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of the debater, Kaipalaoa, already quoted. His opponents produce 
this song: 
The small bird chirps; it shivers in the rain, in Puna, at Keaau, at Iwainalo, 
and challenge him to “ find another nalo.” Says the boy: 
The crow caw caws; it shines in the rain. In Kona, at Honalo, it is hidden 
(nalo). 
Thus, by using nalo correctly in the song in two ways, he has over- 
matched his rivals. 
In the elaborated hula songs, such as Emerson quotes, the art can 
be seen in full perfection. Dangerous as all such interpretation of 
native art must be for a foreigner, I venture in illustration, guided 
by Wise’s translation, the analysis of one of the songs sung by Hale- 
mano to win back his lost lady love, the beauty of Puna. The circum- 
stances are as follows: Halemano, a Kauai chief, has wedded a fa- 
mous beauty of Puna, Hawaii, who has now deserted him for a 
royal lover. Meanwhile a Kohala princess who loves him seeks to 
become his mistress, and makes a festival at which she may enjoy 
his company. The estranged wife is present, and during the games 
he sings a series of songs to reproach her infidelity. One of them 
runs thus: 
Ke kua ia mai la e ke kai ka hala 0 Hewn down by the sea are the pan- 
Puna, ; danus trees of Puna. 
I halaoa ana me he kanaka la, They are standing there like men, 
Lulumi iho la i kai o Hilo-e, Like a multitude in the lowlands of 
Hilo. 
Hanuu ke kai i luna o Mokuola. Step by step the sea rises above the 
Isle-of-life, 
Ua ola ae nei loko i ko aloha-e. So life revives once more within me, 
i for love of you. 
He kokua ka inaina no ke kanaka. A bracer to man is wrath. 
Hele kuewa au i ke alanui e! As I wandered friendless over the high- 
ways, alas! 
Pela, peia, pehea au e ke aloha? That way, this way, what of me, love? 
Auwe kuu wahine—a! Alas, my wife—O! 
Kuu hoa 0 ka ulu hapapa o Kalapana. My companion of the shallow planted 
breadfruit of Kalapana, 
O ka la hiki anuanu ma Kumukahi. Of the sun rising cold at Kumukahi. 
Akahi ka mea aloha o ka wahine. Above all else the love of a wife. 
Ke hele neiia wela kuu manawa, For my temples burn, 
A huihui kuu piko i ke aloha, And my heart (literally “ middle’) is 
cold for your love, 
Ne aie kuu kino no ia la-e. And my body is under bonds to her 
(the princess of Kohala). 
Hoi mai kaua he a’u koolau keia, Come back to me, a wandering 
Au bird of Koolau, 
Kkuu wahine hoi e! Hoi mai. My love, come back. 
Hoi mai kaua e hoopumehana. Come back and let us warm each other 
with love, 
Ka makamaka o ia aina makua ole. Beloved one in a friendless land (lit- 
erally, “ without parents’’). 
