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15 Wai hone i ke kumu o ka pali, 



I lualu i ka lau kui-kui.<* 



Ke kuhi nei au a he pono 



Ka ilima lei a ke aloha, 



Au i kau nni aku ai, 

 20 I ka iinnl oi a oia pua. . 



[Translation] 

 fyong 



How pleasing, when borne by the tide, 



One says, you and I ai-e a-eokl. 



The buds of the center are chilled 



Of the woman who shivers on shore. 

 5 I stood on the height Poli-ahu ; 



The ocean enrobed Wai-lua. 



Ah, strange are the pranks of the wind, 



The Kiu-ke'e wind of the pali ! 



It smites now the ocean at Puna — 

 10 That's always the fashion at Puna. 



Gone, gone is the last of my love. 



At this mixture of brine in my drink ! 



My mouth is a-thirst for a draught 



Of the cold mountain- water, 

 15 That plays at the foot of the cliff. 



In the shade of the kui-kui tree. 



I thought our love-flower, ilima—: 



Oft wf'rn as a garland by you — 



Still held its color most true. 

 20 You'd exchange its beauty for rue! 



MeJe 



Kaulana mai nei Pua Lanakila : 

 Olali oe o ke aupuni hui. 

 Nana i koke aku ke kahua, 

 Na ale o ka Pakipika. 

 5 Lilo i mea ole na enemi ; 



Pimwai hao-klla, he manao paa ; 

 Na Ka nupepa la i hoike mai. 

 ITa kau Lanakila i ka hanohano, 



ka u'i mapela la o Aina-hau ; 

 10 O ko'u hoa'ia la e pili ai — 



1 hoa kaana i ka pi,inwai, 



I na kohi kelekele i ka Pu'ukolu. 

 Ina ilaila Pua Komela, 

 Ka u'i kaulana o Aina-pua ! 

 15 O ka pua o ka Lehua me ka Ilima 

 I lei kahiko.no ko'u kino, 

 Ka Palai lau-lii me ka Maile, 

 Ke ala e hoene i kou poll. 



"Kui-kui. The older name-form of the tree (Aleurites triloba), popularly known by 

 .some as the candle-nut tree, from the fact that its oily nuts were used In making torches. 

 Kiikiii, or iufui, is the name now applied to the tree, also to a torch or lamp. The Sa- 

 nioan language still retains the archaic name tuitui. This is one of the few instances 

 in which the original etymology of a word is retained in Hawaiian poetry. 



