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225. A wooden bridge^** is the path 225. 



To the landing for canoes'*" of Hamakua 

 To ascend and lie quietly alx)ve. 

 Even the canoe of Kuileiakaniokala.'"" 

 Long since''" my lord has been gone ; 

 23c. The eye twinkled ;'"- he was gone. 230. 



Burst forth O L'li — '"■' 



Burst the waters — 

 To query : to question : water ? water ? 

 Drinking water is the water of Laka, 

 235. Laka indeed was his name. 235. 



When the chief suddenly died.'"* 

 He marked in the forbidden sand'""' of 



Kaha, 

 The place trodden ali me b)- my lord. 

 Dark'"" was the rain : the dark cloud burst 



over the forest ; 

 240. Heedlessly'"' the rain fell upon the 240. 



pandanus, 

 Upon the heads'"'' of the pandanus was 



the rain of Hanau. 

 The speaking god'"" brought forth — 

 The chiding god-"" carrying his sleeping 



victim away 

 To the sea-beach ;-"' to the shore of Kama. 

 245. Kama of the wreath of jMoopuali,-"- 245. 



Chief-"" of the high swelling seas, 

 Even the land of Maakaina.-"* 

 Thou the younger brother,-"''' the elder that 



of the chief. 

 250. There is knowledge, knowledge indeed,-"" 250. 



There is righteousness, righteousness 



indeed, 

 My constant companions-"" [now] disap- 

 peared. 

 Where have they two-"* gone? 

 The district is being fanned,-"" it is lulled 



by the calms, 

 255. Till the arch-'" of the canoe appears. 255. 



Adjusted is the pali,"" made smooth by the 



sun. 

 The wind has abated-'- again at Laiewaha. 

 The child seizes and enjoys the calm,-'^ 

 \'ery calm is Kona. 

 260. The calm stretches not-''' to Kauna,-"^ 260. 



It is overcome-'" by the winds of Kau. 

 Kahaanaweli troubles-'' as with a storm. 

 Fearful-'* is the storm'-'" of Pele's hills at 



Piliwale, 

 Which was brought to me and left out- 

 side'--" the house. 



Ala holopapa laau i alanui, 



I awa no ka waa o Hamakua 



E pii ai a waiho aku iluna, 



1 ka waa o Kuileiakamokala. 



E kala i hele ai o ka lani ; 



Imo aku la ka maka, nalo aku la — e. 



Lele L'li e — 



Lele wai e — 

 He ui, he ui, he wai, he wai? 

 He wai inu he wai no Laka, 



Laka ka hoi kona inoa. 



1 kaili aina ai ka lani, 



Ooki i ke one kapu o Kaha e — 

 I kahi hele hookahi a kuu lani. 

 Pouli ka ua ; moku pawa i ka nahele ; 



Lele h()(ii)oo ae la ka ua iluna i ka hala, 



I ke ])oo o ka hala ua o Hanau. 



Hanau mai ke Akua olelo — 



Akua pahulu hohe hoha mai ana 



E kaha aku nci : i ke kaha aku nei o Kama, 



O Kama o ka lei o Moopuali, 

 O ke alii o ke kai ahua moku, 



ka moku o Maakaina. 



1 kaina oe, i kaikuaana kela 

 O ka lani. 



llaila no ka ike la, ike iho, 



llaila no ka pono la, pono iho, 



O'u man kaikunane hoomau hele loa, 



Aia la laua ihea? 



Kaia na ke kalana e luhe ana e ka malie. 



A pua ia kae ka pona waa. 

 Hooponopono ka pali, niania ka la. 

 Hoi koana ka makani i Laiewaha. 

 Hoowaha keiki waha i ka jxihu, 

 Pohu loa Kona — e — 



.\ ai pili ka pohu a Kauna, 



.\ oi na i ka makani o Kau. 



Ke haaino mai la Kahaanaweli. 



Weliweli ka ino o na Puuapele i Piliwale, 



I halihali mai ka ia'u a waho kahua haalele. 



