bay. These rocks
were said to represent respectively the gods Ku and Ahuena,
patrons of the local fishermen.]

[Translation]

_Song_

Kanaloa tints heaven with a blush,
'Tis the flame of the A'e, pure red,
And gray the wind-clouds overhead.
We trudge to the waters calm of Kahana--
5 Heaven grant us a favoring shower!
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-ena.
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The scene of this idyl is laid in the district of Waialua,
Oahu, but the poet gives his imagination free range
regardless of the unities. The chief subjects of interest
that serve as a trellis about which the human sentiments
entwine concern the duties of the fisherman, who is also a
farmer; the school for the hula, in which the hero and the
heroine are pupils; and lastly an ideal condition of
happiness which the lovers look forward to tinder the
benevolent dispensation of the gods Ku and Ahuena.

Among the numerous relatives of Pele was one said to be a
sister, who was stationed on a bleak sun-burnt promontory in
Koolau, Oahu, where she supported a half-starved existence,
striving to hold soul and body together by gathering the
herbs of the fields, eked out by unsolicited gifts of food
contributed by passing travelers. The pathe