the chief.
Puaa was a chief the son of Kahuoi,
Kamalea was before Piliwale, 80.
Kamaiki was the son of Lena, the son of Lena.
Kahalolena, Kahalolena the descendant,
Even Kalanimanuia.
Kailikapuamanuia was the king (son of the former),
The dog of a brown hair, striped, 85.
With white cheeks, that is kapu.
That was Kaunuiakanehoalani,
This was Ipuwaiaholani.
The pain fitting the breast and joins the liver
In the small intestine, the small intestine. 90.
In the muscles opening wide the eyes
To draw aside and loosening the knot,
The chiefs assembled together.
Kauakahikuanauakanu
The wife of Iwikauikaua staid [dwelt]; 95.
She lived and obtained also Kaneikauawilani (her son),
Like the high surf breaking roughly,
It breaks double [with double force],
It bends over, it is covered with froth greatly [of chief’s],
The froth broken [in the breaking of the surf] and turned over and over into the deep. 100.
The lower part of the surf meet with the upper part;
Liloa Kaikilani Pakaalana.
Hakau was the regal offspring, the high one,
The place above floating upon the water, Umi,
The proud one, he was the first-born. 105.
To Umi also belonged mischievous haughtiness,
Superb highness, highly exalted,
Exalted was Makakaualii.
A high chief was Kamawaelualanimoku,
The calm place between two winds. 110.
The calm streak of water is Hinakuluimua,
The rise of a race of splendid chiefs,
The bud, the leaf was Kalau,
From him was Kuaiwa the royal garment.
The kapus Kukohana and Kawaluna 115.
Raised on high a flower, raised up high as one can see,
Bowed down with the weight of the kapus;
The hau tree kapu of Manauea,
The little black bills [of the fighting cocks of Mahi]
Rush together, they fight on the top of Hawaii. 120.
The clear whiteness, the fast red,
The fighting [pecking] of cocks of the royal cock-pit
Before the chief Kihanuilulumoku.
The pathway was opened by Lanakalau,
The heart of the tree leaps forth cut by the large heavy adze; 125.
The striking, striking [clicking] of the adze the tree lies in the water.
Iwikauikaua the descendant.
That [he] is the pali point of the smooth pali,
The steep pali is the road, (i.e., there is no road).
The strong ladder that shall not be broken, 130.
Not by this chief shall [he] it be broken.
Kahului is a conch shell, the chief is a fence around the island.
A high one, a high one is the chief Keakealani indeed,
Kanaloa is another high chief,
So are Keawe and Kalanikauleleiaiwi. 135.
Collected [united] of one color are hams of the chiefs.
The flesh (one colored hams meet in royal fat,) unites in the chiefs remnant,
Kalaninuiiamamao, Kalaninuiieaumoku,
Kekuiamamao the seven-fold sacred (kapu);
Eight times by the kapu, the kapu of the chief, 140.
The first-born chief of the thunder.
When the strong thunder sounds,
The chief, the King Kauhilonohonua,
The lightning smote the Hinamahuia,
The smooth pebbles for redness in the center of an oven 145.
When the stones are thrown open, the steam, the strong heat;
When the little stones are red hot from the burning fire,
The burning stones, the oven stones on fire,
The small stones thrown out being red hot,
Kalolapupukaohonokawailani, 150.
Kalanikekumaieiwakamoku,
Kalanikupuapaikalaninui,
They three were united, united at one place;
The chiefs were united at the royal baking oven,
Anointed with the fat, with the fat (wai) of men; 155.
The chiefs united were mixed together like pia ground with water;
Ground up mixed till ropy, mixed till ropy;
The chiefs mix like the long sea shell makaloloaulani (with many convolutions),
The shell makaliliko.
The shell called the likoliko so is the chief; 160.
They had one appearance, that of chiefs,
Four, five to one chief for them.
The charge is, be still, ’twas death to make a noise.
The heavens were awed, the island was silent,
Hawaii was under a kapu, he is the chief by acclamation; 165.
A rigid kapu, it shoots up and spreads abroad extensively.
The fine roots run deep, it is examined by Lono.
My yellow grass is Maheha.
The man indeed blackens the water, Kawelo himself.
The floater which causes Wailua to float, 170.
Yea truly Wailua is a house,
A long house for Kawelo;
A room set apart, (kapu) sacred as a place for births;
A chief having the side fins of a fish
With sharp prickles set upon the scales upon the tail, 175.
It is under kapu, the pit (mokilaula) for Kawelo,
A child born indeed from the eight
Certain blossoms [chiefs] of royal birth, unlike others;
Blossoms renowned called Kanikawi.
Above on the leaf called Laumalahea, 180.
The forbidden branch called Ulumeheikona;
Ulumeheikona—e—
Like a strong Kona wind is the internal love,
It now strikes violently within the bosom
Exciting like cold water the crown of the head: 185.
Like water from the mountain—le—
These (o ke aloha) are the burdens [loads] perhaps that belong to living [life],
If borne away there will be disappointment [shame],
Gratuitously giving much so great will the reproach be;
Giving on throughout the day 190.
That is the reward, your inheriting the pain,
It is a pain of your own making.
He who vilely slanders another, he is the wrong doer.
That which goes proudly and wickedly forth indeed is the wind,
He shall never perhaps see [enjoy] a calm. 195.
A fine rain, it forsakes indeed the cold wind from the mountains—
The cold wind, it breathes steam from the mouth on Hainoa;
It brings and sets up the standing cloud,
Causing to sneeze [to breathe again belongs to some winds];
Some go forth, some return from the sea as the south wind (lau eka); 200.
A gentle breeze, a fish ripple within;
It is broken up into waves, broken into steps,
It is doubled along Kona (Hawaii) itself,—i—e.
Born Was the Island Born was the island— It budded, it leafed, it grew, it was green, The island blossomed on tip, ’twas Hawaii This Hawaii was an island. Unstable was the land, tremulous was Hawaii, Waving freely in the air: Waved the earth. From Akea ’twas fastened together Quiet by the roots was the island and the land, It was fast in the air by the right hand of Akea Fast was Hawaii, by itself— Hawaii appeared an island. Ua Hanau ka Moku Ua hanau ka moku A kupu, a lau, a loa, a ao, a muo Ka moku iluna o Hawaii. O Hawaii nei no ka moku He pulewa ka aina, he naka Hawaii E lewa wale ana no i ka lani, Lewa honua Mai i Akea ua pahono ia Malie i ke aa o ka moku me ka honua Paa ia i ka lawaealani i ka lima akau o Akea Paa Hawaii la a laa Hawaii la i ikea he moku.
Old Creation Chant. (INCOMPLETE) O Kane, O Ku-ka-Pao, With great Lono, dwelling on the water, Brought forth are heaven and earth. Quickened, increasing, moving, Raised up into Continents. 5. The great ocean of Kane, The ocean with the dotted seas, The ocean with the large fishes, And the small fishes, The sharks, and niuhi, 10. The whales, And the large hihimanu of Kane. The rows of stars of Kane, The stars in the firmament, The stars that have been fastened up, 15. Fast, fast, on the surface of the heaven of Kane, And the wandering stars, The sacred stars of Kane; The moving stars of Kane. Innumerable are the stars. 20. The large stars, The small stars, The red stars of Kane, O infinite space! The great moon of Kane, The great sun of Kane, 25. Moving, floating, Set moving about in the great space of Kane. The great earth of Kane, The rain-encircled earth of Kane, The earth that Kane set in motion. 30. Moving are the stars, moving is the moon, Moving is the great earth of Kane. He Mele Koihonua. (APANA) O Kane, o Ku-ka-Pao. Me Lono-Nui-noho-i-ka-Wai. Loaa ka Lani, Honua. Ho-eu, kukupu, inana. Ku iluna o ka moku. 5. O ka Moana nui a Kane. O ka Moana i kai oo. O ka Moana i ka ia nui, I ka ia iki, I ka mano, i ka niuhi, 10. I ke kohola, I ka ia nui hihimanu a Kane. O na lalani hoku a Kane. O na hoku i ka nuu paa. O na hoku i kakia ia 15. I paa, i paa i ka ili lani a Kane. O na hoku i Kahakahakea. O na hoku kapu a Kane. O na hoku lewa a Kane. O kini, o ka lau, o ka mano o ka hoku. 20. O ka hoku nui, O ka hoku iki, O na hoku ula a Kane, he lewa.— O ka mahina nui a Kane. O ka La nui a Kane. 25. I hoolewa, a lewa. I hoolewaia i ka lewa nui a Kane. O ka Honua nui a Kane. O ka Honua i kapakapaua a Kane. O ka Honua a Kane i hoolewa. 30. O lewa ka hoku, o lewa ka malama, O lewa ka Honua nei a Kane.
