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Mana on the same island, where he is shown the procession of whirl- 

 ing rain clouds of Eleao (verse 7). Thence the poet carries him to 

 Honuapo, Hawaii, and shows him the waves dashing against the 

 ocean-walls and the clashing of the palm-fronds of Paiaha'a in the 

 wind. 



The scene shifts back to Kauai, and one stands with the poet look- 

 ing down on a piece of ocean Avhere the people are wont to disport 

 themselves. (Maka-iwa, not far from Ka-ipu-ha'a,is said to be such 

 a place.) Verses 12 to 19 in the Hawaiian (13 to 21 in the transla- 

 tion) describe the spirited scene. 



It is somewhat difficult to determine whether the Kauna mentioned 

 in the next poem is the name of the woman or of the stormy cape. 

 In the mind of a Hawaiian poet the inanimate and the animate are 

 often tied so closely together in thought and in speech as to nu\ke it 

 hard to decide which is intended. 



Mele 



Ike iu K;iun;'i-\A-aIiine, Makaiii Ka-ii, 

 He umauiua i pa ia e ka Moa'e, 

 E ka makaui o-maka o Unnlau. 

 I>au ka wahine kaili-pua o Pala, 

 5 Alualii puhala o ka Milo-pae-kaiiaka. o-o-e-e! 

 He kanaka ke koa no ka ehu aliiahi, 

 O ia nei ko ka ehu kakahiaka — 

 O luana no, me ka makua o makou. 

 Ua ike 'a ! 



I Translation] 



Song 



Behold Kauna, that sprite of windy Ka-u, 

 Whose bosoiu is slapped by the Moa'e-ku, 

 And that eye-sniitiug wind Unulaii — 

 Women by hundreds filch the bloom 

 5 Of Paia, hunt fruit of the hala, a-ha ! 

 That one was the gallant, at evening, 

 This one the hero of love, in the morning — 

 'Twas our guardian I had for companion. 

 Now you see it, a-ha ! 



This mele, based on a story of amorous rivalry, relates to a contest 

 which arose between two young women of rank regarding the favors 

 of that famous warrior and general of Kamehameha, Kalaimoku, 

 whom the successful intrigante described as /.■« makua o makou 

 (verse 8), our father, i. e., our guardian. The point of view is that 

 of the victorious intrigante, and in speaking of her defeated rival she 

 uses the ironical language of the sixth verse. He l-anal-a he Ixoa no ka 

 ehu aJilalii, meaning that her opponent's chance of success faded with 

 the evening twilight, whereas her own success was crowned with the 

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