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Kukahi the night, Kulua the next day. 



The food is partly eaten, 



Eaten as bj- birds little by little.' 

 165 Listen now, bird of victory! 



Victory! Through whom? 



Through Ku indeed. 



The rain was there, the sun was there, 



The early rising star- was there, a king. 

 170 Kaulakahi the sun, 



Kapukahi the day, 



Puna, hooilo,' Hana, lanakila; 



Hooilo, Pele-* is angry. 



The wind! Who hath the wind? 

 175 It is held by Ku indeed. 



Blown is the wind of L,aamaomao,' 



lyike the soft koolauwahine'' breeze below. 



Kauai have I seen, 



The northwest wind of Wawaenohu, 

 180 The north wind of Niihau, 



The south wind is the strong wind, 



The aoa' the tempestuous wind. 



The wind scattering kukui blossoms on the 

 flood, ^ 



Carried to awaken Lonomoku,'^ 

 1 85 Blowing there below at Hanae, 



For of such is the koolauwahine of lower 

 Kauai 



While it tarries at Wailua.'° 



The star! Whose is the star? 



For Ku indeed. 

 190 The rain is at Puanalua." 



Pierced by the three stars'- of Orion 



Are the clouds as they drift '^ on. 



The stars are peeping out two by two, 



The south wind and rain. 

 195 Pierced by the three stars of Orion 



Are the clouds as they drift on. 



The rain! Whose is the rain? 



For Ku indeed. 



Slantingly'-" falls the rain at Kunaloa, 

 200 Dropping singly '5 on the skin; 



Heavily falls the rain at Kananaola:''' 



Slippery is Mahiki, the traveler falls. 



For Hina hath sprinkled the rain. 



Which shook the bottom of Maheleana, 

 205 The mist of the rain'' was at Kahalahala, 



The small rain'** 



That falls amongst the lehua. 



The sun! Whose is the sun? 



For Ku indeed. 

 210 The sun comes forth at Kauiki;'^ 



Scorching^" is the sun at Upilialoula. 



The children are piping forth"' 



The sun is sinking, sinking fa.st, 



The sun-- in the flower-nets of Hilo. 

 215 The back of the sun is turned up. 



The face of the sun is turned below. 



The shade of the sun is turned inward. 



The light of the sun is traveling over the 

 land 



And sinks beyond Lehua. "^ 

 220 The sea! Whose is the sea? 



For Ku indeed. 



The vastness of the sea is from Tahiti, ^^ 



' Lines 161 to 164 are thought to refer to a voyage 

 where they suffered from short rations. 



-The north star. 



'Contrasting the ill conditions of Puna with victori- 

 ous Hana. 



"Conditions attributed to the wrath of Pfle, goddess 

 of the volcano. 



^ Laantaotitao, the Hawaiian Eolus; god that caused 

 the winds. 



'' A/w, breeze. Koolauwahine, a wind from the north 

 on Kauai. 



^ ^loa, the west wind when violent. 



'In heavy rain-storni and freshets. 



'' I.onoiitiiku, the woman that leaped up to the moon 

 from Hana, Maui. 



'°ll'ai7!ia, Kauai. 



"Puanalua. on Hawaii. 



'"The three stars in the belt of Orion were called na 

 kao. Kao was a sharp-pointed stick like a fid, or marlin- 

 spike. The goat is so named from its sharp horns. 

 The.se three stars were supposed to be sharp points in 



the heavens which pierced the clouds and let forth the 

 rain. 



^^ Kt' kai' na, marching. 



^*J\/oea, referring to the long drifts of rain-cloud. 

 Kunaloa, on the Waimea-Waipio road, Hawaii. 



'^ Pakaka/ii, fiaka, a drop of rain. 



"' A'ananao/a, as also Maliiki, on the same Waimea- 

 Waipio road, Mahiki being noted for its muddy, slippery 

 condition, causing the traveler to fall. 



" Punohu, the rain-clouds gathering around a peak. 

 Kahalahala, on Kauai. 



" Pokii o ka ua, the light rains clinging to the woods. 



">Kauiki, the bluff at Hana. 



'° Hawewe, burning in Kailua, Oahu. 



"' K play in which children dare each other at sunset to 

 hold their breath until the sun has disappeared entirely. 



""Sunrise, seen through the bushes, compared to a 

 net, kii'kf, full of Ichua blossoms. 



"Lehua, islet to the southwest of Kauai. 



"* Tahiti in its broader, foreign sense; not Tahiti of 

 the Society group. 



