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Hina oe i ka Naulu,'* uolio pu me ka Iniiwai.* 



Akahi no a pumehana ka hale, ua hiki oe : 



Ma'ema'e ka luna i Haupu.^ 



Upu ka makemake e ike ia Ka-ala. 

 15 He ala ka makemake e ike ia Lihu'e ; ^ 



Ku'u uka ia uoho ia Halemauo.*^ 



Maanei oe, pale oe, pale au, 



Hana ue'e ke kikala i ka ha'i keiki. 



Hai'ua ka manao — nolio i Waimea, 

 20 Hoouu'u pu i ka i"a ku o ka aiua/ 



E kala oe a kala au a kala ia Ku, Ahueua.^ 



[Translation] 



Kanaloa tints heaven with a blush, 



'Tis the flame of the A'e, pure red, 



And gray the wind-clouds oAerhead. 



We trudge to the waters calm of Kahana — 

 5 Heaven grant us a favoring shower I 



The work is all done on the farm. 



We stay till twilight steals o'er the plain 



Then, love-spurred, tramp o'er it again. 



Have you as partner in holiday dance — 

 10 We've moiled as one in the gray smoke ; 



Cast down by the Naulu, you thirst. 



For once the house warms at your coming. 



How clear glow the heights of yon Haupu ! 



I long for the sight of Ka-ala, 

 15 And sweet is the thought of Lihu'e, 



And our mountain retreat, Hale-mano. 



Here, fenced from each other by tabu, 



Your graces make sport for the crowd. 



What then the solution? Let us dwell 

 20 At Waimea and feast on the fish 



That swarm in the neighboring sea. 



With freedom to you and freedom to me. 



Licensed by Ku and by Ahu-eua. 



" Jiaulu. A wind. 



* Inu-wai. A wind that dried up vegetation, here Indicating thirst. 



"Haupu. A mountain on Kauai, sometimes visible on Oahu in clear weather. (See 

 note r, p. 229, on Ilaupu. 



<' Lihu'e. A beautiful and romantic region nestled, as the Ilawaiians say, " between 

 the thighs of the mountain,'' Mount Kaala. 



<" Ilalc-mano. Literally the multitude of houses ; a sylvan region bound to the south- 

 western flank of the Konahuanui range of mountains, a region of legend and romance, 

 since the coming of the white man given over to the ravage and desolation that follow 

 the free-ranging of cattle and horses, the vaquero. and the abusive use of fire and 

 ax by the woodman. 



'■ I'ti ku o ka aina. Fish common to a region ; in this place it was probably the kala, 

 which word is found in the nest line, though in a different sense. Here the expression 

 is doubtless a euphemism for dalliance. 



" Ku, Aliuena. At Waimea, Oahu, stood two rocks on the opposite bluffs that sentineled 

 the bay. These rocks were said to represent respectively the gods Ku and Ahuena, 

 patrons of the local fishermen. 



