It is somewhat difficult to determine whether the Kauná mentioned in the next poem is the name of the woman or of the stormy cape. In the mind of a Hawaiian poet the inanimate and the animate are often tied so closely together in thought and in speech as to make it hard to decide which is intended. _Mele_ Ike ia Kauná-wahine, Makani Ka-ú, He umauma i pa ia e ka Moa’e, E ka makani o-maka o Unulau. Lau ka wahine kaili-pua o Paía, 5 Alualu puhala o ka Milo-pae-kanáka, e-e-e-e! He kanáka ke koa no ka ehu ahiahi, O ia nei ko ka ehu kakahiaka— O maua no, me ka makua o makou. Ua ike ’a! [Translation.] _Song_ Behold Kauná, that sprite of windy Ka-ú, Whose bosom is slapped by the Moa’e-kú, And that eye-smiting wind Unulaú— Women by hundreds filch the bloom 5 Of Paía, hunt fruit of the hala, a-ha! That one was the gallant, at evening, This one the hero of love, in the morning— ’Twas our guardian I had for companion. Now you see it, a-ha! This mele, based on a story of amorous rivalry, relates to a contest which arose between two young women of rank regarding the favors of that famous warrior and general of Kamehameha, Kalaimoku, whom the successful intrigante described as _ka makua o makou_ (verse 8), our father, i.e., our guardian. The point of view is that of the victorious intrigante, and in speaking of her defeated rival she uses the ironical language of the sixth verse, _He kanáka ke koa no ka ehu ahiahi_ meaning that her opponent’s chance of success faded with the evening twilight, whereas her own success was crowned with [Page 194] the glow of morning, _O ia neí ko ka ehu kakahiaka_ (verse 7). The epithet _kanáka_ hints ironically that her rival is of lower rank than herself, though in reality the rank of her rival may have been superior to her own. The language, as pointed out by the author’s informant, is marked with an elegance that stamps it as the product of a courtly circle. _Mele_