258 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 38 



Ma ka mole mai o Lehua ; 

 Aia i-laila ka Wai a Kane. 



E u-i aku ana an ia oe, 

 15 Aia i-hea ka Wai a Kane? 



Aia i ke kna-hiwi, i ke kua-louo, 

 I Ice awawa, i Ive kalia-wai; 

 Aia i-laila ka Wai a Kane. 



E u-i aku ana au ia oe, 

 20 Aia i-liea ka Wai a Kane? 



Aia i-kai, i Iva moana, 



I ke Kua-lau, i ke anueuue, 



I ka punoliu." i ka ua-koko,^ 



I ka alewa-lewa : 

 25 Aia i-laila ka Wai a Kane. 



E u-i aku ana au ia oe, 

 Aia i-hea ka Wai a Kane? 

 Aia i-luna ka Wai a Kane, 

 I ke ouli, i ke ao eleele, 

 30 I ke ao pano-pano, 



I ke ao popolo-hua mea a Kane la, e! 

 Aia i-laila ka Wai a Kane. 



B ti-i aku ana au ia oe, 

 Aia i-hea ka Wai a Kane? 

 35 Aia i-lalo, i ka honua, i ka Wai hu, 

 I ka wai kau a Kane me Kanaloa — " 

 He wai-pima, he wai e inu. 

 He wai e mana, he wai e ola. 

 E ola no, e-a ! 



[Translation! 

 TJie Water of Kane 



A query, a question, 

 I put to you : 



Where is the water of Kane? 

 At the Eastern Oate 

 D Where the Sun comes in at Haehae; 

 There is the water of Kane. 



A question I ask of you : 

 Where is the water of Kane? 

 Out there with the floating Sun, 



" run oh It. A red luminous cloud, or a halo, regarded as an omen portending some sacred 

 and important event. 



" Ua-koko. Literally bloody rain, a term applied to a rainbow when lying near the 

 ground, or to a freshet-stream swollen with the red muddy water from the wash of the 

 hillsides. These were important omens, claimed as marking the birth of tabu chiefs. 



'' Wai kau a Kane vie Kanaloa. Once when Kane and Kanaloa were journeying together 

 Kanaloa complained of thirst. Kane thrust his staff into the pali near at hand, and out 

 flowed a stream of pure water that has continued to the present day. The place is ftt 

 Keanae, Maui, 



