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470 Thou canst not be compared' to the twisted 



hala, 

 The crooked' uaio tree, 

 Nor the thick garland of the motherless 



ahihi,^ 

 Nor the deep pool trod^ by the bathers, 

 Nor the hinahina' in the wind, 

 475 Bending to lean and to fall. 

 Not like these art thou, Ku. 

 Perhaps thou art like the ohia,'' 

 The lehua in the very ninth' recess of the 



forest. 

 The tree standing alone" in the jungle. 

 480 Not like these art thou, Ku. 

 Not like the ekaha' — 

 The ekaha placed under the mat 

 Like the kiele in fragrance, 

 Like the changing leaf of the olapa,'° 

 485 Like the flower of the fragrant grass, 

 Falling now hither now thither so easy. 

 Not like these art thou, Ku. 

 [Nor] the rain that brings the land breeze," 

 Like a vessel of water poured out. 

 490 Nor to the mountain breeze of Kumomoku, 

 [The] land breeze coming round to Lele- 



iwi." 

 Truly, have you not known? 

 The mountain breezes, that double up your 



back, 

 [That make you] sit crooked and cramped 



at Kaimohala, 



495 The Kanehili at Kaupea? 



Not like these art thou, Ku. 



Not like the lipoa"' (sea weed). 



The nanue, food of the fishes, 



The lipahapaha of Waimea, 

 500 The moss that hangs on the wood, 



The red crab'-* on the top of Kaala. 



Not like unto these art thou, Ku. 



Not like the kukui, 



The rough-barked kukui, '* 

 505 The bark cracked up by the sun. 



Like to a man who drinks awa,'"' 



Are the roughness of the kukui trees of 

 Lihue. 



Not like these art thou, Ku. 



Not like the aalii,'' 

 510 The fragrant poholua tree, 



Nor the maile''* that grows on the heights'^ 

 of Maoi, 



Nor the kaluhea-" of Kawiwi. 



Not like these art thou, Ku. 



Not like the kokio-' [tree], 

 515 With its branches of solitary flowers, 



Dropping them wilted to the ground.'^ 



Not like these art thou, Ku. 



Not like the kawau'^ 



Is the kalia'-' standing in the open. 

 520 The division recognized a man, 



An island, a district, a land.'s 



Not like these art thou, Ku. 



Nor art thou like the porpoise 



'A long series of comparisons from this point imlicates 

 the change in style and subject of the poet. 



^Naio {Myoporum sandwicense), the bastard sandal- 

 wood of Hawaii. 



^A white-fringed flower in Nuuanu. 



^Keekeehia, or keehi ia, trodden or trampled. 



^Hinahina {Geranium tridens). a fine silver-gray- 

 leafed plant; the silver-sword of Haleakala. 



'The ohia and lehua are the principal forest woods of 

 the islands. 



'IVao, very remote; eiwa, nine, hence ninth recess. 



'Hao ivale, applied to great trees standing alone in 

 the ferns. 



''Ekaha (Genus Acrostichum), a peculiar fern with an 

 entire leaf, often used underneath bed-place mats, for 

 warmth. 



'"Olapa (Cheirodendron gaudichaiidii), a large tree; 

 its bark or leaves furnished material for a blue dye. 



"k'ehaii, morning land breeze, rather than dew, at 

 this point. 



"Kumomoku and Leleiwe were localities near Puuloa, 

 Ewa, where the land breezes were said to be peculiarly 

 cold. 



^^I.ipoa, a fragrant kind of seaweed and favorite article 

 of food. 



"There is said to be a pond on the summit of Kaala 

 in which is found a fresh-water crab. 



"The effect of drinking aiva is to crack the skin. 



"'.■4?(>a (Piper »!e//iy.'ilicu)n), the root of which fur- 

 nished the intoxicant of Hawaii as also Polynesia gen- 

 erally. 



".-Ja/ii { Dodoiitra I'iseosa), a forest tree of fine, dur- 

 able wood; leaves were used for medicinal purposes. 



"A/ai/e (Alyxia, a genus of several species); its fra- 

 grant and glossy twinings are greatly favored for leis, 

 etc., on festive occasions. 



">Hoe, the peculiar whistle uttered by Hawaiians in 

 climbing a pali. 



-"k'alukt'a, lazily drooping. 



-'A'oiio (Hibiscus kokio), a medicinal plant. 



-'Paka, the noise as of raindrops upon dry leaves. 



-^A'awau {Byronia saudzvicensis), a forest tree. 



-'Kalia ( Elceocarpiis bifidus), a common tree in lower 

 woods of Kauai and Oahu; scarce on other islands. 



" Some philosophy here. 



