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Pauku 2 



Hoopono oe, he aiua kai Waialua i ka haii; 

 Ke olelo * wale no la i ka lani. 

 Lolie ka uka o ka pehu i Ku-kani-loko.'' 

 I-loko, i-walio kaua la, e ka lioa, 

 5 I kahi e pau ai o ka^oni? 



Oni ana 1 ka mauawa o ka lili. 

 Pee oe, pee ana iloko o ka hilahila. 

 I hilahila wale la no e oe; 

 Nod no ka hale,'' komo niai nialoko. 



The lines from the fourth to the ninth in this stanza {pauku) 

 represent a dialogue between two lovers. 



[Translation] 



Stanza 2 



Look now, Waialna, land clothed with ocean-mist — 

 Its wilderness-cries heaven's ear only hears, 

 The wilderness-gods of Ku-kani-loko. 

 Within or without shall we stay, friend, 

 5 Until we have stilled the motion? 

 To toss is a sign of impatience. 

 Yon hide, hiding as if from shame. 

 I am bashful because of your presence; 

 The house is yours, you've only to enter. 



PauivU 3 

 (Ko"i-honua) 



Pakii Kea-au,'^ lulu Wai-akea ;^ 

 Noho i ka la'i loa o Hana-kahi,'' 

 O Hilo, i olokea ^ ia, i an la, e, i kai, 

 O Lele-iwi,* o Maka-hana-loa.' 

 5 Me he kaele-papa i la Hilo, i lalo ka noho. 

 Kaele ^ wale Hilo i ke alai ia e ka ua. 

 Oi ka niho o ka ua o Hilo i ka lani ; 

 Kua-wa'a-wa'a Hilo i eli 'a e ka wai ; 

 Kai-koo, haki na nalu, ka ua o Hilo; 



" Olelo. To speak, to converse : here used figuratively to mean that the place is lonely, 

 has no view of the ocean, looks only to the sky. " Looks that commerce with the sky." 



^Ku-kani-loko. A land in Waialua. Oahu. to which princesses resorted in the olden 

 times at the time of childhirth, that their offspring might have the distinction of Ijeing 

 an alii kapu, a chief with a tahu. 



' Hale. House ; a familiar euphemism of the human hody. 



^ Kea-au. An ahu-piia'a. small division of land, in Puna adjoining Hilo. represented as 

 sheltering Hilo on that side. 



'' J\'aiakca. A river in Hilo. and the land through which it flows. 



f Haiia-kahi. A land on the Ilamakua side of Hilo. also a king whose name was a 

 synonym for profound peace. 



B Olo-kca. To he invited or pulled many ways at once ; distracted. 



* Lele-iiri. A cape on the north side of Hilo. 



• Maka-hana-loa. A cape. 



■' Kaele-papa. A large, round, hollowed hoard on which to pound taro in the making of 

 poi. The poi-board was usually long and oval. 



''Kaele. In this connection the meaning is surrounded, encompassed by. 



