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Thus were we two sheltered from the rain, my 



companion. 

 We ate of the ripe pandanus in our wanderings, 

 Thus were our days of hunger appeased, my 



companion. 

 My companion of the tall pandanus, 

 From Kilauea to Kalihi; 

 The pandanus that had been partly eaten, 

 Of Pooku in Hanalei. 



Thus did we two wander along, my companion. 

 Through the heavy and wind-blown rain. 

 The ceaseless and general rain. 

 We drank of the awa ' of Koukou, 

 The fragrant-leaved awa^ of Mamalahoa. 



Say, my companion ! 

 A companion, a friend of Lono, a man, 

 A companion of the deafening rains. 

 As the rain traveled in the uplands at Hana- 



leiiki, 

 To Hanaleinui, 



One rain was from the highlands, 

 One rain was from the lowlands. 

 One rain was from the east, 

 One rain was from the west,^ 

 Along the pandanus cape of Puupaoa. 

 It was there the rain fell on the sand. 

 The sand, food of the kinau,-) 

 The kinau that ate of the ripe pandanus at 



Hanalei, 

 The rain that ripens the ohia of Waioli. 

 Cheer up, it is best to be so, chief. 

 The lord. 



The lord in our toils at Kanananuu, 

 Of the calm stretches at Kukalaea, 

 Who levels and pushes along 



To the sounding-leafed koa. 



The battle sounds in the rear. 



From the ridge-pole of the house of Maoea. 



It was there the rain drops danced in the forest. 



The rain in the forest fell low. 



The rain in the forest danced about. 



The rain in the forest fell softly. 



The rain in the forest was like mist. 



The rain in the forest fell from all sides. 



The rain in the forest fell at the back. 



The rain cut furrows in the forest 



In the uplands of Laauhaele. 



Goest thou ? 

 As the man prone to idleness 

 [Who] on return, found trouble, found wrong 



doing. 

 You have indeed trouble-making servants. 

 I came at your bidding like a messenger; 

 You have dispossessed me, you have ousted me. 

 This my going cannot be laid to others since it 



is your own making. 

 The owner of the house has driven me out. 

 The fault would have been mine 

 Had I lived and left without cause. 

 Such action 



Would have been a fault on my part. 

 The companion who followed you in all your 



tribulations. 

 [You] remain, 



I am leaving you, my companion, I am going. 

 The rain is passing slightingly, 

 [The rain] of Hopukoa, of Waialoha. 

 Say, there ! 

 My greetings to you 

 While you remain in anger. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Departure of Kapaihiahilina. — Lonoikamakahiki's Search for Him. 

 — Return and Reinstatement of Kapaihiahilina as Premier. 



At the end of Kapaihiahilina's greetings to Lonoikamakahiki in the chant he 

 retraced his footsteps whence he had come, weeping with affection for the king. Board- 

 ing his canoes he sailed away. After Kapaihiahilina had ceased his dedicated chant 

 of Lonoikamakahiki's name the ancient love surged within his bosom for the loving 

 tribute, the story of their companionship and their wanderings. It was very evident 



'An awa of especially satisfying quality. 

 ^ Awa lau hitiano describes a fragrant awa resembling 

 in perfume the fiinano blossom of the pandanus. 



^Continuous changing rains. 

 'Kinau, a sand eel. 



