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Pomander Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



Weep, O Kauai ! 



Great Kauai, standing' with irresolute hand ! 



Situated under tlie lee of Waianae, 



^Vith Koolau to the rear, Kona to the fore. 



Full of pandanus is Kahuku, a cape is Kaena; 



A mountain ridge f re(|uented with dew is Kaala ; 



Waialua lies below Mokuleia, 



Mokuleia with its level plain ; 



Shark is the fish, the white-tailed fish of Kaena ; 



A wandering- shark, it has gone down. 



Down to Kauai, niv land. 



Rising to the surface of the rocks. This month 

 is Makalii. 



Kauai the beloved, 



Green are thy banks of tlowers. 



Flanked by the hau blossoms down at ^^■ailua. 



Wide spreading lay the spirited sons 



Separating me from the Koolau flowers of Moc- 

 nu ; 



Inviting me is Apu, god of Kiki. 



By the calm sea of Kamakauhiloa. 



Kaiona-wards is the cape of Opuaahaumii. 



Useless becomes the nose of Kuawalu when Kau- 

 \x> obstructs. 



Useless Kaupo is shielded who would live at 

 Kaupo ? 



Your land that is wind-swept, your land of I he 

 treacherous sea : 



Your land of the ferocious shark, furiously at- 

 tacking the black-red-skinned man. 



Reddened is the skin of the sharp-finned shark 

 of Auwahi, 



Direct the water of my land, 



Waikapu's water, Honokea's, 



The fishermen [in the canoe] at Kahului cry out, 



Motioning shoreward directing the stranger 



As to the true condition of life ashore ; 



Hamakua is distinct, revealed by the red glow at 



the shore of Mokuwi. 

 [As] the best shore here, exceeded only by Ka- 



kuihewa. 



There it is, there it is ; 



It is the mirage of Mana. 



It is following the water of Kamakahoa, 



^^'atcr that is not water is the mirage of Mana. 



Like the sea is the water, like the water is the 



sea, 

 Oi the water, of the sea. 



The cane-land which I enjoyed and forgot, re- 

 jected and forsook. 

 \\'hat was seen behind again appears in front. 

 O Pali, leaf-wilted in the sun. 

 As the plentiful dew of the morning. 

 Like a smoke column passes the alkali dust, 

 Passed by are the emblems of the god of the )ear, 

 Gone to bury the dead. 

 P.ending low are coconut trees seaward. 

 The wizard designated is Kauai. 



