522 



I'oniandcr Collection of Ihnvaiiaji I'ollc-lorc. 



Upsetting the water to anoint tlie bed. 

 10. That man is satisfied through love, 

 Swollen as a snow-covering garment. 

 The snow girdled the summit. 

 Uniting the shoulders of my mountains, 

 The front and hack [of] Kahaliukua, 

 15. Dififusing the akoa tears, offensive water 



of the mist, 

 r.right is W'aimea : Kohala has cliffs; 



you are above fthem]. 

 .\ canoe is the property of man. 

 The freighting resembles the high 



platform ; 

 Loaded , it groans with its burden. 



I kaulia i ka wai. i liinu i ka moe 

 10. Mimiko ia kanaka he aloha 

 Opuopu me he kapa lele hau la 

 I hau kakoo i ke kuahiwi 

 He pane hono no a'u mauna 

 He alo he kua Kahaliukua 

 15. O kuu ka waimaka akoa, wai iiauna i 

 ke kewai 

 Lama Waimea a ke Kohala ka pali 



uka — o — oe — e 

 L^kana ka waa na ke kanaka 

 Ka hooukana me he pola wala 

 F^iha loko ua nanahu i ka eha. 



Koolau Wind of Wailua. 



Ke Koolau o Wailua. 



10. 



The wind-mist' cloud of Wailua 

 Seeks and embitters the water- from 



the sea. 

 Wilted are the leaves of food-plants 



and trees ; 

 Ripened-' are the stalks, the food of 



Makaukiu, 

 The kukui blossoms^ foretelleth the wind ; 

 .\ sure messenger of the [coming] koolau. 

 The results' are seen above at Kapehu : 

 Seen by the people, they call for help'" 



from the wind, 

 [.\nd] warn the canoes to flee 



[for safety]. 

 The banana leaves come floating" down : 

 The hau blossoms and their mate, 



mokihi,'^ of the stream. 



Ka waiopua makani o Wailua, 

 1 huliia e ke kai, awahia ka wai, 

 Awahia ka lau ai me ka lau hau, 

 Pala ka ha, ka ai o Makaukiu. 



5. He kiu ka pua kukui na ka makani. 

 He elele hooholo na ke koolau. 

 Ke kuehu mai la iuka o Kapehu, 

 Ike ke kanaka, kahea, ualo makani ! 

 Ke kipaku mai la i ka waa e hele e — - 



10. Holo newa ka lau maia, 



Ka pua hau i pili aloha me ka mokihi 

 i ka wai, 



'IVaioltua is the name of a wind at Wailua, Kauai; literally cloud-water. 



"When the wind drives the sea into the mouth of a fresh water stream, the salt water is at the hottom and the 

 fresh water is at the top until it hecomes sale, trMihia: the wind also affects the leaves of taro plants and tlie hau, 

 hihiscus. 



'Faded, dead are the leaves of the taro. the food at Makaukiu, a place of Wailua. 



'.'Ns spies, kill, the kukui blossoms indicate the coming wind, they are swift messengers of the koolau or north- 

 erly wind. 



"Kuehu. to brush away, kindred to puehu, sweep them away to the mountain side of Kapclni. 



'The people cry for safety from the wind, kualo. and warn canoeists to seek places of slielter. 



'Floating down, holo newa, to glide slowly. 



'Mokihi, like mo kila, a lizard that lives under water, said to be large, hence the proper name Luakiha where 



thcv live. 



