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111 the next iiiele to be f>-iven it is evident that, though the iiiotivc 

 is clearly Hawaiian, it has lost soniethin*^ of the rugged simplicity 

 and impersonality that belonged to the most archaic style, and that 

 it has taken on the sentimentality of a later period. 



Mele 



E Manono la, e-a, 

 E Manoiu) la, e-a, 

 Kau ka ope-ope; 

 Ka uln hala la, e-a, 

 5 Ka ululie la, e-a. 

 Ka ululie la, e-a, 

 A biki Pu'u-nana, 

 Hali'i punana 

 No bull niai. 



10 Hull niai o-e la; 



Moe kaua ; 



Hali'i puxiana 



No bull niai. 



Hull iiiai o-e la; 

 15 Moe kaua ; 



Moe aku kaua ; 



O ka wai welawela, 



O ka papa lolii 



O Mau-kele : 



20 Moe aku kaua : 



O ka wai welawela, 



O ka ]»apa lolii 



O Mau-kele. 



A kele, a krle 

 25 Kou manao la, e-a ; 



A kele, a kele 



Kou manao la, e-a. 



[Translation] 



Song 



Come now. Ma none. 

 Come, Manono, I say, 

 Take up tbe burden ; 

 Tbrou^b jiroves of pandanus 

 tj Ami wild stai;;-boi'n fern, 



A\'earisonie fern, lies our way. 

 Arrived at tbe bill-top. 

 We'll smootb out tbe ne.'^t, 

 Tbat we may snug close. 



10 Turn now to me, dear, 

 Wbile we rest bere. 

 Make we a littte ne.st, 

 Tbat we may draw near. 

 Tbis way your face, dear. 