Primary Gods and Creations. Kane of the great night, Ku and Lono of the great night, Hika-po-loa the king. The sacred night that is set apart, The poisonous night, 5. The barren, desolate night, The continual darkness of midnight, The night, the reviler. O Kane, O Ku-ka-pao, And great Lono dwelling on the water, 10. Brought forth are heaven [and] earth, Quickened, increased, moving, Raised up into Continents. Kane, Lord of night, Lord the father, Ku-ka-pao, in the hot heavens, 15. Great Lono with the flashing eyes, Lightning-like lights has the Lord, Established in truth, O Kane, master-worker. The Lord creator of mankind: Start, work, bring forth the chief, Ku-honua 20. And Ola-ku-honua, the woman; Dwelling together are they two, Dwelling [is she] with the husband, the brother. The chief Ku-honua [was] the husband, Ola-ku-honua the wife, 25. Kumu-honua the husband, Lalo-honua the wife, Honua-ula the husband, Lalo-honua-ula the wife, The Lepo-ahulu the husband, 30. The Lalo-lepo-ahulu the wife, The Iu-honua the husband, The Lalo-io-honua the wife, Ku-hele-loa the husband, Kolo-i-ke-ao the wife, 35. Kumuhonua of Kane the husband, Lalo Kumuhonua of Kane the wife, Hooulu the husband, Hoolaha the wife extended. The kiohala flower rises in the calm, 40. The Ilioha mischief-maker stands on the land He has caught the chief Ku-honua, [And] Polo-haina the wife, The sacred chiefs of Kane. Polo-haina the wife, 45. Uulia-wale the husband, Laa’i the wife, Laa-hee-wale the husband, Laa-make the wife, Laa-uli the husband, 50. Kanikau the wife, Kani-kuo the husband, Noho-u the wife, Noho-mihi the husband, Hukiku the wife, 55. Piliwale the husband, They became impoverished. Na Akua Mua me Koihonua. Kane-i-ka-po-loa, Ku a me Lono-i-ka-po-loa, O Hika-po-loa ke ’lii. Ka po kapu i hoana e, O ai-au ka po, 5. O kekaha ka po anoano, O mau kulu ka po-eleele, Ka po ke haiamu. O Kane, o Ku-ka-pao, Me Lono nui noho o ka wai 10. Loaa ka lani, honua, Ho-eu, kukupu, inana, Ku iluna o ka moku. Kane po Lani, o Lani makua, O Ku o ka pao i kikilani, 15. O Lono nui-maka-oaka, Huila, malamalama, loaa ka Lani, Hooia, i oia o Kane-kumu hana. O ka Lani-hookanaka. Hoi, hana, loaa ke ’Lii-ku-honua. 20. O ke Ola-ku-honua, ka wahine, Nonoho iho no laua, I hoi noho i ke kane kaikunane. O ke Lii-ku-honua, ke kane, O ke Ola-ku-honua, ka wahine, 25. O Kumu-honua, ke kane, O Lalo-honua, ka wahine, O Honua-ula, ke kane, O Lalo-honua-ula, ka wahine, O ka Lepo-ahulu, ke kane, 30. O ka Lalo-lepo-ahulu, ka wahine, O ka Iu-honua, ke kane, O ka Lalo-iu-honua, ka wahine, O Ku-hele-loa, ke kane, O Kolo-i-ke-ao, ka wahine, 35. O Kumuhonua a Kane, kane, O Lalo-Kumuhonua a Kane, ka wahine, O Hooulu, ke kane, O Hoolaha, ka wahine laha la. Ka pua kiohala, ku i ka lai, 40. Ka Ilioha kupu ino, ku iluna o ka moku, Loaa na Lii ku-honua O Polo-haina, ka wahine-la-e He mau alii kapu na Kane-e, O Polo-haina, ka wahine, 45. O Ulia-wale, ke kane, O Laa’i, ka wahine, O Laa-hee-wale, ke kane, O Laa-make, ka wahine, O Laa-uli, ke kane, 50. O Kanikau, ka wahine, O Kani-kuo, ke kane, O Noho-u, ka wahine, O Noho-mihi, ke kane, O Hukiku, ka wahine, 55. O Piliwale ke kane-la-e, Pili wale laua-la-e.
The Fall of Kumuhonua and His Wife.
O Kane-Laa-uli, uli, uli, Dead by the feast, feast, feast, Dead by the oath, by the law, law, law, Truly, thus indeed dead, dead, dead. O vanish the stars! 5. O vanish the light! In company With the moon, moon, moon, And cursed be my hand, Cut off be my course! 10. O Kane-Laa-uli, uli, uli, O Kane-Laa-huli, huli, huli, O Kane-Laa-make, make, make, Dead are you, you, you, By Kane thy god, god, god, 15. Dead by the law, law, law, Truly, thus indeed dead, dead, dead, O Kane-Laa-uli, uli, uli, O Kane disbelieving the gods, gods, gods, O Kane [returned] to the muddy waters. 20. O Kane Laa-uli-uli-uli, I make i ahaina ina-ina, I make, i hoohiki i kanawai-wai-wai, Oia nae no ke make, make-make! O hele ka hoku, 5. O hele ka malama, Ka kakai pu ae no Me ka mahina-hina-hina, A laa kuu lima la Kaapahu kuu hele e! 10. E Kane-Laa-uli, uli, uli, E Kane-Laa-huli, huli, huli, E Kane-Laa-make, make, make, O make oe, oe, oe, Ia Kane kou akua, kua, kua, 15. I make, kanawai, wai, wai, Oia nae no ke make, make, make, O Kane-Laa-uli, uli, uli, O Kane aaia, ia, ia, O Kane i ka wai lepo, lepo. 20.
