Song for Kaiiinitalii. 



479 



105. 



1 10. 



H5- 



120. 



Puna becomes a distinct district''' for the 105. 



goddess ; 

 [She] is moving on to Kalapana. 

 To the place where the lehua grows : 

 Growing because of tlie everlasting fire d 



the woman,''' 

 In no season is the fire assuaged. 

 It is the master of that district; no. 



It badly scars'' the land. 

 The goddess is heartless'* to consume 



Puna : 

 Consuming the district i^f the uplands of 



Kaliu 

 .■\nd from there straight down tn Puna's 



shore. 

 The sea is also kapucd fur Ihialii: 115- 



Seaward, mountainward, seaward, nioun- 



tainward : at the mountain is the 



fountain of Kilauea'" 

 Sometimes over Hilo, over Puna, over 



Hilo, over Puna spreads the smoke"" 



indeed. 

 The fire burning upland is seen below at 



Hilo.^^ 

 As great rains fall at Hilo**- the clouds 



appear as a long house."" 

 Excessive^^* is the rain at Hilo-llanakahi ; 1^0. 



The rain at Hanakahi along llilo's sea- 

 beach. 

 Hilo-Paliku"'''' sees it is raining, 

 The rain is breaking the fronds of llic 



tree-fern,*"' 

 The body of the tree-fern is weighted 



with water. 



He konohiki okua Puna na ke 'kua, 

 Ke hooneenee aku la i Kalapana, 

 I ka wahi a ka lehua e kupu ai. 

 Kupu i ke ahi a man a ka waliine, 

 .\ole kau e ni;ialili i ke .'dii. 



O ka haku no ia o ia aina. 

 E alina loa ai ua aina la. 

 Aloha ole ke 'kua ai ia Puna, 

 Ka ai ahupuaa i ka uka o Kaliu, 

 Ai pololei no a kai o Puna. 



I'a kapu kai aku la na llnalii. 

 I kai, i uka, i kai, i uka, i uka ke 



kumuwai o Kilauea. 

 I Hilo, i Puna, i Hilo, i Puna, i uka ka 



uahi e. 

 I uka ka a ana ike kai o Hilo, 

 A ua nui Hilo halau lani ke ao, 



.Aiwaiwa ka ua o Hilo-Hanakahi. 

 Ka ua o Hanakahi a Hilo i ke one. 

 Ike ae la Hilo-paliku he ua ia, 

 Ke hahaki ku la i ka lau amau, 

 Ke kino o ka amau i luli i ka wai. 



'"Konohiki okoa, a distinct or strange lord of Puna is the goddess, she moves on, hooneenee aku, to Kalapana 

 where the lehua flourishes. 



"The lehua is said to grow by means of Pele's everlasting fire. 



"That land is badly scarred, alina loa ; alina, a scar from a wound. 



'"The goddess has no love who destroys Puna ; she eats straightforward, ai polnU-i. tn the i,ea-shorc and re- 

 stricts the sea from Hoalii, one of her brothers. 



■"Kilauea, the volcano, is the source, the fountain of this devastation in all directions. 



'"At times over Hilo, and again over Puna, the smoke prevails. 



"The volcano light on the rnountain is seen from the beach at Hilo. 



'"The poet here resumes his narration of Hilo's rainy conditions. 



"In time of great rain the clouds take the form of a long shed like structure, halau. 



"'Aiwaiwa, great, extensive are the rains of Hilo-Hanakahi. near to the bay. even of Hanakahi on Hilo's sea- 

 beach. 



"'Hilo-Paliku, the upper or precipitous part of Hilo. 



"The storin and the rain break up the leaves of the ama'u (or ama'unia'u ) tree-fern (a species of Sadlerin) 

 bending its body under the weight of the shower. 



"Oho o ka amau, the pulu, or silky fiber of the amau tree-fern ; Kulaimano, a place of upper Hilo. 



