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Poynandcr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



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Take constant care of the wife, the stead- 

 fast companion of the cold. 

 75. Cold is the breast of Kealolii/' 



My idling- companion"*'- at Pohakomo ; 

 My friend at Kawainla, of the nniddy 



water cansed by Kapakapaahoa'" 



of Kahana. 

 Provoking^* are the rains of Hikilei, and 



Peapea, there, 

 Tlie soul of Kalani, the dark woman : the 



black woman glides lightly by^"' 

 80. Her's is the soul which has gone on; 80. 



Just wandering around on the pili plain ; 

 On the manienie^" plain, 

 \\'ith a deal of undue haste, 

 Left the dwelling inhabited b)- man*' 

 85. And when to the house inhabited by god : 



thus my child 

 Left her companionship of the husband 

 [And] followed after the godl)' companion. 

 A god is at Haupukele ;■''" a spirit was 



placed at Keaolewa ; 

 A spirit is the hau blossom^" of Wailua, 

 90. A shadow is on the height of Kalalea,'^" 

 A kiss is left at Pueo.'^' 

 The spirits met in the rain of Koolau, 

 They settled at Hihimanu,'"'- 

 Seen by the gentle haao rain. 

 95. .Xs the bonds are .severed the lehua rain 



falls. 

 The chief took the bird form f^ 

 The spirit lighted down, there was calm. 

 The voice sounds'^* wafted to the top of 



Makana, 

 Noisily heard at Kaiwikui. 



E nialama hele i ka wahine, he hoapili no 



ke koekoe. 

 75. .\mianu ka jioli o Kealohi, 



Kuu boa hiana wale i Pohakomo, 



Kuu boa o Kawaiula, wai iliahi Kapaka- 



paahoa o Kahana, 

 L'a ukiukiu o Hikilei, niakaupili o Peapea 



oia nei. 

 Nianiau hele ka uhane e Kalani, wahine 



uli, wahine eleele. 



Nona ka uhane i hele aku la ; 



Hele, hele wale i ke kula pili, 



] loi ke kula manienie. 



I ka hehena nui launa ole 



\\'aiho i ka hale wai kanaka, 



Hele i ka hale wai akua la e kuu kama, 



Pan ka pili ana i ke kane, 



Hele hahai me ka boa akua. 



He akua ka i llaupukele, he uhane ka i 



kau i Keaolewa, 

 He uhane ka i ka puahau o \\'ailua, 



90. 



He aka ka i luna o Kalalea, 

 He mu-ki ka i noho i Pueo. 

 Hui na uhane i ka ua o Koolau, 

 Ka kakau ana i llihimanu, 

 Ikea mai la e ka ua haao, 

 95. Moku ka pe'a, ua ou lalena, 



Hookino manu aku Kalani, 

 Ke aka kau la, he malie. 

 Mapn ka leo iluna o Makana, 

 Walaau ana i Kaiwikui 



"Kealoha, a chief of Kauai. 



"My companion in ease and comfort, hoa luana : living in pleasure or idleness at Pohakomo, a place at Wai- 

 mea, Kauai. 



"Kapakapaahoa, the name of a rain at Kahana, a land. 



"Ua ukiukiu, a teasing rain, rain with driving wind, at KikiU-i, while Duikaul^ili was the rain at Peapea. 



"Nianiau, to go, gliding finely, with dignified pace. 



"Maniciiic (Cynodon dactylon), the fine Bermuda grassed plain. 



"Hchcitu, figurative, a dead person, whose body was placed with undue liaste in the house of men, i. e.. this 

 world in distinction from the other. 



"Haupukele, a mountain of Kauai. Keaolewa, an adjoining mountain of lower elevation. 



"There in the blossom of the hau flower was supposed to rest the spirit of Kaahumanu. so Haupukele and Ke 

 aolewa is used. 



™Kalalea, a high peak on Kauai; here tlie shadow or shade liika) rests. 

 "Pueo is the name of a rock in tlie sea at Waimea. Kauai. Also a place of surf-riding. 

 '"'Hihimanu, a famous land of Koolau. 



''"Hookino manu Kalani, i. e., Kaahumanu took the form of a bird. 



"Voice sounds, mapii, reaches to the top of Makana and is confused at Kaiwikui. a noted place where the voice 

 strikes, echoes. 



