Chapter 31

Here is a cloud, there another. This cloud bears destruction; I have seen it pass before my eyes. The obscure cloud is the canoe of Kaamalama. This is the tempest, Wind in the darkness; Thou art the sun, Kaamalama, Rising clouded in the dawn. Dark and shaded are the heavens, A warm day begins to dawn. This is the path of Kaamalama. Thou art from the sea, I, indeed, beneath the land mountain. Fly, O Aikanaka, In the evening! Maggots shall fatten in thy mouth; The soldiers eat the fragrant mihi. Thy god is a devourer of rocks; Our god eats human flesh. Bleached shall be thy head In the earth-oven. Thy broken jaw shall rattle on the beach pebbles. Kaamalama shall sacrifice you, The god's tooth shall grow on the sacrifice. O Kane of the yellow flower; 0 Ku, bright chief; Kamakanaka, I am Kawelo, Thy fisherman.

In the following canto Kawelo reproaches and menaces the chief Kaheleha, who had deserted him for Aikanaka.

PAHA AIWA.

Kulolou ana ke poo o ka opua, Ohumuhumu olelo una la'u: Owau ka! ka ai o ka la na. E Kaheleha o Puna Kuu keiki hookama Aloha ole! O kaua hoi no hoa Mai ka wa iki I hoouka'i kakou I Wailua; Lawe ae hoi au, oleloia: Haina ko'u make Ia Kauai. E pono kaakaa laau Ka Kawelo. Aole i iki i ka alo i ka pohaku. Aloha wale oe e Kaheleha O Puna. A pa nei ko'poo i ka laau, Ka laulaa o kuikaa. Nanaia ka a ouli keokeo. Papapau hoa aloha wale! Aikanaka ma, Aloha, Aloha i ka hei wale O na pokii.