According to the author’s interpretation of the song, _Alekoki_ (verse 2), a name applied to a portion of the Nuuanu stream lower down than the basin and falls of _Kapena_ (_Kahiwai a o Kapena_—verse 14), symbolizes a flame that may once have warmed the singer’s imagination, but which he discards in favor of his new love, the pool of Kapena. The rain, which prefers to linger in the upland regions of Nuuanu (verses 3 and 4) and which often reaches not the lower levels, typifies his brooding affection. The cold, the storm, and the tempest that rage at _Mamala_ (verse 21)—a name given to the ocean just outside Honolulu harbor—and that fill the heavens with driving scud (verses 27 and 28) represent the violent opposition in high quarters to the love-match. The tale-bearing wind, _makani ahai-lono_ (verse 29), refers, no doubt, to the storm of scandal. The use of the place-names _Ma’ema’e_ and _Mauna-ala_ seem to indicate Nuuanu as the residence of the princess. _Mele_ PALE I Auhea wale oe, e ka Makani Inu-wai? Pa kolonahe i ka ili-kai, Hoonui me ka Naulu, Na ulu hua i ka hapapa. 5 Anó au ike i ke ko Hala-li’i, I keia wa nana ia Lehua. PALE II Aia i Waimea ku’u haku-lei? Hui pu me ka wai ula iliahi, Mohala ka pua i ke one o Pawene; 10 Ka lawe a ke Koolau Noho pu me ka ua punonohu ula i ka nahele, Ike i ka wai kea o Makaweli; [Page 111] Ua noho pu i ka nahele Me ka lei hinahina o Maka-li’i. 15 Liilii ka uka o Koae’a; Nana i ka ua lani-pili, Ka ó-ó, manu le’a o ka nahele. I Pa-ie-ie au, noho pu me ke anu. E ha’i a’e oe i ka puana: 20 Ke kahuna kalai-hoe o Puu-ka-Pele. [Translation.] _Song_ CANTO I Whence art thou, thirsty wind, That gently kissest the sea, Then, wed to the ocean breeze, Playest fan with the breadfruit tree? 5 Here sprawl Hala-lii’s canes, There stands bird-haunted Lehua. CANTO II