The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-07-14
Hawaiian Mele Haul ka LAM. or ''Th
Overthrow of the Islands by the Poet
Keaulumoku, Q716-S4). I
CExoLrsH MErRIcAL vERsIos)

To Lawa-lawa-i-ho-nu-a'sh host,
The Island was bestow'd, in divers lots,
Cut up you might cut a calabash,
In morceIs large and small served on a dish,
A spacious dish, with purest water cleans'd,
The Royal dish of Hilo's puissant chief,
Which by I-moku's hand was pOIish'd bright,
Kuu-kulu-a's wooden dish Of fame.
Bring here the long, straight of the bamboo,
Aku-a's sharpen'd bamboo-cane,
Bring here, bring here the with piercing point
The Ee-Ie- -pa-ka-EGni hither bring,
And let the red flesh Of the isle be cut,
lis flesh dark eoIord, sweet unto the taste,
Right thro' the navel cut, where IL is sweet,
Tis fat, the flesh of the lOw'r abdomen,
Let the hind part be sever'd the lands tall
of summer the first fruits in XII leaves wrap,
The head cut of and in the oven place,
From Lani-pa-e's groves the frewood bring;
Where the small KaLo to its fellow says:
We two are dead for the large KalO's sake,
In dread Maku-a's heated oven bak'dl
The victor who straight forward marches on,
OF his defeated foe in hot pursuit.
Just now the wretch for breaking taboo dies.
Thrown TO the sharks by order Of the priest,
His body eaten, while it floats in death.
By Hai-ua-Iu-as mandate let him die.
The land Is stricken, Ku has fed abroad,
The other gods with Ku have likewise fed,
Thou, TOO. y hu-pa-le-na mast "a en- ulgnt
OF HahO-ma-a the red tail sweeps past,
1t breaks thro' all the strongho.ds of the land.
IL leaps along the upands Of the Isle,
IL bounds unto the verge of Hi-ki-ku,
To Hiki-mo-e's limit it descends,
The land on all sides is left desoate.
The fondling of the chief the people rules,
Their lands he takes, their very lives are his,
Obsequious the people to him bow,
They feast upon bak'd KGLo at his door,
They fetch the stones from all the Island round.
The presence of Wa-ke-a awe inspires.
Like to the thunder rumbling upon high,
O'er Papa-ki-i-ki- bursting forth,
Over the plain where Kane is ador'd,
The plain where Ku and Lono reverb.
The Islands savory and luscious food
Into Hai-nu-ku-la-ni's mouth was cramm'd,
1t was collected bit by bit all round,
And stor'd by Lu-a-kai-mo-ana's hands,
Till great abundance reign'd on every side.
By Kuka-ili-moku taboo'd
The aura, since The sage Ma-le-la's day,
Forbidden by the male gods of the Isle,
But by the female gods not yet taboo'd,
At Ulu-na-e it was strictly bann'd.
Whene'er a taboo is proclaimd, the adze
Is laid a rest the tree is left unhewn;
Yet, in the inmost workings Of the mind
That thinks on evil is the taboo void,
Fen at the temple of Wa-ke-as god,
At Lku, with Ki-ha-wa-hi-ne's grace.
The land Of Puma to consume they seek,
Who search for food in time of famine dire,
Who catch the fish that swims above below,
The Amaze OF wa-i-we-la's lake;
Thence passing on to wai-a-ke-a's pool,
Thro Kula, LaPo-hu, and Pu-e-hu.
At wa-le-ka-wa-hi-ne stood the house,
The great capacious house built by the chief,
Long live the chief Ka-meha-meha bold
The Royal son of Ki-ha the divine
A chief great descends from thee, Ku!
The lesser chiefs live under his command,
The heads OF families obey his rule,
The soldiers, his brave vet'rans, own his sway,
The common people bow before his face,
Who form the population of the Isle
Now for the chief they make central feast.
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