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Passed is Ka-maha-la'-wili, 



The very ridge-pole of the rain — 

 10 It's as if the peak cut it in twain- — 



An arched roof the peak's crest Hale-hale-o-ii. 



A twisted cord hangs the brook Wai-hilau ; 



Like smoke fi'om roasting bird Ocean's wild dance ; 



The shark-god is swimming the sea; 

 15 The rocks leap down at Big-leaf "■ and Flat-leaf — « 



See the ocean charge 'gainst the cliffs, 



Thrust snout like rooting boar against AVindy-eape, 



Against Kohola-lele. 



MAIIELE IV 



Hole ^ Waimea i ka ihe a ka uiakaui, 



Hao mai na ale a ke Ki-pu'u-pu'u ;^ 



He laau kala-ihi ia na lie anu, 



I o'o i ka nahele o Mahiki.'^ 

 5 Ku aku la oe i ka Malanai ' a ke Ki-i)uu-puu; 



Nolu ka maka o ka oha-wai f u Uli ; 



Niniau, eha lia pua o Koaie,-'' 



Eha i ke anu ka nahele o AVai-ka-e, 



A he aloha, e ! 

 10 Aloha AA'ai-ka ia'u me he Ipo la : 



Me he ipo la ka maka lena o ke Koo-lau,'' 



Ka pua i ka nahele o Mahule-i-a, 



E lei hele i ke alo o Moo-lau.' 



E lau ka huaka'i-hele i ka pali loa ; 

 15 Hele hihiu, pili,-' noho i ka nahele. 



O ku'u noho wale iho no i kahua, e-e. 



A he aloha, e-e ! 



O kou aloha ka i hiki mai i o'u nei. 



Mahea la ia i ualo iho nei? 



This mele, Hole Waimea, is also sung in connection with the 

 hula ip'u. 



" Big-leaf. A literal translation of Lau-niii. Laupaliochoe, Flat-leaf. 



* Hole. To rasp, to handle rudely, to caress passionately. Waimea is a district and 

 village on Hawaii. 



•" Kipu'ii-iju'u. A cold wind from Mauna-Kea that blows at Waimea. 



<* Mahiki. A woodland in Waimea, in mythological times haunted hy demons and spoolvs. 



" Mala-nnl. The poetical name of a wind, probably the trade wind; a name much used 

 in Hawaiian sentimental poetry. 



f Oha-wai. A water hole that is filled by dripping ; an important source of supply for 

 drinking purposes in certain parts of Hawaii. 



'Pua o Koaie. The l?oaie is a tree that grows in the wilds; the blossom of which is 

 extremely fragrant. (Not the same as that subspecies of the kofi (Acacia koa) which 

 Hillebrand describes and wrongly spells konia. Here a euphemism for the delicate parts.) 



^ Koohm, or, full form, Ko-koo-lau. Described by Doctor Hillebrand as Kokolaii. a wrong 

 spelling. It has a pretty yellow flower, a yellow eye — inuku Iciia — as the song has it. 

 Here used tropically. (This is the plant whose leaf is sometimes used as a substitute 

 for tea.) 



* Moolau. An expression used figuratively to mean a woman, more especially her breasts. 

 The term huli-laii is also used, in a shing way, to signify tlie breasts of a woman, the 

 primitive meaning being a calabash. 



■' Pili. To touch ; touched. This was tlie word used in tb(> forfeit-paying love game, 

 kilu, when the player made a point by hitting the target of his opponent with his kiln. 

 (For further description see p. 235.) 