The Flood. Here is the food, O God, O Kahuli, O Kahela, O the woman sleeping face upwards, O Moe of Hanuna, O Milikaa, 5. O the Lepo-ahulu, O Pahu Kini, O Pahu Lau, O Kulana of Pahu, O Ola the large fruit, O Kapapai of Laka, 10. O Manuu the mischievous, O the great supporter, awaken the world. Awake! Awake, here is the rain, Here is the day, 15. Here the mists driving inland, Here the mists driving seaward, [The] swelling sea, rising sea, [The] adjoining sea of Iku. Lo! it has encircled [us]. 20. O the foaming sea, O the rising billows, O the falling billows, O the overwhelming billows In Kahiki. Salvation comes 25. For this death by you, O Lono. An altar for you, O Lono, O Lono of the night, O Lono of the thunder, O Lono of the lightning, 30. O Lono of the heavy rain, O Lono of the terrible, divine face. O Lono, O Lono with restless eyes, Ah, fly to the northern sea, Ah, fly to the southern sea; 35. To the eastern sea, To the dark shore, to the white shore, To the dark moon, to the clear moon, O Pipipi, O Unauna, O Alealea, O glide away; 40. O Naka, Kualakai, O Kama, O shell-fish clinging to the cliffs, O Ku, altar head, Scattering the hair. O the chief’s covered canoe of the island 45. Where were deposited the words of Pii, O Kama of Poepoe, the woman of the water-bowl. Kai-a-kahinalii.1 Ei ka ai, e ka Akua, E Kahuli, E Kahela, E ka wahine moe iluna ke alo. O Moe a Hanuna O Milikaa, 5. O ka Lepo-ahulu, O Pahu Kini, O Pahu Lau, O Kulana a Pahu, O Ola ka Hua nui, O Kapapai a Laka, 10. O Manuu ke Eu, O ka paepae nui ala i ka moku la e. E Ala! E Ala e ka ua, E ka la, 15. E ka ohu-kolo i uka, E ka ohu-kolo i kai, Kai nuu, Kai ee, Kai pipili a Iku, La! e, ua puni! 20. O Huahua kai O ka ale i, o ka ale moe, O ka ale hakoikoi, I Kahiki A hiki a ola 25. No nei make ia oe la e Lono. E kaukau nou e Lono, E Lono i ka Po, E Lono i ka Hekili, E Lono i ka Uwila, 30. E Lono i ka ua loko, E Lono i ka oili maka Akua nei la. E Lono, E Lono, makahia-lele, A lele oe i ke kai uli A lele oe i kai kona 35. I kai koolau I One-uli, i One-kea, I mahina-uli, i mahina kea. O Pipipi, O Unauna, O Alealea, O hee, 40. O Naka, Kualakai, O Kama, O Opihi kau pali O Ku lele poo, O helelei ke oho. O Waa-Halau-Alii, ka moku, 45. Kahi i waiho ai na hua olelo a Pii, O Kama, a Poepoe, ka wahine i ka ipuwai. Etc., etc.
Fallen is the Chief. A Prophecy of the Overthrow of the Kingdom by Kamehameha.1 Haui ka Lani. He wanana no ka make ana o na aina ia Kamehameha.
By Keaulumoku. Na Keaulumoku.
Canto I. Pauku I.
Fallen is the chief, overthrown is the whole kingdom,
Gasping in death, deserted, forsaken in flight,
An universal overthrow is this;
A hard panting this for the speedy flight.
Numberless the cases, for the flight is everywhere. 5.
The nights declare the slaughter.
There was extended my night of death—
My real night, dark, seeing nothing,
Falling in the smooth road, on the sand.
The kingly power along with the land 10.
Are passed away, here they are with the chief.
The personal dignity of chiefs their glory, is gone,
The multitude also with them in high places,
There they are now in humble places,
They are shaken, they are scattered asunder, are destitute, dead; 15.
Wantonly slain with their harmless women.
There stand two signs of great slaughter;
The house of death for them there,—the house of safety for him here,
There is triumph for him here,—there is destruction for them there,
The people of that land are conquered, their chief is dead, 20.
Hoku has the care of the land,
The mountain tops are bare of verdure,
Burnt by the hot whirlwinds of heaven they stand;
Withering has struck them, the polluted scent rises to heaven;
The polluted scent of night contends with the great heat of day, 25.
The strong scent rises on high, the mountain tops are hot;
The mountains are covered with pointed clouds and stormy winds.
The spirit of the land is fled;
The soul of the island is flown upward.
The pebbles of Palila have appeared, 30.
The glory of the land is thrown into a place of death:—Kau is dead!
Kau is slain by these conquering forces.
The souls of the land approach, weak and staggering,
Even the enlarged ghosts of the land.
The enlarged ghosts of the three [lands] of Kau, of Puna, of Hilo. 35.
Not lately did they flee, long ago they fled conquered by the chief,
Then was finished the offering of the sacrifice by Ku.
The souls of the slaughtered are crowded together—they are dead;
They have flown to the pit,—there, where there is no repentance.
Canto II.2 Pauku II.
Alas for them, now grieving in sadness! 40.
On all sides they grieve their loss;
They sit constant with heads bowed down;
They sit with hands beneath their chins;
They feed upon their grief and their sadness;
They eat men as sweet food; the thought of flight is their constant meat 45.
The fire of death is kindled among them,—O thou Kalanimakua!
Puna is dead! Puna is dead! Puna is thrice dead!!
They live in dying sighs, they gasp for breath;
They catch their breath as in hiccough—the hiccough ends the breathing;
The breath and breathing are gone, the spirit has fled. 50.
They have forsaken the place of the sun—the place of warmth;
They have gone to darkness, to the place of cold; Lilo lakou i ka po i kahi anu;
They have leaped into darkness, the place of shivering,
The sun is departed, the warmth is changed with desolation.
The light of day is passed to the parent chief and his people; 55.
One only parent now rules over the island.
Let the chief live to extreme old age;
Let the chief live till his spirit dies;
Till the signs of his death shall pass from the land; I ka haili make o kona aina,
Till the sign of death shall pass from his district of Hilo. 60.
Hilo is in a state of dying;—even Waiakea;
Hilo is thrown down the precipice of death;
Hilo has a deathly flight;—Hilo in dying, is twisted as a rope;
The mountain part of Hilo is dead, this part wails for death;
Even now dead;—Hilo is really dead,—has disappeared in thick darkness. 65.
Canto III. Pauku III.
The divisions of Hawaii are lost,—gone to the chief.
Small now indeed is Hawaii, grasped in the hollow of the hand;
He is holding it fast, fluttering in his right hand.
Thou shalt soon see the shadow of one seizing land,
The son of Kupuapa, Kalanikupuapaikalani, 70.
The child who did the work of a chief, struggling he gained the island.
He marched boldly within the lines, Papa entered where there was a left handed fight;
He reigned in the land as with a strong arm,
Even the Chief Aneheaulaweaina,
The right hand of the sweeper of the land. 75.
There are the double tusks of Hinamoe;
Where he dwelt, there death lay;
His going forth was firm without weakness.
The chief takes hold, the work is done.
He bends his back,—they are thrown into a place of filth; 80.
They thrust each other on all sides, with broken bones they chase each other; they groan within.
The strength of the island is broken, the bones of the land creak;
Broken, they creak like a falling precipice.
The enemy wheezes, he doubles up with pain, the air is hot around him;
Sideways in the air it falls irregularly, it moves unevenly. 85.
The kingdom has become the toe-nail of the island.
The chin there it is above, the top of the head, there it is below,
Swinging back and forth.
Hawaii is a swing, it is like a rope that draws the swing;
By the pendulum swung by thee, O chief, by this chief is the overthrow. 90.
He looked this way and that in fear in the jungle
While the slaughter raged, not sparing any.
They rushed as a rushing stream,
Like the smoking oven of the volcano
When the rising steam ascends to heaven; 95.
As the constant restlessness of the high surf
When the soft coral and the hard are thrown together on the beach;
So is thrown together the refuse of the island.
Canto IV. Pauku IV.
The whole land belongs to the chief,
The chief holds the inland and the ocean; 100.
For him is the night, for him the day, Nona ka po, nona ke ao,
For him are the seasons, the winter, the summer,
The months, the seven stars of heaven now present.
All valuable property, above and below,
The chief holds all fixed property; 105.
All property that floats ashore, all fowls that light upon the land,
The thick-shelled broad backed turtle, the dead whales cut up,
And the annually appearing uhu.
Let the chief live the highest! let him ever live a chief!
Let him be borne along with honor among the short gods and the long gods, 110.
Let him go forth fearlessly, the chief in possession of the island.
