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Foi-itaiidcj- Collcclioii of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



There are ten — 

 There are ten of Lanai. 



There are ten — 

 There are ten of Kanaloa Kahoolewa,' 

 The foundation, the joining together of the isles. 

 They join and bug like lovers. 

 Scrape away, scrape away. 

 There is Hilo 

 Thatching, 

 Ridging; 



There is your lover 

 Passing bj-. 

 The mouth is closed, 

 The hand beckons, 

 The eyes also beckon. 

 Else he will be ashamed 

 And weep at 

 The quiet cliffs. 

 Water is on Oahu, 

 It shows there above. 

 Kaunuohua is low 

 lyike a crawling hill at Nihoa. 

 That cliff, 

 This cliff. 



That fence of wood. 

 The great one there below, 



He sits; 

 He sits, he stands, 

 He points, he sticks out his tongue, 

 Kukahaulani. 

 He has the eyes of a bird, 

 Head of a bird, 

 Beak of a bird. 

 Tongue of a bird. 

 Neck of a bird, 

 Breast of a bird. 

 Wing of a bird. 

 Body of a bird, 

 Leg of a bird. 

 Thigh of a bird. 

 Tail of a bird. 

 Knee of a bird, 

 Feet of a bird, 

 Claws of a bird. 

 Feathers of a bird. 

 Neck of a bird. 



Crop of a bird, 



Liver of a bird , 



Intestine of a bird. 



Since you are a small bird. 



Out you must go 



In the upland wilderness, 



For such is the way you dwell in Kona. 



And catch the spawn of the li 



And carry the spawn of Keaau. 



O thou Hanalei ! 

 Hanalei, the source of the rains. 

 Made low from carrying such a burden. 

 Who has stood on the hill top 

 Whose shadow has reached the bottom. 

 They are greatly wearied by the roughness [of 



the sea]. 

 Lift up the canoe. 

 Let the people get aboard 

 With the probing sticks, 

 With the binding ropes, 

 With the floaters. 

 Get aboard, paddle away, get on. 

 The canoe master is aboard; 

 It is Lelepahu of Hawaii; 

 It is the large Hawaii of Kane; 

 It is Hilo of Kane of Kapu; 

 It is Hilo with the high cliffs; 

 It is Ku, the Lehua-eater; 

 The bosom companion of Kalalea and others 



who dwell there. 

 Who dwell there. 

 The house stands in Kona, 

 The front faces Koolau, 

 The wall faces Tahiti. 

 The posts were from Halawa 

 In Kauhuhu of Pele, of Feue. 

 Molokai is the back, 

 Lanai the front. 

 What is Molokini ? 



Wailuku is the locality of flying clouds. 

 What is broad Kula ? 

 It is open upland. 

 Kaluanui of Kaluanui, 

 It stands by the twin hills. 

 The palm houses- of Kane 

 Which were thatched for me at Auwalii. 



' Probably intended for Kahoolawe, though its connection is not clear. 

 ° Hills likened to the palm-thatched houses of the temple. 



