i hiki mai ai,
I noho malihini ai i na moku o Hawaii.
Malihini oe, malihini au,
35 Ko'i maka nui, ike ia na-pae opuaa.
A pepelu, a pepelu, a pepelu
Ko ia la huelo! pili i ka lemu!
Hu! hu! hu! hu!
Ka-haku-ma'a-lani[450] kou inoa!
40 A e o mai oe, e Kane-hoa-lani.
Ua noa.
[Footnote 439: _Ko'i maka nui_ The word _maka_, which from the
connection here must mean the edge of an ax, is the word
generally used to mean an eye. Insistence on their
peculiarity leads one to think that there must have been
something remarkable about the eyes of Kama-pua'a. One
account describes Kama-pua'a as having eight eyes and as many
feet. It is said that on one occasion as Kama-pua'a was lying
in wait for Pele in a volcanic bubble in the plains of Puna
Pele's sisters recognized his presence by the gleam of his
eyes. They immediately walled up the only door of exit.]
[Footnote 440: _Mala-la-walu_. A celebrated king of Maui, said
to have been a just ruler, who was slain in battle on Hawaii
while making war against Lono-i-ka-makahiki, the rightful
ruler of the island. It may be asked if the name is not
introduced here because of the word _walu_ (eight) as a
reference to Kama-pua'a's eight eyes.]
[Footnote 441: _Pi'i-lani_. A king of Maui, father-in-law to
Umi, the son of Liloa.]
[Footnote 442: _Hina_. There were several Hinas in Hawaiian
mythology and tradition. Olopana, the son of Kamaulu-a-niho
(Fornander gives this name as Ka-maunu-a-niho), on his
arrival from Kahiki, settled in Koolau and married a woman
named Hina. Kama-pua'a is said to be the natural son of Hina
by Kahiki-ula, the brother of Olopana. To this Olopana was
attributed the heiau of Kawaewae at Kaneohe.]
[Footnote 443: _A o pu-a'a_. The cloud-cap that often rested on
the summit of Haupu, a mountain on Kauai, near Koloa, is said
to have resembled the shape of a pig. It was a common saying,
"The pig is resting on Haupu."]
[Footnote 444: _Ho'i_. To return. This argues that, if
Kama-pua'a was not or
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