Get up a dance, dance upon the dance-ground;
Let the dancers rise and fall in ranks throughout the islands,
As in going up and down along the tiresome road through Hilo,
And passing on from ridge to ridge. 115.
Spoiled meat are Kau and Puna.
They early peck each other as broods of fowls;
They early peck each other back and forth. Ke kiko koke, ke kiko aku, ke kiko mai.
Wonderfully they act! how shamefully they behave!
Shame is their pleasure, how great their disappointment! 120.
Alas for them; they are greatly disappointed.
Much less shame to the crown had he fled to Kailua in Kona.
There would be a less shame in that, but this shame exceeds the others;
They exceed in badness, deafness arises with one accord.
There was entire stubbornness, windy Kau was deaf at Keaa. 125.
Treacherous is Puna at Leleapiki as seen at Nanawale.
Hilo is making mischief at the sand of Kalalau.
She is rendered powerless, Hilopaliku is bound with hands behind.
She stands ashamed, she wanders a vagabond in the mountains;
In the uplands of Laa, in Paoole. 130.
Unsettled, the people only stay, liable to be driven off;
Their bodies carried off, the land is useless;
Cut up in patches, the people live by sufferance.
Canto V. Pauku V.
This has grown into an island sacrifice by the chief,
O Malelekuala, O Pokikaina, O Kahuaole, O Naka, 135.
O Kakae, son of Kahekili, the offering prayer is now made.
The sacrifice is proclaimed aloud to the one father:
The fresh honors of his kingdom
Are drawn along before him as a dead body slain in battle;
They are dragged hither, the districts are drawn with ropes. 140.
Who is this person, O chief, now to be offered in sacrifice?
Let the multitude shout aloud. We, we two here, men of Kukapalani,
From above is the man to be sacrificed.
What sacrifice is this? A sacrifice of the Island. He alana aha la keia? He alana moku.
The chief has a royal robe, the swelling bud of a chief is his child. 145.
The prayer by night and by day belongs to the priest declaring ancient times.
It belongs to the god to reveal the long past, it is for the people to sustain the land everywhere.
The chief offered a sacrifice, the island was free from war.
The chief offered Puna in sacrifice, of a small part of Kapueokahi.
Where the air is dry, the land is burnt, the pits have no moisture, 150.
In the dark world, no clouds float.
The torches of the lands are set up, the sea-moss stands erect for the chief.
To the pious one, to the chief, belongs the island; Ka haipule moku o ka lani,
To the resident under Ku, the chief greatly loved by Lono;
A precious one to the forty thousand gods; 155.
A descendant of Maliu also of Kaekae.
Conceived and born of such, he wishes to act the pious man.
While even yet unborn, the chief was a breaker of nuts, Iloko noki o ka opu, ka wawahi hua o ka lani,
He broke the young coconuts of the night—
Fresh coconuts of clear water, clear as the light. 160.
Akea remained unknown in ancient times, now appears upon the rostrum.
Appears the wonder of the island.
The image gods now stand full in their places;
In the house built for the gods, there the people hear the worship.
’Tis ours to listen to the sounds we now hear, 165.
A sound of island flight perhaps.
Not indeed long ago the island people fled
At the setting of the sun; Hilo fled in the evening,
Puna fled in the morning, at the sun’s high noon Kau fled.
All done quickly in a single day. 170.
Quickly were they subdued by strength, dizzy the island rolled over and over;
Hawaii was tamed by the chief and his warriors;
They consult respecting the koali blossom, a balm for the eyeball of the island,
That the obscurity of the eye might cease.
The white matter flows out from the eye, 175.
The wild gushing tears cease to fall. Pau ae ka waimaka hihiu.
The island also was untamed, that the chief well knew.
On his becoming guardian it was more and more tamed,
It was caught with a rope, the voice soothing the island was a net,
It was well fed with the bait, it was choked with the cuttle-fish. 180.
He fed the small fish, he gathered them together like the bonito,
He filled their open mouths with the bait.
Streams of country people of the island follow;
Here the red tail of the land sweeps around
Like a well fed favorite dog. 185.
Shall these lands escape from Kaiolenakamau,
The first of soldiers that ever appeared?
He is a soldier of uncommon personage, strangely unlike another,
The hair of his head stands erect;
Bristling upwards are the hairs of the head of Keohohiwa. 190.
A dark redness all over had the chief;
A ferocious boar, a swine strong rooting,
Up-turning the islands;
The island is enlarged by the chief, he obtained it in the day of [his] strength.
Canto VI. Pauku VI.
The chief is strong in exercise—rapid in movement. 195.
The breaking light of morn, the sudden flash of light is Leimanomano.
The Haili, the strong bird, bearing off the living men;
The bird floating high in air and singing in its flight, the Kiwaa flying with a song.
The hovering Io gently floating off,—the progenies of chiefs.
Halulu and Hiapo are the pins fastening the parts falling to pieces. 200.
The strong reef of the land, the flocks of Koae, a bird descended from Kuala;
A blossom breaker, a fine rain of a high cloud on the bud of the island.
The tail feathers guide, the long tail of the bird of early flight;
The Ao singing loudly is the chief, he flaps his wings upon the mountains;
He flaps his wings upon the mountains, waking up the mountain people of Haili. 205.
They are suddenly aroused at the boldness of the chief;
The chief shows himself bold at Kukuipahu;
He commanded with a loud voice, there is great silence above;
The loud voice cried, the people all fled quickly;
Hilo people ran inland, they rushed inland of Makaholo. 210.
The head of the upland is broken,
Very much broken by Akakalani; astonishing was their cowardice;
The hair of the coward trembles; full of fear, he crawls away and crouches like a fowl,
Trembling at the voice of the soldier,—the chief,
His voice sounds on high like a voice of thunder. 215.
But the chief is a fowl sitting quietly upon its roost.
Astonishing is the transfer of Hawaii!
Canto VII. Pauku VII.
Hawaii is a cock-pit, on the ground the well fed cocks fight;
The chiefs fight, the dark-red [cock] the bird awake at night for battle;
The young man fights bravely, Loeau the son of Keoua. 220.
He sharpens his spurs, he picks up something;
He scratches in the ground of this Hilo,
On the sand of Waiolama. I ke one i Waiolama.
He plants the soldier’s standard, the dust is raised on high as in a whirlwind;
Quickly flows the perspiration on the brow of Laniulimahiia; 225.
That he might secure the battleground of Mokuohai, robbed at Keei;
That he might collect the property staked, at the sand beach in Hauiki.
There was a chief, this was a chief; the stake was the island.
There [at Keei] the property was staked, the game was played to utter loss.
He strikes the goal, he counts double, he quickly counts what he has gained. 230.
’Tis he who staked the land, he claps his hands, he is the chief who staked the island.
That chief was Kauikeaouli, this chief was Kalaninuilanimehameha,
He is the person who caused the flight.
Did he flee secretly, did he vanish in darkness? He hee malu auanei a nalo i ka poeleele?
Did he gain a secret hiding place? No, 235.
He fled at noon, while the sun was high.
The small man saw him and the large man;
The tall man saw him and the short man Ike kanaka loa kanaka poko.
At the camp ground of Akahipapa.
Thou gavest up thy life, thy death; 240.
The south land and the north are gone; Lilo ka hema me ka akau.
There they are now lost, grudge not to yield them, dispute not, hold not back.
Give up to him what he has gained, with his joy,
That his followers may be glad, the high officers of trust.
He is a well fed fowl, the chief is a finished man. 245.
Warmed in the fire-house until the stiffened feathers rattle;
Of varied colors, like the many colored paddles, like the piles of kauila timber.
