Chapter XLI: Canto XIV
O Hina, O Hina of heavenly song! O Kiha, O supernatural Kihawahine! O Hina, O Hina of heavenly song! O Kiha, O supernatural Kihawahine! 705. O supernatural Kihawahine, the supreme head! Increase the power of thy lord, The power of thy chief, Umi, That wise prophet indeed, that there Procured and ate the eyes of the body 710. Of the blanched crackled-back; Skin crackled as of the (shell-fish) ina, [Like] small female white rodents, White rodents fleeing to the thicket, Running below Kahilipali, 715. Descending seaward of Kauwa. Together they all fled; With your lord did you flee, Entangling Hilo with wild waste, To thwart the footsteps 720. Of Punanui Kumakahe, A noni-juice itch producer, A berry red is his, The doubly enjoyed water is this Whereby the chief boasted of death doings, 725. By the victory of his warriors. Kanekapolei has capitulated, He was indeed the war-club Annihilating above Kopekope, Desolating by the unerring spear. 730. O chief, O distinguished one! O thou light, light of the island! The peopled hills are Haui’s victory!
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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 3 (of 3)Chapter XLI: Canto XIV
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