[Footnote 156: _Kea-au_. Often shortened in pronunciation to _Ke-au_, a fishing village in Puna near Hilo town. It now has a landing place for small vessels.] [Footnote 157: _Hoolono_. To call, to make an uproar, to spread a report.] [Footnote 158: _Ia hoo-nee-nee ia pili mai_. A very peculiar figure of speech. It Is as if the poet personified, the act of two lovers snuggling up close to each other. Compare with this the expression _No huli mai_, used by another poet in the thirteenth line of the lyric given on p. 204. The motive is the same in each case.] The author of this poem of venerable age is not known. It is spoken of as belonging to the _wa po_, the twilight of tradition. It is represented to be part of a mele taught to Hiiaka by her friend and preceptress in the hula, Hopoe. Hopoe is often called _Hopoe-wahine_. From internal evidence one can see that it can not be in form the same as was given to Hiiaka by Hopoe; it may have been founded on the poem of Hopoe. If so, it has been modified. [Translation.] STANZA 5 From mountain retreat and root-woven ladder Mine eye looks down on goddess Moana-Lehua; I beg of the Sea, Be thou calm; Would there might stand on thy shore a lehua— 5 Lehua-tree tall of Ho-poe. The lehua is fearful of man; It leaves him to walk on the ground below, To walk the ground far below. The pebbles at Ke’-au grind in the surf. 10 The sea at Ke’-au 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 ’Tis as if we were out on the wold; Our bodies so clammy and chill, friend! The last five verses, which sound like a love song, may possibly be a modern addition to this old poem. The sentiment they contain is comparable to that expressed in the Song of Welcome on page 39: Eia ka pu’u nui o waho nei, he anu. The hill of Affliction out there is the cold. [Page 65] MAHELE-HELE II Hi’u-o-lani,[159] kii ka ua o Hilo[160] i ka lani; Ke hookiikii mai la ke ao o Pua-lani;[161] O mahele ana,[162] pulu Hilo i ka ua— O Hilo Hana-kahi.[163] 5 Ha’i ka nalu, wai kaka lepo o Pii-lani; Hai’na ka iwi o Hilo, I ke ku ia e ka wai. Oni’o lele a ka ua o Hilo i ka lani.