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Pornamicr Collection of Hawaiian Polk-lorc. 



Not like the naiiue, 

 Nor the hpoa fish-food. 

 Nor the hpalahalaha of Wainiea, 

 The moss that luuigs on the trees, 

 Nor the red crah at the suniiiiit of Kaala. 

 [He is] not Hke these. 



Not Hke tlie ])andanus wreath of liinalo 



blossoms of Kepa, 

 The pandanns was Ijlown l)y tlie wind. 

 Tile felled ijandanus of Papuaa. 

 [He is] not like these. 



Aole i like me ka nanue, 



A me ka lipoa ai a ka ia. 



A me ka Hpalahalaha o Wainiea, 



Ka limu kau i ka laau. 



A me ka alainihi ula i ka luna i Kaala la, 



.Vole i like. 



.\ole i like me ka liala liili, liala 



o Kepa, 

 I pai e ka niakani ka liala, 

 Na hala hina o I'apuaa la, 

 Aole i like. 



liinalo 



Not like the wind 

 Moaning- through the mountains, 

 llracing up the house of Koolau, 

 Fastening it lest it fall by the wind, 

 |\\'illi] the successful hair line of the 

 fislieniian. 

 I lie is] 11. it like these. 



Not like the naulu bringing the land breeze. 

 Like a vessel of water poured out was the 



mountain breeze of Kum<inioku 

 listablishing the hau trees of Leleiwi. 

 The hau trees of Kepookala are separate, 

 Have you not seen the hau 

 [Of] projecting, twisted and crooked 



body ? 

 Sitting crooked and cramped was Kane- 



hili at Kaupea. 

 [He is] not like these. 



Not like the ekaha in the sea ; 



The kiele, or the orange. 



Nor the leaves of the olapa waving in 



the wind. 

 Nor the blos.som of the grass fa<led by 



the sun. 

 [He is] not like these. 



Not like the trunk of the wiliwili 

 Which was shaped for a surf-riding b(.iard. 

 Not like such. 



iVolc i Hke me ka makani, 



E nu ana i ke kuahiwi. 



E kakoo ana ka hale o Koolau, 



E lawalawa ana o hina i ka makani. 



Ka mokoi hi lauoho a ka lawaia la, 



Aole i like. 



Aole i like me ka naulu ia na hoohali 



Icchaii, 

 Me he ipuwai i ninia la na hau o 



Kumomoku. 

 Piiku na hau o Leleiwi, 

 Noho e na hau o Kepookala, 

 Aole ka oe i ike i ka hau? 

 Kuapue, kuawili, kuakee, 

 Noho kee, kekee o Kanehili i Kaupea la. 

 Aole i Hke. 



Aole i like i ka ekaha ku i ka nu)ana, 

 Ke kiele a me ka alani. 

 Me ka olapa lau kahuli i ka makani. 

 A me ka pua mauu hina wale i ka la la, 

 Aole i like. 



Aole i like me ka kua o ka wiliwili, 

 I kalai ia kona i papa bee i ka nalii la, 

 Aole i like. 



Not like the kaunoa. 

 The plant without root 

 Spreading over things. 

 Having no root for sustenance, 

 Not like this. 



,\ole i like i ke kaunoa, 

 Ka laau kumu ole 

 E hihi wale ana no i luna, 

 Aole kumu o kona ola ana la, 

 Aole no i like. 