The feathers rise and fall when the cock spurs;
The cock spurs south and then spurs north, Paku ka hema paku ka akau;
’Till one great spur blow of itself 250.
Hits the head, he flees, much wounded.
The chief bites like a dog, he scratches the ground like a fowl; Hae ka lani helu i ke kahua,
The foot scratches, the soft dust flies upward, Helu ka wawae ku ke’hu,
It sweeps past, the dust is raised in frequent whirls toward heaven.
The dust in great clouds appears from the mountains, in yellow flames the red dirt passes to the sea. 255.
Like the coming of a red shower, so is the soldier’s person, the chief.
He is the chief, the son of a chief.
Is the chief the soldier that he should take pleasure with the holua?
Will he talk deceitfully to please the deceived ones?
They are boasters who occupy the house; 260.
Those boast without cause who enjoy the island. E haakei wale ai no ka aimoku,
A multitude of parents will waste, holding what the mind has proudly laid up;
They eat at leisure, sitting on their hams, in small and in large houses.
The full supplied plate is the wooden plate.
The high raftered sleeping house with shelves across, 265.
The long house, the eating house of women.
They spread down the rushes; upon them they spread the mat;
They lie with heads on pillows raised in dignity.
The fly-brushes at the door wave to and fro, the door is shut, the black kapa is drawn up.
Run, hide a little in quiet sleep, dismiss fatigue and care. 270.
They take their siesta, ’tis silent where noises are forbidden. Kauaikanana ka moe, kilou i na wawa kapu,
If they sleep two and two, double is their sleep.
Pleasant is food of large landed men.
In parrying spears the chief was strong, breaking their points was sweet.
Pleasant in the season of fish or food, when he is filled with both. 275.
Thou art satisfied with food, thou common man;
To be satisfied with lands is for the chief.
He says, “I will eat, I will consume the sweet remnants.
The bundles of food around the country.”
The thoroughly baked food of the island; bring here, 280.
Bring here, let the chief eat. E ho mai e ai ka lani.
Canto VIII. Pauku VIII.
Let the chief enjoy Hawaii to wrinkled old age,
The noble sea-moss walks the chief, a noble upright chief;
An upright chief; an upright chief, entirely upright;
Entirely just he shall enjoy the land. 285. Pono wale ia e ai mai la, 285.
He enjoys the land Hawaii of Keawe.
Hawaii is from ancient times, Keawe is recent; O Hawaii kahiko, o Keawe ka i lalo,
The chief Malela was thy predecessor.
Malela arose, the strong east wind,
The furious east wind, when it rushes on like fire; 290.
But the strongest east wind is the chief Akaleiohua,
Of Kalaninuilanimehameha the kapu chief.
A real kapu chief, all sacredness belongs to him;
Deep homage is his or burning; the chief’s attendants all bow to this chief.
He is, first, a high chief; second, of late a conquering soldier. 295.
The chief is the man, the high soaring bird of Ku.
A man from the very high place, the high place of the wind of Laa.
The Kameeliko of the high chief, the descendant of Hoomilialau,
The source of winds which come forth and become men.
The chief comes forth a man but god like. 300.
The beginnings of the winds as they come from the clouds;
The bud, the swollen bud, the opening, the leaf of the wind;
The wind, the whirlwind breaking vegetation;
The wind, the whirlwind twisting bananas. O ka makani kuhonua hililaumaia,
The bananas of Humuula are twisted, defiled by the chief: 305.
The remnants of bananas by Palila eaten, even the lower, small ones;
All are swept away by the chief, yea every one,
From Kaholoiki to Kaholonui.
The large banana fields sacred to Niheu twisted in their rows
On the upland of Wilikulamanu, at Laumaiakemilia, 310.
At Laumaiakenahae, at Malele, at Malaekahana,
When Kahikolani and Puukahonua were chiefs of few men of the island.
The strong one at Wawau, whose children are the present lawless race.
The windy form is his, the raging wind and the soft breeze,
The strong kona of six teeth, of the province of Heapuku; (konohiki) 315.
The wind in sudden gusts, that is it of Hanaia when it shall come;
The stirring wind, the sweeping rain, the double forced storm of winter;
A straight down falling rain, the rain without wind, with wind as at Kona;
This is the chief, the strong wind, the wind of Kona,
The strong rushing wind breaking down villages, 320.
Laying waste the land, the very Kamaniheunonea.
The bearded beauty, son of the chief Kuakaa,
Who overturned the hill-top swept into silence by the chief.
The upland of Pumaialaukupono on the top of Laa; Ka uka o Pumaialaukupono i ke poo o Laa;
Calmly the chief sits at leisure 325.
Upon the mountain neck of Kumoho;
Resting the foot on the top of high Kumoho.
Canto IX. Pauku IX.
Exalted sits the chief and from on high looks forth;
He views the island; far down he sees the beauteous lands below.
Much sought after, hoped for, the island as sought for is seen, 330.
It stood plainly, it was examined carefully;
The timbered capes of Puna were examined; Ua kilokilohia na lae laau o Puna,
Kau burnt with the sun was scrutinized, ’twas kicked at with the foot; Kilohia Kau o haoa, keehia aku kapuai,
The top of Maunaloa is looked upon;
Like a spotted mat is seen the mountain top of Papai, the mountain range, 335.
The top of Kaiholena trembles, and the still higher head of Kaumaiikaohu.
The highlands of Pakua are cleanly swept of people, and thus they lie
As trodden by the soldiery, the short maloed soldiers of the chief.
Ye robbers, ye vagabonds, ye poor without land,
Ye wanderers in the highway, ye people of Kaipuu in Kapapala; 340.
Ye have been broken by the soldiers, the forest is clean swept away;
It is all swept off; the spittle is corrupted;
They are all mixed up, greatly demoralized, being rubbed together.
The multitude who labor, the people of Kaunuikuamakani;
The froth, the low common people; 345.
The mass of common people; the bald-headed;
The multitude of farmers of Kau;
To cover with bundles of grass the road of Kapaukua.
Is the chief thy companion that you should dare to rebel?
Do you play the game of moa? This is another thing, a chief! 350.
He is a chief! a fighting chief! The common people fight with common people;
The low fellows with low fellows as they say; the clod-hoppers with the servants.
Great pity for thee,—be greatly ashamed,
Thou little sneaking dog; thou branded servant;
Thou ancient resident of Naalehu; thou wast sent for to be hanged. 355.
The wakeful birds from ancient time remain.
The vagabond, unstable as the wind, stays on the cape of Kunounou.
Slaughter upon slaughter, Koolau’s people were trodden under foot.
Thy sandals, O Kohala, send and trample down, O Kona;
Stop thy wicked mouth against the chief, 360.
The sorcery of Kahaulu,—his worthless words of double meaning,
The guilty one of great offenses, let him die. Is there destruction for the upright?
Shall he be thrown among the boxers? No.—
He only should be kicked—kicked often with the foot.
The dead tree—now a common man. 365. Ka laau make o ka noa, 365.
Shall there be a royal slaughter made for you? Let him be set apart for the spear;
For the long-speared soldier of Lono;—speak to the sharpening stone;
The wooden broadsword of two edges; the ene weapons of sharp teeth.
He is the great ulae with sharp projecting teeth.
Such was thy instrument to destroy the evil. 370.
Is it an evil to increase hereafter? It is an evil to be shunned,
It is a small offense in the list of chiefs? There he showed his face;
A grandchild of a servant,
Born of ancient Hana of Kahuku;
The children of orphans, tossed back and forth; 375.
A criminal on the sea of Kaaawa, according to the law of Kaihehee.
The sea-moss floating ashore at Kauwahine;
Sea moss floating, sea moss a watcher guarding the harbor.
