Song for Kaimniolii. 



475 



That precipice which reaches to Nuuami. 

 The coldness" of a heartless man. 

 How can he propagate love. 

 Filled'- was the air of Ewa with the report, 

 20. Like the sea-spray on the forest trees, '■■ 20. 



The forest of the ilinia" plain at L'lihale. 

 Even reddeniny tiie outside of the house: 

 The redness extends and covers the leaves 



of the field. '■'■ 

 The ridge covering'" of the house is liroken 



by the whirlwind, 

 25. Which blows from Halawa to Honouliuli. 25. 



I'nfit'' is the man who forsakes''' love, 

 How can lie propagate'" love! 

 DriN'en'-" by the wind is the ]iili ( gr:iss ) 



of Xuuanu. 

 Swiftly sweeps the wind.-' 

 30. E-xix:)sed,-- pathless is the trail at Kcahole 30. 



Because of the constant fierce-'' driving of 



the wind. 

 It causes near-falls and slips,-* 

 Xear-falls to man ; the man fell 

 On account of the narrowness-'' <>f the 



path, 

 35. Thus offering path-ilifficulties to travelers, 35. 



Travelers from Kona going Koolauward, 

 And those traveling from Koolau gi>ing 



to Kona. 

 On the Kona [side] of Xuuanu is the 



mountain rain ;-'' 

 Reddened-' liy the rain is the Iiill of 



JNIalailua, 



Ikea no ia pali a Xuuanu, 



Ke anuanu o ke kanaka i ke 'loha 



Me he mea la hala ke 'loha iaia, 



Kupunl ula ka ea o Ewa i ke ala. 



Me he puakai la i ka lau laau. 



Ka laau i ka ilima o Ulihak, 



Ula no mawaho o ka hale. 



Ka ea ula. ke \n\\ ka lau o ka weuweu, 



Haki ke kaupaku o ka hale i ka ea, 



Ka ea no mai Halawa a Honouliuli, 

 He uli ke kanaka haalele i ke'loha. 

 Me he mea la hala ke "loha iaia 

 ]\Ioku i ka makani ka pili o .Xuuanu, 

 Ka lu)lo ai ka holo c ka makani. 



Apoopoo alanui ole ka holo a Keahole, 

 I ka pukiki mau ia e ka makani. 

 Akelekele e hina, e pahee, 

 Kelekele ana e hina, e hina ke kanaka. 

 I ka haiki i ka pili o ke ala. 



I ka pilikia o ke ala i ka huakai, 

 Ka huakai o Kona pii i Koolau, 

 Ka huakai o Koolau iho Kona. 

 Ke Kona o Xuuanu, ka ua kuahine. 

 Ula i ka ua ka pali o Malailua, 



"Ke anuanu, a play upon the word Xuuanu; anuanu. cnld ; here, any excess, me he. etc., anything profusely 

 spread, thrown about, so is love. 



'"As the red dust fills the air of Ewa when the wind blows, so the rumors pervade the district. 



'"And so the sand and dust belts the forest trees, like puakai ; puakai, a red malo or pa-u. 



"Ilima, a bush or small tree, a species of Sidii, in the tract of Ulihale at Ewa (now no more), whose leaves 

 were reddened by the dust. 



'■"'The red dust of tlie wliirlwind sticks to the leaves of the grass, weuweu. 



"Broken is the ridge-bonnet, kaupaku, of the house by the whirlwind. 



"Unfit, dark is the man, uli. black and blue as a bruise, often made liy the teeth of a husliand on a wife for 

 love's sake, as they say. 



"Haalele, etc.. forsakes his beloved object. 



"How can such a one engender love, he throws it away. 



"Driven or broken, moku, by the wind is the grass at Nuuanu Pali. 



"'The driving, the hard driving wind. 



"".Apoopoo. etc., from the deep or hollow place witliout a road till I reach Keahole. 



"'Constant, pukiki mau ia, strong wind in the incessant storm. 



"'Akelekele, to work one's way in a slippery place, especially if the wind blows. 



"'.\t the narrow place, liaiki. cling to llie narrow path; pili i ke ala, of the precipice. 



"'The poet deals here w'itli the conditions of Nuuanu p.ali during the rainy season. Ua kuahine, while a moun- 

 tain rain is not applicable to all rains on the mountains. 



"'Brown is the clifif of Malailua by the rain ; from there on to Xahuina it extends. These are names of places 

 in upper Nuuanu. 



