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I'onnnulcr Collection of Hawaiian folk-lore. 



Where I shall go sprightly to work 

 To wreathe the lehua |hlossoms] of 



Luluupali, 

 95. Also the pandamis of Mahaiiioku by the 



sea-shore. 

 That I and ni\- g;oil may i^arland it : 

 [My god] Kckoalaulii, the silver-grey leaf. 

 Thine is the skin of Kinaiahi. 



E kili'" aiiau e hana ana an, 

 E lei i na lehua o Lnluupali, 



93. Ka hala <j Alahanioku i kai, 

 E lei niaua"'' o ku'u akua 

 O Kekoalaulii/" lau ahinahina. 

 Nan ka ili o Kinaiahi. 



Kaumualii. 



Kaumualii. 



10. 



The surf-spraying^ wind of Waialua 

 Carries the spray of the surf high, 

 Even to the mountain-top of Kuakala." 

 Tlie wind dies' away upward, 

 Darkened by the smoke' at the height of 



Kamae, 

 The smoke'' which indicates farming at 



Poloiea. 

 Spreading'' to the precipice of Luakini. 

 It is the object of this love, it is evident !' 

 Their love grew for they were constantly 



together. 

 The heavy-sounding'* rain is the rain of 



the koolau ; 

 Heavy raindrops falling in the sea till 



calm ; 

 The sea becomes calm, it is very still. 

 Indistinct" are the coral banks of Heeia. 

 Like the moon down at Mokuoloe 

 Is the destitution'" of verdure of some 



precipices, 



10. 



Ka makani ehukai o Waialua, 



ke 'hu o ke kai aia iluna, 

 Iluna ke kuahiwi o Kuakala 



Ke hoomoe ala e ka makani iluna. 

 I'o i ka uahi ka i ka luna o Kamae, 



1 ka uahi mahiai o Poloiea, 

 Hohola akn la i ka pali o Luakini e 

 O ko kini ia i aloha ai, ke aloha la ! 

 Ina no ke aloha o ka pili mau. 



Ka ua kanikoo, ua o ke koolau. 

 Ua kanikoo i ke kai a malie, 

 Malie iho la ke kai ua laiku ; 

 L'a apulepule ke koa o Heeia. 

 Me he mahina la i kai Mokuoloe 



15. Ka olohelohe o kekahi pali. 



"Kili, to go sprightly ; auau, mama, light. 

 "E lei maiia, that we may put on the wreath, I and my god. 

 ™Kckoalaulii, and lau ahinahina, epithets of the god. 



'It was said that the surf spray at Waialua, Oahu, flies as high, at times, as the western bluffs of Lanai . 

 "Name of an ancient temple on the north-west point of Oahu, at the end of the Waianae range. 

 'Dies away as wind upon the surface of a sloping plain. 



'Darkened by the smoky sea (i.e., the spray, fog), is the top of Kamae. a mountain inland. 

 "Like the smoke of the farmers in clearing their uplands for planting. 

 'Spread over, hohola, etc., the cliff of Luakini. 



'The multitude love the place; their love is constant, as shown in the ne.xt line. 

 'Ua kanikoo, the sound of heavy rain drops on dry leaves, or dry thatching of tlie pandamis leaf, 

 rain accompanying the koolau wind, which calms the troubled waters. 



"Ua apulepule, the coral banks of Heeia appear to be cut up, some places are of gre;it dvptli and 

 "Destitute of verdure, the cliff is seen clear on to Nuuanu. 



is that of the 

 ihers shallow. 