Ye are brought hither as a beacon for Unulau,
To be a guard for Halaea; death crawls there from Oahu, 380.
A thrifty growing plant extending to Kau;
It shoots up, leaves out, and sends forth branches there.
Bring here, O bring here; bring here the prisoners for slaughter:
Slaughtered inland, slaughtered by the sea-side: Nokea i uka, nokea i kai,
A slaughter with defilement of blood, thoroughly destroyed. 385.
A place bound in darkness, awful darkness;
A place bound in darkness, thousand fold darkness.
A shark going inland is my chief, He mano holo uka kuu lani,
A very strong shark able to devour all on land;
A shark of very red gills is the chief, 390.
He has a throat to swallow the island without choking.
Lands in working dress are Kau and Puna;
Lands where my chief may freely go, as thou knowest.
Puna is a land where he may eat himself alone;
It is a land unfortified for my chief, thou knowest. 395.
Hilo is a land not surely captured for my chief, thou knowest.
Keaau of Waiakea is a fish calabash, the cover is Olaa,
What belongs to other calabashes, belongs to Lawalawaihonua.
Canto X. Pauku X.
Lawalawaihonua and company was the large calabash,
They were cut up short as if for a small dish; 400.
Cut up small and mixed together. Pokepokea iho poke iho.
They were stirred together in the gravy dish:
They gave them into the gravy dish in clear water;
Into the royal dish of the chief of Hilo. I ka ipu nani a ka lani o Hilo.
It was polished by Imoku till beautiful, 405.
The wooden vessels [calabashes] of Kulukulua.
Fetch the bambu, bring here the bambu, Kii mai ka ohe, homai ka ohe,
The sharp bambu of Lono.
Bring here, bring here, Homai la e homai—.
Bring the [sharp] bambu of Lelepakalani. 410.
Let the red flesh of the island be cut,
It is dark colored flesh, it is sweet-tasting flesh.
Let it be cut through the navel flesh where it is sweet.
That is fat flesh, the flesh of the lower abdomen;
Let the hinder part be cut, the tail of the land. 415.
Wrap it up in ki leaves the first fruits of summer.
Cut off the head and put it in the oven
For a supply hereafter.
Let fuel be brought from inland of Lanipae Kii ia ka wahia i uka o Lanipae
Where the kalo is small. 420.
We two are dead by the large kalo, dead—
Dead in the heated oven of the pious parent
Who walks straight forward a Kukoae [as a god],
He goes after [the enemy], he is dead, is dead indeed. Kena a make—make—ia—a
Just now died the offender for breaking kapu; 425.
Given up to the prayer of the priest
The dead body in the sea, and mutilated in death.
Thou are dead, O Hainalua,
The land is slain, Ku is fled abroad;
Fled together sinking and rising [as gods fly]. 430.
Thou art flying hence, O Kupalena. Amio oe, e Kupalena,
The red tail of Hahomea
Breaking through indeed the forces of the leaders;
Thou art jumping to the upland of the island;
Thou art leaping to the Hikiku; 435. Leia oe ma ka Hikiku; 435.
Thou are leaping to the Hikimoe; Leia oe ma ka Hikimoe;
That land is left behind.
The land has become the favorite’s, Ka honua no ko kamaiki,
Its breath even belongs to him; O ke ea ka ko i ana;
The people all adhere to him; 440. He mea pili wale no kanaka; 440.
Their food indeed is baked kalo. He mea ai na kalo moa.
They fetch the stones from all the island round.
His master comes in the presence of Wakea. Ka mai kona haku i ke alo o Wakea.
The thunder on the ground, the thunder in the air,
It moves along over Punaluu and Papakiikii, 445.
Over the plain where Kane was worshiped;
On the plain where Ku along with Lono [was worshiped]. I ka papa a Ku ma laua o Lono.
There was adorning, the mixed sweet food of the land Hanaia i nani i wali ka inai o ka moku
Was given into the mouth of Hainukulani;
There it was gathered, collected, 450.
By Luakaimoana [god of that place].
They were gathered in sufficient abundance; Ohiohia mai a lako wale na;
The awa was prohibited by Kukailimoku;
It was the god’s kapu through Malela; O ko akua kapu hoi e Malela;
The kapu also by the male gods; 455. Kapu hoi i na ’kua Kane; 455.
But they ate together with the female gods.
But his awa was prohibited Ulunae;
[The priest] proclaimed a kapu, the adze rests;
The adze that was hewing at the eternal thought,
At thy offence of inward evil thought. 460.
There is the breaking of the kapu Aia ka wahi kapu
At the stand of the god pardoning offence of Wakea.
The assembly of worshipers of Iku, by the power of Kihawahine,
Greatly desiring to consume the land of Puna.
That is food for that many bodied woman. 465.
For the fish lying on the surface of the water; the milo below;
For the mullet swimming in the lake Waiwela,
Passing thence to Waiakea,
Through Kula, through Kapoho, through Puehu, through Kumukukui.
The houses stood at Walekawahine, 470. Ku aku na hale i Walekawahine, 470.
The capacious house built by the chiefs.
Let him live forever. O let him live; E ola,—e—e ola,—
Let the chief live, the royal festoon of Kiha.
This chief is thine, O Ku!
Let the little chiefs under him live, 475.
Let the father chiefs live under his protection;
Let the soldiers live who fought in former times,
Let the mass of people live—the common people;
Those who make the collected body of the island Ka mea nana ka aha moku—e—a—
Who prepare and put in order the feasts. 480.
Canto XI. Pauku XI.
The royal feast in the presence of Ku:
Kahuilalani giving food in abundance and overflowing;
In great abundance of food that men may live.
He has an abundance at the assembly of the chiefs. Apiapikana ka aha a ke ’lii.
Let all the lands lie hushed in silence; 485.
Let the chiefs assemble the multitude into a company,
To eat the good collections of the land.
Let the land of Maui belonging to Kama be searched,
And the four islands of Kalakaua;
Let Oahu first be swept clean by Kuihewa; 490.
Let the region of Ewa [be swept], even Lihue of Hoalani,
O thou white land, thou child of Laa.
The land of Kauai appears belonging to Manokalani,
The island of Kealohikikaupea.
Come ye [to Hawaii] and dwell with propriety; 495. Hele mai e noho i ka pono; 495.
Sit down at the feast of the chief that he may be honored. E noho i ka ahaaina a ka lani i nani ai.
The chief holds a feast throughout Hawaii. Ahaaina ka lani iluna o Hawaii.
The line of separation is set up, a line from ancient times;
The cord, the sign of separation; Ka aha hailona i kaawale;
And the chief is separated like the head-dress from the head. 500.
The cord [called] Mahilipine and Mahilika,
The cord manawaauea,
The cord even to show a person [not to enter]. Ka aha hoi i ke kanaka i akaka
To sit down also, to sit silently in rows—
The knees alike, holding fast the legs, 505.
That the service might be proper in the congregation of the island.
Let Kohala people crowd in; slip along a little,
Let the valley people move over with Waipio’s;
Let Koolau’s people go out separate;
Let Hilo be beautiful to those observing, 510. I maikai Hilo ke nana mai, 510.
That they may see clearly the breasts of the people. I ike pono i ka umama o kanaka.
Let Hiloone crawl upon the knees; so Waiakea,
Let Puna stay, the land blown on by the wind. E noho Puna, ka aina i ka makani.
Kau sits uprightly, sits quietly,
Kona sits undisturbed as in a calm. 515.
Kona is under a kapu respecting awa, they are in pleasure together
For the chief’s sake, for Paiea, for Liloa.
Red is the koaekolo, a koae from Nihoa.
The singing voice of the pleasure conch is heard; Hoolono ia ’ku ke kani a ka pu lealea;
The conch proclaiming a kapu is sounded, 520.
