Keawe 



iiuiaumi. 



No Keawenuiaumi. 



It was heard by the ripened- leaves of 



Kane : 

 Kane and Kanaloa of the foremost god ;■■ 

 The god of the evening twihght. 

 Who can question what the eye hath seen? 



It is understood ; 

 5. Known by the ripened leaves of affection 

 It is dead; withered is the flower of the 



mind. 

 That mind was changed, 

 Altered, transformed was the bloom of 



that flower. 

 There was another flower, a curling flower 



in the trimmed locks of hair; 

 10. [The] many flowers of man, tokens of 



regard* 

 .^.re being observed, [but] not by you. 

 You were of the contentious men. 

 He was the man who observed the month, •''' 

 Taking care of the loving friend in sorrow, 

 15. A concealed love, known secretly. 

 They two were there 

 Scattering Kilauea's bitter wind," 

 Blasting the leaf-breath of the aalii.' 

 Creeping, scenting the fragrance in the 



rain, 

 20. The rain and the wind imparting life. 

 Carrying and absorbing the puulena** 

 And the moani [winds], reaching to the 



sand of Waiolama." 

 The pandanus was brightened in the sea, 

 All the lovely flowers were taken bv 



Kanokapa.'" O Kapa ! 

 25. Don't you assume my name, 



I am the only one living here, 



O ka lono ia i ka Nakipala o Kane: 

 O Kane, o Kanaloa a ke akua inuia ; 

 O ke akua i ka malio <> ke ahiahi. 

 Ahi ala hoi ka ole i ka ike maka — e? 

 He ike no ; 



Ike aku i na lau pala o ke aloha. 

 Ua he, ua mae ka pua o ka manao. 

 Oia manao, na kahuli e ac, 

 Kahuli, kalole e kamaka, oia pua. 

 He pua c kekahi, he pua piipii, ])ipii 

 i ka aki. 



10. Lau pua o ke kanaka, na pua a ke aloha 

 E hahai nei, e hai ole oe. 

 O oe hoi o ka hooke lua e kanaka. 

 He kanaka na i helu ai i ka malama, 

 Malamaia mai ke boa it aloha. 



15. He aloha hoopeepee, he ike main, 

 Elua ae la — e. 



Lu ke Kilauea makani awaawa, 

 Hoohonihoni i ka hanu lau aalii. 

 Hokolo mapu ke ala iloko o ka ua, 



20. O ka ua o ka makani halihali i ke oia, 

 Hali a omo ka puulena, 

 Me ka moani, lu iho la, i ke one i 



Waiolama. 

 Malamalama ka hale iloko o ke kai. 

 Pan na pua 'loha i Kanokapa — E Kapa ! 



25. Mai kapakapa iho oe i ku'u inoa, 

 Owau okoa no ia e noho nei. 



'King of Hawaii, father of Lonoikamakahiki, and a son of Umi-a-Liloa. 

 'The ripened leaves, the harvesting time, caught the message of the whispering winds. 

 °On the supposed line or row of gods in the temple. 



'There were many ways of indicating one's grief at bereavement, all of whicli liere come under the term of 

 flowers, or tokens of remembrance. 



"Observed the month for the due fulfilment of its prescribed kapus. 



''This may have reference to the sulphurous impregnated wind from the volcano to blast tlie "leaf-breath" of 

 the aalii. 



'The aalii is said to possess a fragrance in its leaves, though not like that of the iliahi (sandalwood). 

 'Puulena, a cold mountain wind at the volcano. 

 "The sand beach of Hilo. 



"A place adjoining the mouth of the Wailuku river, Hilo. 

 (460) 



