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10 Auwe! luui an i ka maiio iiui ! 

 Kai uli, kai olo, 

 Kai popololuia o Kane. 

 A lealca an i ka'ii hnlii, 

 I'au au i ka luano mil I 



['rrausliiUiiii I 



Alas! I am seized by the shark, great shark! 

 Lala-kea with triple-bauked teeth. 

 The stratum of Louo is gone, 

 Torn up by tlie monster sharlv, 

 5 Niuhi with fiery eyes, 



That fiamed in the deep l)lue sea. 

 Alas! and alas! 

 When flowers the wili-wili' tree, 

 That is the time when the shark-god bites. 

 10 Alas ! I am seized by the huge shark ! 

 O blue sea, O dark sea, 

 Foan)-mottled sea of Kane ! 

 What pleasure I took in my dancing ! 

 Alas! now consumed by the monster shark! 



AA^io would imagine that a Hawaiian wonld ever picture the god 

 of love as a shark? As a bird, yes; but as a shark! What a light 

 this fierce idyl casts on the imagination of the people of ancient 

 Hawaii ! 



