The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-06-30
Hawaiian Mele Haul ka LAM. or THE
Overthrow of the Islands" by the Poet
Keaulumoku, q716-s4).
(ExoLrsn METrrcAL vrasroS)

(ESoLIsH METRcAL VKRsIoN)
Exalted sits the chief, and from on high
Looks down upon the Islands beauteous lands.
With hope and promise rife, a goodIy sight;
OF ifs resources a report was made,
The timber'd capes Of Puma were surveyed;
Ka-u scorchd BY the sun, was scrutinized,
The top Of Mauna-Ioa was expIor'd,
Pa-pai's high bill IOok'd like a spotted mat,
KaI-h0Iena, Kau-maiI-ka-o-hu,
The highlands Of Pa-ku-a were a waste,
Down-trOdden by the chiefs short-mGIo'd men,
We robbinz. vagrant, houzeless highwaymenI
REom Kai-pu-u in Kapa-paIa sprung,
You have beea broken by the soldiers spear,
Your forest baunts and denS have been ransaek'd,
Yours gangs o'egthrown, out-roOted and dispersal.
KA-u-nuf-kn-a-ma-kau-i's folk,
The scum, the dregs, the vulgar rabble rout,
The common mass, the bare, headed ~cIodpOIIs,
The bare-Sooted cIod-hoppers Of Ka-u,
With rushes stFew Kapa-uku-a's road,
The chief goes forth Who challenges the chiefP
Play ye mo-a Ills not a game for him
A fighting chief Ia he the vulgar herd
With their own equals, the low crowd, consort,
Base born, presumptuous, and void Of shame,
The sneaking minIOns, the vile. branded serfs
OF Na-a-lehu merit 20 be hang'd,
The wakeful birds from ancient times remain,
The v~agabond, unstable as the wind,
Migrates TO high Ku-no u-no-u's cape.
o KOna, o Ko-hala trample down
The Ko-O-Iau magicians stop their mouths,
Fird with Ka-hau-lu's charms 'gainst the chief.
Ia tormenis let the wicked sorc'rer die.
Shall he be thrown among the boxersl No,
By the whole host let him be kick'd TO death.
Like to a dead tree is The common man.
A royal slaughter shall there be for him
His slayer shall the long-spear'd soldier stay ?
Zen Lono's long-spearh soldier, with his brand,
The wooden twO-eds'd broard-sword. the enc,
The sharp n-Ia-e, with projecting teeth,
Such is a fitting instrument Of death,
The punishment Of evil wheis the sword
To smiie The wretch who breaks the chiefs command.
The grandchild Of a hand maid was his foe,
OF ancient Hama CT Ka-hu-ku born,
An orphan, like = ball toss'd to and fro,
One doom'd to float on Ka-a-awa's sea,
As moss at Kau-wa-hi-ne floats ashore,
The floating sea-moss in the harbOr's mouth,
Ye fighting men Of Unu-lau (! make haste
Ha-a-e-a to guard; o-a-hu's host
Is pressing on, In secret, to Ka-u,
Like 10 a creeping plant Il winds along.
Bring here the captiyes for the sacrifice,
On upland and sea-coast let them be slain,
Their blood be shed. till they are all destroyed,
Their spirits fleeing from their bloody spois
To dwell in utter darkness ever more.
Like to a shark, swift swimming, is the chief,
Rav'nous and strong, greedy, in search of prey,
Whose giIs are red. whose throat is open wide,
To swallow all things down-so is the chief.
Ka-u aud Puma are his conquered lands,
There may he dwell in freedom, as thou know'st,
In Puma he may even eat alone,
No danger there can overtake the chief,
Not yet Is HiIo wholly captive held,
But wai-a-ke-s, and ola-a, toe,
To Northumberland fall.