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10 Hoo-lono « ke kai o Puna 



I ka ulu hala la, e-e, 



Kai-ko'o Puna. 



la hooneenee ia pili mai * kaua, e ke hoa. 



Ke wailio e mai la oe ilaila. 

 15 Eia ka mea Ino la, he anu, 



A he anu nie he inea la iwaho kaua, e ke hoa ; 



Me he wai la ko kaua ill. 



The author of this poem of venerable age is- not known. It is 

 spoken of as belonging to the iva po, the twilight of tradition. It is 

 represented to be part of a mele taught to Hiiaka by her friend and 

 preceptress in the hula, Hopoe. Hopoe is often called Hopoe-ivahine, 

 From internal evidence one can see that it can not be in form the same 

 as was given to Hiiaka by Hopoe; it may have been founded on the 

 poem of Hopoe. If so, it has been modified. 



[Translation] 



Stanza 5 



From mountain retreat and root-woven ladder 



Mine eye looks dow' n on goddess Moana-Lehua ; 



I beg of the Sea, Be thou calm ; 



Would there might stand on thy shore a lehua — 

 5 Lehua-tree tall of Ho-poe. 



The lehua is fearful of man ; 



It leaves him to walk on the ground below, 



To walk the ground far below. 



The pebbles at Ke'-au grind in the surf. 

 10 The sea at Ke'-au shouts to Puna's palms, 



" Fierce is the sea of Pima." 



Move hither, snug close, companion mine; 



You lie so aloof over there. 



Oh what a bad fellow is cold ! 

 15 'Tis as if we were out on the wold ; 



Our bodies so clammy and chill, friend ! 



The last five verses, which sound like a love song, may possibly be 

 a modern addition to this old poem. The sentiment they contain is 

 comparable to that expressed in the Song of Welcome on page 39 : 



Eia ka pu'u nui o waho nei, he anu. 



The hill of Affliction out there is the cold. 



" Hoolono. To call, to make an uproar, to spread a report. 



"/a hoo-uee-nec ia pili mai. A very peculiar figure of speech. It is as if the poet per- 

 sonified the act of two lovers snuggling up close to each other. Compare with this the 

 expression Vo huU mai, used by another poet in the thirteenth line of the lyric given 

 on p. 204. The motive is the same in each case. 