The kapu of the chief is determined on,
The sound rings through Kona, the awa is kapu;
The awa kapu by the chief, the kapu of the chief.
The living awa of the chief, let him live to old age.
The feasting awa of the chief till he walks with his staff; 525.
The feasting awa of the chief till he walks in a tremor;
The feasting awa of the chief till he goes on four,
When he sits doubled up, bound fast, unable to speak.
But the king’s awa causes men to sit still;
The awa of the kapu Koolei to the time when old age seizes the hands, 530.
To the sixth generation, to the seventh, Makuaono, makuahiku,
To the eighth, to the ninth, Makuawalu, makuaiwa,
[Till the] chief becomes dark water. Wai eleele ka lani.
The chief drank in Kona, at Kahaluu,
Of the water of Waiakapo. 535.
He destroyed the youngest child of Umi
In the calm of Ehukaipo.
In the time of the hot sun when it was calm,
In the bosom of Ahuina there at Kailua
He ate to the full, was satisfied with the fat of the island. 540.
Let the chief eat; E ai ka lani;
The chief ate the rich dainties of the land.
He ate consuming the property of the island;
The remnant was burnt, it was thrown into the pit of filth;
Into the vomit of Hawaii. 545.
Into the chewed matter of the chief throughout the island.
Canto XII. Pauku XII.
Here is thy island, O chief! Eia ko moku, e ka lani!
The top knot of hair of him standing erect;
The flowing dawn of the rising god [Oulu].
Above Oulu he lies 550. I luna o Oulu ke moe— 550.
Above the kapu gods, even Lono; O na ’kua kapu o Lono;
Above the relatives of ancient chiefs.
O thou chief,— E ka lani e,—
Thou Kalaninuikuhiwakawaka; E Kalaninuikuhiwakawaka;
Thou dispersest light every way, thou showest thy descendants— 555. Kuhikuhi wakawaka kuhi kau kama. 555.
Thy descendants have passed before the chief.
There was the striking, the boxing is past;
The fighting assault, the royal contest;
The kapued prostration of the boxers,
The boxing going forth, he is the strong ohia; 560.
The ohia tree, the devoted to Ku.
Ku separates the ohias.
Wonderful is his exclamation.
A broad leafed ohia, a heiau of living sacrifice
Before the heiau, even Kanoa. 565.
There shall be led the multitude of worshipers,
O thou who hast destroyed the land!
Tell thou to the chief what is right; E hai ae ai ka pono i ke ’lii;
To his counselors of the island;
To Ku, even Kunuiakea. 570.
At evening bow down at kapu service of the island: Ahiahi hoomoe ka aha o ka moku;
In the morning put up the twisted cord over all the island; Kakahiaka kau kaula lino moku peapea;
On that day proclaim throughout the land Ka la e kukala ai ka aina
The konohiki is a leaning tree.
O ye poor people, changing this way and that, 575.
The dark haired, the red, the standing hair, the curly haired, the long smooth haired;
The malo upon the loins;
The tatued thigh, the cunning mouth where the chief lives. Ka uha kakau, ka waha maalea i kahi alii.
The multitude of that war, Ke kini o kela kaua,
The hosts of this war, 580. Ka poe o keia kaua, 580.
Ye flatterers, stingy, slippery in thought, go farther off;
Ye whose office is swollen words, paying with vanity;
To please, to feed the vanity;
To satisfy [the chief] in his house. Hoowalea oloko o ka hale.
The chief has a lameness, 585.
The parent is a kinsman, the kindred are possessors of land.
These indeed are the people about the king Oia kanaka no ia o ke ’lii
Exciting him to go this way and that, E hoeueu e holoholo ana i o i anei,
Taxing themselves much to think for him Noonoo iho ana ka noonoo
Seeking out their personal skill. 590. Imi iho ana ke kino akamai. 590.
Pull away [ye advisers], pull away,
Let the root of Kuaana be pulled up;
The tap root, the side roots of Kekuahuia;
The roots of Akaanuioleloloa.
Pick off its leaf bud and let it dry, 595.
Let him sidle down. Noho wale ia,
Go for the huli, let it grow thriftily,
O thou chief! spread abroad, increase the people; Hoolaha kanaka e ka lani;
Assemble the people for Puna, for Kukii,
These are all Kamehameha’s people, 600. Ko Kumehame a pau, 600.
The kapu of Lono is at an end.
The chief is engaged in religious thoughts and deeds,
At Wahaula [temple] is his engagement.
There indeed will end the passing year;
The chief will begin a new year in Puna. 605. E makahiki ai ka lani iluna o Puna. 605.
Canto XIII. Pauku XIII.
In years the chief united the districts,
Stood and defended the reports of the land
[Which,] rising north, swept south in his island. Ulu akau hoi hema i kona moku,
[He] established the sacred temple of Lono
And published relief for the distressed, 610.
Removing the defilement of his land,
Thus obliterating the distress of his land.
The time of restless wandering is past,
The fears are displaced by universal peace;
Purifying the land, the living is in comfort, 615.
Tranquility pervades the masses,
Silence prevails.
The chief changes; what is the chief doing?
What indeed is the chief doing in front?
[He is] standing to inquire of the gods, 620.
To recompense the lords,
Piikua together with Leiau. Ia Piiku laua o Leiau,
They were instructors of the day and night lessons.
The companions showed the kapu observances,
Carefully [instructing] till the chief was proficient. 625.
Kauai heard it at Papaenaena,
At Hanahananui Laniakea,
At the house adjoining the land of Wakea people.
Sea waves are the teeth of Ku.
Dark clouds are the eyes of Ku. 630.
Of Kapilikea, Kapilikea treading his island,
Spreading the spider-web
For the spider’s eradication of all ills. I ka punananana nai ea,
Swept is the island of trouble makers, Pau ka nana nanaiea a ka moku,
Clearly plain is the welfare of the land, 635.
The chief has established his authority,
Planted the food, restricted [it till] ripe, broke the sugar cane,
The bananas ripen, pigs are raised, Pala ka maia, ke a ka puaa,
The dogs fattened, the cock’s spurs sharpened, Welu ka ilio, kakala ka moa—e,
The awa ripens, the wauke has fruited. 640. Lena ka awa, hua ka wauke, 640.
Plant the coconut of the chief, Kanu ka niu a kalani ma,
The coconut of Kane-i-honua. Ka niu a Kane-i-honua,
Radiating the length of Hawaii
Houses stand apart in pairs,
[As] in the time of Wakea’s reign. 645.
Great Wakea was the land’s life of the chief Haloa,
Hawaii was part of his flesh,
At the foundation of the land.
They ate and were nauseated;
They were surfeited with wealth; 650.
The store houses were filled: Ua piha na hale papaa,
There was no space for garments, He aahu wahi noho ole,
The calabashes were stored within Hookuonoono na ipu iloko,
With the prolific gourd of Kama.
Seen covering houses and trees in growth, 655. Ike aa kau hale a kawowo i kawiliwili, 655.
Gourd-hanging wiliwili at Naalehu, Na wiliwili kau ipu a kaalehu,
Growing and fruiting on the trees. I kau a hua iluna o ka laau,
The chief wielding the weapon strikes squarely on Hanakahi,
Breaking Hilo’s brains, oozing slippery at the thrust,
[At] the slopes of Halai. 660.
Paikaka is linked in companionship,
Struck with the kapa beater the alaea water overflowed.
Blood flowed, flowed below the wet land, Kahe koko kahe ilalo ka wai aina,
Changing correctly the sacrifice,
That the sacrifice for Hilo [might] be acceptable. 665. I pono ke oma ia Hilo, 665.
