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Pomander L'oHcction of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



Where art tlmu? Here am 1, here am I 

 indeed, my arms are em])ty, 



.Stolen"'' is my precious one,-'' 

 43. In sorrow I search for tliee. 



Let us seek together, and ease thnu my 

 ])ainful head. 



The pain of my liead wliieh lln-ubs: 1 am 

 "rieved indeed. 



.\uhca oe? eia'u, eia'u la ua he — mo knu 



lima, 

 la huea kuu hipuu niakamae, 

 45. L'a minamina an e imi. 



Kaua e imi hoi. a e nini mai oe i knu 



nahoahoa. 

 I ka napele o kuu pi 10 i ka eha. ua 



eha au e. 



A Lamentation for 

 IvOno-opio.' 



l.')Y I'lClJCKAIA. 



He Kanikau no Lono-opio. 



Xa PliLKK.MA 



TO. 



.My eomp,inii)n of (lie rain, of the return- 



ini:;- water. 

 ^ly comi)an-ion of the laud of steady wind; 

 Mv companion in the cold of the Kin- 



wailehua ;- 

 Mv husljand of the niyht and dav : 

 My companion watchint;- the Koolau- 



wahine'' wind 

 [-Vnd] calliuL;- to Kulahului 

 To string- handsome flowers* | for] the lov- 

 ing- companion, a husband: 

 My lieloved compaiiinn in the Lord; 

 My fellow-worker in Christ; 

 My con-ipani(in in the Ictikui grove of 



Koolau : 

 My con-|paninn in the pandanus trees of 



Pooku ; 

 My companion in the han trees of Kau- 



ka< 'pua ; 

 My companion of the swelling- and sandy 



seaweed is the n-ian of Manuakepa ; 

 Mv con-ipanion in the rain at the sands of 



Ona; 



Kuu kane o ka ua o ka wai hoi, 



Kuu hoa o ka aina kai puhi i ka makani, 



Kuu hna pili i ke anu d ke kinwailehua. 



Kuu kane o ka po o ke ao : 



5. Knu hoa nana makani koolauwahine, 

 E kahea ana i Kulahului. 

 I' i pnakei, ka hoa 'loha, he kane, 

 Kuu hoa aloha i loko o ka Haku, 

 Knu hoa lawe haua i loko o Kristo. 



Kuu hoa i ka main kukui o Koiilau 



Kuu hoa i ka hala o Pooku 



Kuu hoa i ka hau o Kaukaopna 



Kuu hoa o ka limu ]K'hu. Hum one, ka 



kanaka o Manuakepa 

 Kuu hoa alo ua ina one < )n,-i 



""Stolen, ua hiica, like ailnic. 



■'"Hipuu makamae is a precious burden borne on the liips. where the knot of tlie malo fastens, hence the appli- 

 cation of the term. 



'This dirge for a beloved companion presents the discomfortures, experiences and pleasantries of tlieir life. It 

 is characteristically Hawaiian in comparisons and expressions. 



'Name of a discomforting wind. Its first part. A'/i7, is the name of a strong trade wind at Honuaula. .\t Hana 

 the name applies to tlie nortliwcst wind. This might indicate it as belonging to Maui, but it is not found among 

 those named by Kuapakaa as released from liis wind-gourd Laamaomao, as given in Memoirs, Vol. V, pp. 92-102. 



"The well-known name of the cold, northern wind on Kauai. 



'Puakci. pua. flower; kei. an expression of wonder, hence the call to string a flower or flowers of rare beauty, 

 for a loxin.g Inisband companion. 



