Aole e mao ka ohu: Auwe! make au i ke ahi a mau A ka wahine moe naná, A papa ena-ena, 5 A wa’a kau-hí. Ilaila pepe mua me pepe waena, O pepe ka mu’imu’i, O lei’na kiele, Kau-meli-eli: [351] 10 Ka maka kakahi kea O Niheu kolohe— Ka maka kaha-kai kea. Eli-eli, kau mai! [Translation.] _Song_ Alas, there’s no stay to the smoke; I must die mid the quenchless flame— Deed of the hag who snores in her sleep, Bedded on lava plate oven-hot. 5 Now it takes the shape of canoe; [Page 196] Seats at the bow and amidships, And the steersman sitting astern; Their stroke stirs the ocean to foam— The myth-craft, Kau-meli-eli! 10 Now look, the white gleam of an eye— It is Nihéu, the turbulent one— An eye like the white sandy shore. Amen, possess me! [Footnote 350: The remarks on pp. 194 and 195 regarding the mele on p. 194 are mostly applicable to this mele.] [Footnote 351: _Kau-meli-eli_. The name of the double canoe which brought a company of the gods from the lands of the South—Kukulu o Kahiki—to Hawaii. Hawaiian myths refer to several migrations of the gods to Hawaii; one of them is that described in the mele given on p. 187, the first mele in this chapter.] The mele now to be given has the form of a serenade. Etiquette forbade anyone to wake the king by rude touch, but it was permissible for a near relative to touch his feet. When the exigencies of business made it necessary for a messenger, a herald, or a courtier to disturb the sleeping monarch, he took his station at the king’s feet and recited a serenade such as this: _Mele Hoala _(no ka Hula Pele) E ala, e Kahiki-ku;[352] E ala, e Kahiki-moe; [352] E ala, e ke apapa nu’u;[353] E ala, e ke apapa lani.[353] 5 Eia ka hoala nou, e ka lani[354] la, e-e! E ala oe! E ala, ua ao, ua malamalama. Aia o Kape’a ma,[355] la, i-luna; Ua hiki mai ka maka o Unulau; [356] [Page 197] 10 Ke hóolalé mai la ke kupa holowa’a o Ukumehame,[357] Ka lae makani kaohi-wa’a o Papawai,[358] Ka lae makani o’Anahenahe la, e-e! E ala oe!