Volume 6 / Part 2 — Lahainaluna Chants.
Reading edition
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.