[Footnote 312: _Liko_. A bud; fresh verdure; a word much used in modern Hawaiian poetry.] [Footnote 313: _Opiwai_. A watershed. In Hawaii a knife-edged ridge as narrow as the back of a horse will often decide the course of a stream, turning its direction from one to the other side of the island.] [Footnote 314: _Waioli_ (_wai_, water; _oli_, joyful). The name given to a part of the valley of Hanalei, also the name of a river.] The mele to which the above oli was a prelude is as follows: _Mele_ Noluna ka hale kai, e ka ma’a-lewa, Nana ka maka ia Moana-nui-ka-Lehúa. Noi au i ke kai e mali’o. Ane ku a’e la he lehúa ilaila— 5 Hopoe Lehúa ki’eki’e. Maka’u ka Lehúa i ke kanáka, Lilo ilalo e hele ai, ilalo, e. Keaau iliili nehe; olelo ke kai o Puna I ka ulu hala la, e, kaiko’o Puna. 10 Ia hoone’ene’e ia pili mai kaua, E ke hoa, ke waiho e mai la oe; Eia ka mea ino, he anu, e. Aohe anu e! Me he mea la iwaho kaua, e ke hoa, 15 Me he wai la ko kaua ili, e. [Page 156] VII—_Oli and Mele from the Hula Ala’a-papa_ _Oli—A prelude_ Arranged by Mrs. YARNDLEY [Music:] [Page 157] [Music: (_4 times r._)] [Translation.] _Song from the Hula Ala’a-papa_ From mountain-retreat and root-woven ladder Mine eye looks down on goddess Moana-Lehúa. Then I pray to the Sea, be thou calm; Would there might stand on thy shore a lehúa— 5 Lehúa tree tall of Hopoe. The Lehúa is fearful of man, Leaves him to walk on the ground below, To walk on the ground far below. The pebbles at Keaau grind in the surf; 10 The sea at Keaau shouts to Puna’s palms, “Fierce is the sea of Puna.” Move hither, snug close, companion mine; You lie so aloof over there. Oh what a bad fellow is Cold! 15 Not cold, do you say? It’s as if we were out in the wold, Our bodies so clammy and chill, friend. EXPLANATORY REMARKS The acute or stress accent is placed over syllables that take the accent in ordinary speech.