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Pomander Collection of Hcni'aiiait Polk-lorc. 



Ilina eats the good"' fresh fish; 

 It is yours O Hina ! For Hina indeed 

 is the fish. 



Ai Hina i i<a i'a makaniaka maikai 

 All e Hina e ! Na Hina ka h(.)i ua i'a. 



Sacrifice, sacrifice, 

 30. The shore reef is the ocean guard : jo. 



The wizard's pit affords fresh (twin) 

 water. 



The beach oi Hina beyond is guarding. 



Watch for Palaiuli ; for Palaikea. 



O vengeful'" Hina, Hina the man-eater,'* 

 35. That is the Hina who owns the fish. 35. 



Give birth'" to fish. O Hina ! 



It is Hina's own fish. 



Kaumalia ia, kaumaha ia. 

 Ka papa i kai ka haku nK)ana 

 Ka lua kupua ka wai hia ono, 

 Kahakai o Hina, makai na ku ana. 

 Nana ia 'ku o Palaiuh, o Palaikea. 

 O Hina malailena, o Hina ai kanaka, 



O ka Hina ia nona ka i'a, 

 Hanaua mai he i'a e Hina e ! 

 Xa I lina ka hoi ua i'a. 



40. 



45- 



50. 



Sacrifice, sacrifice, 



Hina boasts of her fish ; 

 40. Bait the hook, O parent-Hina one, 



Touch the surface of the sea, O parent- 

 Hina two. 



Bite the fisli of the wizard, parent-Hina 

 three. 



Lift it alxjve'-" to parent-Hina four, 



Put in the canoe of parent-PIina five,-' 

 45. The mud-hen-- came down for Hina; 



Came down below to the water-source, 



To the spring, to the flowing water. 



To the bathing pool of Hina. 



By rubbing the skin, producing redness 

 50. To cleanliness, Hina absolved her several 

 Iwdy forms ; 



They flew as a bird, suspended like a kite. 



Past the difficult places, Kane leading. 



Hina followed at a distance, 



Hakiololo came behind you O Hina, 

 55. As the kite rose the mud-hen crawled 

 to Hina 



And flew away. 



The awa planted by the side of the house 

 Has grown, has leaved and ripened, 

 Send^^ and pull it up and bring it here; ■ 



"Makamaka is a friendly companion, and in a certain sense means strong affection, as also good, fresh. 



"Malailena, revengeful, bitter, sarcastic. 



"Man-eater in the sense of exacting penalties for the infraction of lier kapus. 



"The poet Iiere calls upon Hina to give birth tn fish, 'banana mai like hanau mai. 



"'"Lift or place it above, ka'ika'ina iluna. 



"The numbering of these several Hinas may indicate successive generations. 



'"The introduction here of the mud-hen, alae, identifies the subject of this mele, Hina, as the niotlier of the 

 demi-god Maui, who by a cunning trick obtained from this bird the sacred fire stolen from the gods, as witness the 

 red frontal knob caused by Maui's Iiurning away of its feathers 1)y tlic sacred fire, hence hs name alae ula (GalUnula 

 i^aleata sandwiccnsis). 



''Send, kiina for kii ana ; pull it up and bring it here, lawea for lawe ia. 



Kaumaha ia, kaumaha ia, 

 Hookelekele ana Hina i kana i'a. 

 Maunu i ka makau o Hina makua kahi, 

 Pa i ka ilikai o Hina makua lua, 

 .\i mai ka i'a a ke kupua, o Hina 



maktia kolu, 

 Ka'ika'ina iluna o Hina makua ha, 

 Hoouka i ka waa o Hina makua lima. 



Kuukuu ka alae na Hina, 



Kuu akii i lalo i manawai, 



I ka wai puna, i ka wai kahe, 



I ka wai auau no Hina. 



Hamo ana i ka ili, nana i ka ula 



I ka maikai, hoopau Hina i ona kino, 



L'a lele a manu, ua kau a lupe. 



Pan ma koa'e, o Kane ka imua 



O Hina ka i ka hope 



O Hakiololo ka i muli mai ou e Hina. 



55. Kau ka lupe, kolo ka alae a Hina la. 

 Lele aku la. 



O ka awa kanuia i ke kala o ka hale, 

 L^a kupii, ua lau, ua 00, 

 Kiina, hukia, lawea mai a. 



