_Mele_ Kálakálaíhi, kaha[458] ka La ma ke kua o Lehua; Lulana iho la ka pihe a ke Akua;[459] Ea mai ka Unulau[460] o Halali’i; Lawe ke Koolau-wahine[461] i ka hoa la, lilo; 5 Hao ka Mikioi[462] i ke kai o Lehua: Puwa-i’a na hoa-makani[463] mai lalo, e-e-e, a. I hoonalonalo i ke aloha, pe’e ma-loko; Ha’i ka wai-maka hanini; I ike aku no i ka uwe ana iho; 10 Pelá wale no ka hoa kamalii, e-e, a! [Translation.] _Song_ The sun-furrow gleams at the back of Lehua; The King’s had his fill of scandal and chaff; The wind-god empties his lungs with a laugh; And the Mikioi tosses the sea at Lehua, 5 As the trade-wind wafts his friend on her way— A congress of airs that ruffles the bay. Hide love ’neath a mask—that’s all I would ask. To spill but a tear makes our love-tale appear; He pours out his woe; I’ve seen it, I know; 10 That’s the way with a boy-friend, heigh-ho! The art of translating from the Hawaiian into the English tongue consists largely in a fitting substitution of generic for specific terms. The Hawaiian, for instance, had at command scores of specific names for the same wind, or for [Page 239] the local modifications that were inflicted upon it by the features of the landscape. One might almost say that every cape and headland imposed a new nomenclature upon the breeze whose direction it influenced. He rarely contented himself with using a broad and comprehensive term when he could match the situation with a special form. [Footnote 458: The picture of the sun declining, _kaha_, to the west, its reflected light-track, _kala kalaihi_, farrowing the ocean with glory, may be taken to be figurative of the loved and beautiful woman, Kalola, speeding on her westward canoe-flight.] [Footnote 459: _Akua_. Literally a god, must stand for the king.] [Footnote 460: _Unulau_. A special name for the trade-wind.] [Footnote 461: _Koolau-wahine_. Likewise another name for the trade-wind, here represented as carrying off the (man’s) companion.] [Footnote 462: _Mikioi_. An impetuous, gusty wind is represented as lashing the ocean at Lehua, thus picturing the emotional stir attending Kalola’s departure.]