Kamehameha. 



No Kamehameha. 



The sun has risen far above Maunaloa, 



The black cloud thundered upon the 

 mountain. 



The mountain tops of Kona stand side- 

 ways ; 'tis calm, 



Uilo stands swelling up in the rain. 

 5. 1 laniakua is a place of wooded ravines. 3. 



Koliala is folded up in the winds. 



Kauiki is drawn up till it tDUchcs heaven; 



It has fled to the mat of Hina. 



.\ sleep in pain is a mourning ■ sleep. 

 10. Mokulaina hears far of¥ in the sea. 10. 



It cleared away and was calm. 



liana flew and hid herself fnmi the wind; 



.\ lirook belongs to Lanakila : 



.\ watery mountain belongs to Kualihau. 

 15. The back and the breast shivers from the 15. 



snow, 



Contracted with the culd. 



The desire moves in an irregular course, 



Moving this and that way as if in a 

 nightmare. 



Breathing hard with fear. 

 20. The dry season consumes the water of 



the path , 20. 



The bewildering path of the wilderness, 



The hinale that is overgrown with akolea. 



Iliki kau kolii' ka la i IMaunaloa, 

 Ke ao eleele koa- halulu i ka mauna, 

 Ku kaha"' ke kuahiwi o Kona he lai^ 

 Ku opuu'' Hiki i ka ua. 



Pali laau" Hamakua, 

 OpeoiJc' Kohala i ka niakani, 

 Huki Kauiki** pa i ka lani, 

 Ua hee" i ka moena a Hina, 

 He moe ino he moe'" kanikau, 

 I lono Mokulaina" i ke kai, 

 Hoai'- ai ua malie, 

 Lele Hana i pee i ka makani, 

 He iX)o wai'-' no Lanakila, 

 He mauna wai no Kualihau" 

 Li hau'" ka li kua me ka li alo, 

 Li maeele'" i ke anu, 

 Ka makemake e kaa kukue,'' 

 E kaa nipolo'" nipolo lea. 

 E ke aho i ka manawa,^" 



E ke kau-" kaa inu wai o ke ala, 



Ke ala lau nahelehele no ka waonahele, 



O hinale-' kupuhia e ka limu akolea. 



'Kolii, the reflection of the sun, the tremulous appearance on looking over a plain when the sun is hot. 

 °Koa, a word seldom used in the sense here, but like ha, the very black cloud thundered, halulu. 

 'Ku kaha, to stand sideways. 

 'He lai, it was calm. 



"Ku opuu, Hilo in its hills and knolls was swelling in the rain. 

 'Pali laau, wooded ravines. 

 'Opeope, to be folded or bundled up. 



'Kauiki, the hill at entrance of Hana harbor, drawn up to touch the heavens, refers to its local legend. 

 °Ua hee, it fled to Hina, a woman of very ancient times, the most popular heroine of Hawaiian story. 

 "Moe kanikau, clearly rendered a mourning sleep, doubtless refers to moaning. 

 "Mokulaina, while the name of a land in Hana, refers to some personage. 

 "Hoai, to clear off after a sliowcr. 

 "Poowai, source of a brook or stream. 

 "Kualihau, a land near the sea and below the mountains. 

 "Li hau, to shiver with cold from snow. 

 "Li mauele, to contract as the skin and flesh with the cold. 



'"Kukue, to dodge, move one way and the other ; kaa, to roll, as a person recovering from a drunken lit. 

 "Nipolo, to dream tliat one is falling in his sleep from a heiglit and breatlies hard, in fright. 

 "Manawa, some internal part not well understood, the, seat of fear and other passions. 

 "■"Kau, a season, in this case summer, the season that drinks up the moisture in the path. 

 ■'Hinale, name of something unknown; kupuhia for kupuia, sprouted; akolea, a species of fern. 

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