Ula ka lani ia Kanaloa,[472] Ula ma’ema’e ke ahi a ke A’e-loa.[473] Pohina iluna i ke ao makani, Naue pu no i ka ilikai o Makahana-loa,[474] 5 Makemake i ka ua lihau.[475] Aohe hana i koe a Ka-wai-loa;[476] Noho a ka li’u-lá i ke kula. I kula oe no ka makemake, a hiki iho, I hoa hula no ka la le’ale’a, 10 I noho pu me ka uahi pohina.[477] [Page 242] Hina oe i ka Naulu,[478] noho pu me ka Inuwai.[479] Akahi no a pumehana ka hale, ua hiki oe: Ma’ema’e ka luna i Haupu.[480] Upu ka makemake e ike ia Ka-ala. 15 He ala ka makemake e ike ia Lihu’e;[481] Ku’u uka ia noho ia Halemano.[482] Maanei oe, pale oe, pale au, Hana ne’e ke kikala i ka ha’i keiki. Hai’na ka manao—noho i Waimea, 20 Hoonu’u pu i ka i’a ku o ka aina.[483] E kala oe a kala au a kala ia Ku, Ahuena.[484] [Footnote 472: _Kanaloa_. One of the four great gods of the Hawaiians, here represented as playing the part of Phoebus Apollo.] [Footnote 473: _A’e-loa_. The name of a wind whose blowing was said to be favorable to the fisherman in this region.] [Footnote 474: _Makahana-loa_, A favorite fishing ground. The word _ilikai_ (“skin of the sea”) graphically depicts the calm of the region. In the translation the name aforementioned has been shortened to Kahana.] [Footnote 475: _Lihau_. A gentle rain that was considered favorable to the work of the fisherman.] [Footnote 476: _Ka-wai-loa_. A division of Waialua, here seemingly used to mean the farm.] [Footnote 477: _Uahi pohina_. Literally gray-headed smoke. It is said that when studying together the words of the mele the pupils and the kumu would often gather about a fire, while the teacher recited and expounded the text. There is a possible allusion to this in the mention of the smoke.] [Footnote 478: _Naulu_. A wind.] [Footnote 479: _Inu-wai_. A wind that dried up vegetation, here indicating thirst.] [Footnote 480: _Haupu_. A mountain on Kauai, sometimes visible on Oahu in clear weather. (See note _c_, p. 229, on Haupu.)] [Footnote 481: _Lihu’e_. A beautiful and romantic region nestled, as the Hawaiians say, “between the thighs of the mountain,” Mount Kaala.]