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Foniandcr Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



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45. It comes here, it comes there, it comes 



slowly, 

 In thick, dense clouds Id the yod Pnakau. 

 \\'ill the goddess rolj? 

 The mountain rises and crumhles ofT; 

 Kilohana, the mountain, stands up of 



itself 

 As a gift for the cold snow. 

 The soft fleecy clouds appear and 



disappear. 

 Turn to the back, the names have not 



joined ; 

 roliahu and \\'aiaieale are floating about. 

 Ileautiful is Kahelekuakane. 

 Pleasure the long |)ath to Maunahina. 

 Snow is upon Kalikua, a thick shade 



pervades Aipo, 

 The mountain top is obstructed for travel, 

 Snow is also upon Elekeninui, 

 With forest unequal on each side. 

 60. Excellent is the path along the precipice 



of Makana, 

 The path to the precipice of Kaiwikui 

 The top of Pueokahci, wliilc one remains 



on Kapua. 

 The avalanche is afraid of the precipice. 

 At IMahuokona is a precipice sweet- 

 scented with naenae : 

 65. One can inhale the fragrance if he 



breathes at all. 

 The sweet-scented product of Kahioe, the 



women who braids the lauae 

 In the valley of Kikiopua, at Hoomalele. 

 The firebrands are flying down the steep 



precipice ; 



43. Iliki e''" hiki la, hiki hakalia ae — 

 I ke kaunana palanioa" ia Lone 



o I'uakau*- e; 

 Ahao*^ anei akua wahine ? 

 I una** mai, kolikoli ke kuahiwi, 

 Kau wale ai mauna Kilohana,*^ 



50. 1 makana i ka hau anu, 



Ua kau ke ae*" haale a hu la, 

 U wai a ke kua a ai luii na inoa, 

 E lana nei o Poliahu o Waialeale,*' 

 Kai*'^ Kahelekuakane, 



55. Anana i ka loa hina i Maunahina. 

 He hau Kalikua he naele Aipo, 

 Kupilikii*^ aku la Wawa, 

 He hau no Elekeninui, 

 Ulu laau kapakahi aku la, 



60. Nahenahe'" ke alo o ka pali o Makana. 

 Ke ala pali o Kaiwikui. 

 Ka luna i Pueokahei e noho i Kapua 



nei ea ; 

 •Vpoajx)''' ana ka aholo i ka pali, 

 I Mahuokona he pali ala i ka naenae. 



65. He lauae^- mokihana ihu hanu, 



Ka hua 'la o Kakioe'*'' na wahine ako lauae 

 I ka pali o Kikiopua i Hoomalele. 

 E lele ana no momoku kuehu"'* pali. 



"Hiki e, etc.. introduced as a sort of chorus. 



"Kaunana palamoa, when the sky overhead is clouded with dense, tliick, though not hlack clouds. 



"Puakau ; when a cloud rises up out of the sea like man or beast, it was worshiped as a god, and called "o 

 Lono o Pnakau," the god of Puakau. 



".'\hao, to rob, take the property of another. 



"Una mai. to pry up as with a lever ; kolikoli. to whittle, shave off, the action of an a.xe or adzsc. 



"Kiloliana, a mountain of Kauai. 



"Ke ac. the thin fleecy clouds of the mountain ; haule. the tremulous motion of water about to overflow from 

 a filled cup. 



■"Poliahu and Waialealc. mountains of Kauai. 



"Kai, beautiful, admiration for the mountains named. 



"Kupilikii. the state of traveling on the mountains in a hard rain, with road slippery and full of bushes. 



"Nahenahe, lahilahi ; thin cloth of fine te.xture, hence good, excellent. 



""Apoapo, to fear or be afraid ; aholo, a place in a declivity where some kind, rocks, etc., have fallen down. 



'"Naenae, lauae and mokihana, odoriferous shrubs. 



"Kakioe, a celebrated witch of ancient times. 



"Kuehu pali. a very steep and perpendicular cliff. 



