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Foniaiidcr Collect ion of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



You are tjie kawelu (grass) at 



the cliff of Xmianu ; 

 At Nuuanu, the dividing line of 



knowledge, 

 Seeking for you but never finding you. 

 There you are at the Isthmus of Darien, 

 40. Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. 



Lahainaluna, I love you. 



You are the sounding twine of the 



shoemaker ; 

 You are the sledge hammer of the 



blacksmith ; 

 You are the compass of the navigators ; 



45, And the mud-hen singing at mid-night. 



1 heard a noise while asleep and awoke, 

 O Lahainaluna, I love you. 



You were a hunch-back among the chiefs ; 

 You were the consulting companion of the 

 two winds, 

 50. The moae and the haupepee. 



They are the originators of the kona. 



To hide away your love 



Across to the stormy sea of Cape Horn. 



Lahainaluna, I love you ; 



55. Thou art the misty rain of Lilikoi 

 That is agitating my heart. 

 You have seen Waialeale, 

 You were delighted with the water 



of Haunu, 

 Lovely Kaala sublime in its Ix^auty, 

 60. It was the beauty of the land, 



You are the fragrant flower of Ainahau, 



that is kissed in all lands. 

 In the midst of people, and the jungle of 

 Africa. 



1 love the lehua blooming on the plain, 

 Satisfied in the sojourn that was blessed 



by the red rain, 

 65. Alurinuring at Kanehoa. 



You was a friend in time of trouble at 



Lahainaluna, 

 Just like the pervading of perfumes 

 Flying over to the calm of Lele. 

 I jumped to embrace you, but could not 

 find you 

 70. You were at leheulani. 



Beautiful lies the field of Kaiwiula. 

 O Lahainaluna, I love you. 

 The greatest in the Kingdom of 

 Hawaii nei. 



March 30, 1853. 



O ke kawelu ka oe i ka pali o Nuuanu ; 

 .\ Xuuanu hub ka palena o ka naauao, 

 E imi aku ana ia oe aole ka oe i loaa. 

 Aia ka oe i ka puali o Kaliena, 



40. E huai aku ana i ke kai o Kaikahonelua, 

 E Lahainaluna, e aloha oe. 

 O ke kuaina kani ka oe a ka poe hunni 



kamaa ; 

 C) ka hamale kui hao ka oe a ka poe kui 



hao ; 

 O ke panana ka oe i waena o ka poe 



holomoku ; 

 45. O ka alae kani kuluaumoe ka oe. 

 Moe au a puolio kihe i ka halulu, 

 E Lahainaluna, e aloha oe. 



kahi kuapuu hele ka oe i waena o na 'lii ; 

 Ka hoa kuka ka oe o na makani elua. 



50. O ka moae a me ka hauapepee. 

 Na laua e hooluli ala o ke kona, 



1 huna aku hoi i kou aloha 



I alo aku hoi i na lae ino o Kepahoni. 

 E Lahainaluna, e aloha oe ; 

 55. Ka ua noe ka oe o Lilikoi 

 E hakoi lua nei ka puuwai. 

 ike aku la oe ia Waialeale. 

 Walea aku la oe i ka wai o Haunu, 

 .Moha Kaala he onaona i ka nani, 



60. He nani no no ka aina, 



n ka pua ala oe o Ainahau i honi ia ma na 



aupuni a pau, 

 I waena hoi o na wahi kanaka a me na 



auakua o Apelika. 

 Aloha ka lehua aki jwpohe i ke kula, 

 I walea ka noho ana i ka hoopiha ia e ka 

 ua ula, 

 65. Ke nu mai la i Kanehoa. 



He hoa oe i ka la inea o Lahainaluna, 

 Me he wai lukini ala ia e paoa nei 

 Lele hoolahalaha aku la i ka lai o Lele. 

 1 lele aku wau e apo ia oe aole oe i loaa 



.Via ka oe leheulani. 



Nani ke kula o Kaiwiula e waiho nei. 



E Lahainaluna. e aloha oe, 



Ka mea ihiihi ma ke .\upuni Hawaii nei. 