The sacred awa borne in procession,
With morning [gathered] awa, Me na awa kakahiaka,
As [an] offering for sanctification E kaumaha i pono ka ai,
To enlarge the power of the god I nui ka mana o ke Akua,
[To] curse contending forces, 670.
Those many composers
That informed him. Kona heard;
The stones were at once arranged in order,
Arranged from morn till noon, Ke ao haku ke awakea,
At evening was seen some fruit of their labors, 675.
The fat oopu,
The okuhekuhe inhabiting streams, Ke okuhekuhe moe wai.
An offensive fish of an offensive pond. Ia hauna la o hauna loko,
On the day following their disbelief,
We took, with my chief, 680.
Took the authority with the land. Lilo ke’a me ka aina,
The chief possessed the flat land, Lilo ka honua ia kalani,
Possessing even to the shore. Nee wale ana i kahakai.
They had no land to be lorded over.
Thou wilt lord the floats of sea moss 685.
On the sea-foam. Huna o ka huahua kai,
Movable has become the district,
Unstable is the land by those fleeing; Olewa ae la ka aina na hehee,
Like mixed arrowroot the tongue is disjointed,
The dark paddle of the lips. 690.
The boasting mouth has arisen,
The words of reply have passed,
Wakea has become parent, Ua kaa makua o Wakea,
Removed to the grassy nest.
They are stripped in the mountain, 695. Hapapa wale i ka mauna, 695.
Huddling at the summit,
Covered with leaf-joined garments, Aahu i ke kui lau hulu,
Twisting uneasily in the sand
Like a worm wiggling in the dust,
Dust was the warming garment 700. He lepo ke kapa e mehana ai—la, 700.
Of the many composers here. O na kini haku mele nei.
Canto XIV. Pauku XIV.
O Hina, O Hina of heavenly song!
O Kiha, O supernatural Kihawahine! E Kiha, e Kihawahine mana,
O Hina, O Hina of heavenly song! E Hina, e Hina mele lani,
O Kiha, O supernatural Kihawahine! 705. E Kiha, e Kihawahine mana, 705.
O supernatural Kihawahine, the supreme head!
Increase the power of thy lord, I nui ka mana i ko oukou Haku
The power of thy chief, Umi,
That wise prophet indeed, that there Oia kaula mana hoi oia aia,
Procured and ate the eyes of the body 710.
Of the blanched crackled-back;
Skin crackled as of the (shell-fish) ina, Ua aaka ili paka kuaina la,
[Like] small female white rodents, Wahine iki iole keokeo,
White rodents fleeing to the thicket,
Running below Kahilipali, 715. Holo aku lalo o Kahilipali, 715.
Descending seaward of Kauwa. Iho kahakai o Kauwa,
Together they all fled; O kona hee no a hakua mai,
With your lord did you flee, Me ko haku no i hee ai,
Entangling Hilo with wild waste, I loku ai Hilo i kanahele,
To thwart the footsteps 720. I olokea ai ka wawae, 720.
Of Punanui Kumakahe, O Punanui Kumakahe,
A noni-juice itch producer,
A berry red is his,
The doubly enjoyed water is this O ka wai paa lua keia,
Whereby the chief boasted of death doings, 725.
By the victory of his warriors. No ko ka puka o ka paa kaua,
Kanekapolei has capitulated,
He was indeed the war-club Oia iho i ka palau,
Annihilating above Kopekope,
Desolating by the unerring spear. 730. Ua kopea ke aku ihi, 730.
O chief, O distinguished one! E ka lani, e ke aiwa,
O thou light, light of the island! E ka a, a o ka moku.
The peopled hills are Haui’s victory!
Canto XV. Pauku XV.
Blinded are the eyes of the gods with salt,
Seasoned are the edges of the eyelashes 735.
Throughout the island of the chief—
Standing high stripping Hawaii bare.
The chief, who will he be?
Placed over the districts? Ke o i na moku,
Who are the settlers of the land, 740.
That can correctly point the finger E kuhi pono aku ai ka lima,
To indicate his portion of the district? I kai hoi o ka moku i kena la—
To send indeed, E kena—no,
To send by the numerous [followers]
Those who supported the cause of the chief, 745. Ka poe i hoa ka waa o ke ’lii, 745.
The buoyant land growth,
Producing people for the chief. E ulu ae i kanaka o ke ’lii,
The increase of those twin chiefs
Kauwau together with Kiha, O Kauwau, laua o Kiha,
Of the branch of Mahi of I. 750.
Severed was the elder brother’s line,
Keawe-i-kekahi-alii-o-ka-moku. O Keawe-i-kekahi-alii-o-ka-moku,
That belonging to the sister, O ka ulu o kaikuahine,
The chiefess Kauleleiaiwi, O ka lani Kauleleiaiwi,
Hers was the red encircling kapu, 755.
The red placed on commanding officers,
Lani-epa, the husband,
Lani-malama-iluna, the wife, Lani-malama-iluna ka wahine,
Lani-ae-ae, Lani-ae-ae, Lani ae ae, lani ae ae,
Lani-piikoi-elelani, the husband, 760. Lani piikoi-elelani i ke kane, 760.
Their offspring [was the] chief Kupuaopa-i-ka-lani, Kolaua ulu kalani Kupuaopa-i-ka-lani,
Perplexed, many branched
Are the births of the high chiefs. Ka hanau ana o na o na ’lii nui,
Excelled is the chief, sounds many voices,
Simply saying in talking to you, 765. E i wale aku no la, e olelo aku ia oe, 765.
O great Kau, of dust eye:
O Puna, of thorny pandanus:
O Hilo-iki, of black edges;
Born approvedly was the lone one,
A renowned head for Hawaii. 770.
Born and recognized by man,
Only a night man
But flesh before us.
No image man was this chief, Aohe kanaka kii onei alii,
None followed [simply] for the fish for the food, 775.
Nor soldiers [simply] for the garments and the malos, Aohe koa na ke kapa na ka malo,
They were true warriors all. He kini koa ponoi wale no,
They were [all] companionable, overcame the complaint,
The anger, Ka-hu-hu,
The quarreling. 780. Ka-pane-pane, 780.
The frequent command Ke-kena a kenakena,
Emanated from here, Mai nei la,
To send indeed, E kena no,
To send and bid the chief to awake!
They awoke at midnight in response, 785. E ala ka po ana lia i mai, 785.
They hastened and lit the lamps, Hoolale ia ku puhia ke kukui,
Partook of the food, partook of the food. E ai i ka ai, e ai i ka ai,
[They] considered the prospects,
Measured off the line of the fisherman,
Fastened on the fish-hook securely, 790. Malia mai ka makau ka i paa, 790.
For the fish, the fish, I ka i-a, i ka i-a,
The canoe, Ka-waa,
The paddle, Ka-hoe,
The bailer, Ke-ka,
The seating. 795. Ka-noho ana, 795.
Carrying, Ha-paina,
[And] departing. Hele-a,
Go and embark the land-fisher. Ahele a ae ka lawaia moku,
Wide are the shallows for fishing, Ua akea ke kohola e lawaia ai,
The ocean is broad, it is unconfined, 800. Ua laula ka moana ua liuliu, 800.
From that sea to this sea, Mai kela kai, a keia kai,
From Kumukahi to Alenuihaha [channel]. Mai Kumukahi a Alenuihaha,
There the fishermen prosecutes his fishing, Ilaila e lawaia ai ka lawaia,
Pointing truly with the finger, E kuhi pono aku ai ka lima,
Completely closing the channel. 805. E pane pono aku ai ka waha, 805.
The land was safely guided that day. I kai hoe o ka moku i kena la,
Send indeed, E kena-no—
Send indeed, O chief, E kena-no—O ka-lani-e,
[The] declaration is raised.
