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<br /> <br /> 1210412007 17:45 GeS-934-6040 ANDREWS AND ROHR Pl~l: . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A Hilo Au (11 Was At Hilo) <br /> - Chant Pa 1 Umauma <br /> <br /> <br /> A Hilo au a la At Hilo <br /> Hdolulu ka lehua la I gather the lehua <br /> <br /> A Wailuku e la At Wailuku <br /> I ka lua kanaka la The man-destroying pit <br /> <br /> A Haili a la At Haiti <br /> I ke kula manu Is Is a plain inhabited by birds <br /> <br /> <br /> A Pana' ewa a la At Panaewa <br /> I ka moku lehua la With its groves of lehua tree,. <br /> <br /> A Leleiwi e la At Leleiwi <br /> 'Au'au i ke kai la I swim in the sea <br /> <br /> A Molokai a la At Molokai <br /> 'Ike ala kaki la I see one road <br /> <br /> A Mauna Loa a la At Mauna Loa <br /> Ka lua ko'i ha a la Is the adze quarry <br /> <br /> <br /> Haina mai ka puana la Tell the refrain <br /> No ka lani no he inoa la In the name of the chief <br /> <br /> He inoa no Kauikeaouli The name-song for Keuikea,i% li <br /> Source: Na Mele Hula by Nona Beamer, translated by Tom Mons- This is a rlame c'i a i . for <br /> Kauikcaouii (1813-1854), the son ofKamehameha I who ruled as Kamehameha :III. His t! i+_:n of <br /> 30 years was the longest in Hawaiian history. He established religious freedom in I8_.! ar d <br /> wrote the first constitution in 1840, that established a limited monarchy. His t A cunt c I ; ntic n <br /> was the Great Mahele, the land division, This pa'i umauma or chest slapping chant 1 ; ,:df <br /> <br /> journey around the island of Hawaii and selected places of Molokai. The lehuuar in vet s: I is <br /> symbolic of a young $ir -destroying hole in verse 2 is a cave. for prisontas vi+o <br /> committed misdenneano a healing heiau north of Hilo, where people were. t 1 ! ,4;ed <br /> and protected from harm The sea had healing qualities for Ha~x iaw, VIam~ a 1. <br /> a village on the west end of Molokai. <br />