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Pomander Collection of Hazvaiiaii folk-lore. 



130. 



Thy return"" is frequent. 

 Thy voice calls" distantly as if tlistressed ; 

 I'- just heard it faintly at midnight 

 As if it was the voice of a ghost." 

 The voice of my soul-wife, it is she! 

 The spirit whose face is wet with the surf- 

 spray,'* 

 She""' is the tody surf of Keahilele/" 

 The goddess whose face is wet with the 



surf-spray of Kaahe, 

 Surf-riding woman at Pueo : 

 Guard of the surf at Kanaha : 

 ^^'atcher of the meeting'' of the fresh antl 



salt waters of Waimea, 

 Dissolving'* and dropping into its burden 



there. 

 Unsavory is the grease'" of the chiefs, 

 FulP" to overflowing with their ancestors; 

 Crossways'*' are their lying. 

 But yours is that place,**- O chiefess. 

 140. The night of Lueea, at Kikaupe'a, 

 The whirlwind raised the dust of 



Kupalele.^* 

 And guarded the yard of I'ohakuauli, of 



Kahiwauli. 

 O Kana ! O chief !'*■' 

 Thou dwellest in this enclosure, a decaying 



bodv. 



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145. Kawelo*" swam past as though a fish. 



O Kane,*' in your justice exix)se the priest 

 who has killed my child ; 



Pakonakona ka hoi ana mai, 

 125. Paheahea mai ana ka leo, 

 Winiwini au i ke aumoe. 

 Me he leo no ka hauehane la, 

 Ka leo o kuu wahine uhane, oia nei. 

 Ka uhane maka ehukai, 



130. Oia ka honua nalu o Keahilele, 

 Akua make ehukai o Kaahe, 

 Wahine hee nalu i Pueo, 

 Kiai nalu o Kanaha. 

 Nana lapawai o Waimea, 



135. Ahuili moka ilaila. 



Pela ka hinu o ka poe alii 

 Piha nenelu i na kupuna. 

 Oloke'a lakou e ahu nei, 

 O oe ka ko ia kula e Kalani, 



140. Ka po ia Lueea Kikaupe'a 



Ka ea koi i ka lepo o Kupalele, 



Kiai pa o Pohakuauli nei o Kahiw auli, 



O Kana, o Lani, 



Nau ka c noho kcia |)a, ua ilioa ia kino. 



145. Holo ae la Kawelo he ia kona lua, 



E Kane o ko paeaea. o ke kahuna nana i 

 hana o kuu keiki. 



'"Pakonakona, to treat with contempt, deceit. 



"A sound of one calling from a di,stance in distress ; faint as tlic speeches of ghosts. 

 '"I (Kainnualii), i^nnm'ini, just heard it. 



"As the voice of a ghost; banc same as uhane, oia nei, referring to Kaahunianu. 



''Uhane niaka, etc., spirit wet witli llic spray of (he surf; ehukai, llic surf fcjrnied iiitu spray liy a contrary 

 wind. 



'''Oia, she. Kaaliumanu ; lioniia nalu, the calm still place in front of where the surf hrcaks. 

 '"Keahilele, a place on Kauai, as is also Kaahe. 



'''l.af'awai, tlie breaking out of a stream of fresh water in the sea, and hence, stopping the surf; looking at the 

 lapawai of Waimea. 



^'Ahuili, to be and dissolve, consume away as a dead body, moka. 



'"Hinu, shiny, the water in the putrifaction of animal substances; pcla. f^ilau, stench. 



'"Full, ucuelu, a great many, numerous, thick as sand in a bank. 



"'Tliey lie together crossways, olokca, out of order. 



""O oc ka, expression of surprise, ko ia kula, whose is tlic Ik-hl nr plain, for there was her dead body, c kalani, 

 Kaahunianu. 



"The niglu l)elongs to Lueea, who. was buried at Kikaupea. 



"The whirlwind dust of Kupalele guards the premises of Pohakuauli ; Kahiwauli added for poetic euphony. 



°°The call on Kana and Lani but fills out the chant for Kaahumanu. 



"Kawelo, an ancient king of Kauai, his place was in the sea ; i'a kona lua, the fish was his companion. 



"'Kane, one of the major gods throughout the islands, is called upon to reveal the party who caused the death 

 of his child, and in whatever his vocation, to meet out death to him. 



