Ke hookiikii mai la ke ao o Pua-lani, 10 Ke holuholu a’e la e puka, Puka e nana ke kiki a ka ua, Ka nonoho a ka ua i ka hale o Hilo. Like Hilo me Puna ke ku a mauna-ole[164] He ole ke ku a mauna Hilo me Puna. 15 He kowa Puna mawaena Hilo me Ka-ú; Ke pili wale la i ke kua i mauna-ole; Pili hoohaha i ke kua o Mauna-loa. He kuahiwi Ka-ú e pa ka makani. Ke alai ia a’e la Ka-ú e ke A’e;[165] 20 Ka-u ku ke ehu lepo ke A’e; Ku ke ehu-lepo mai la Ka-ú i ka makani. Makani Kawa hu’a-lepo Ka-ú i ke A’e. [Page 66] Kahiko mau no o Ka-ú i ka makani. Makani ka Lae-ka-ilio i Unu-lau, 25 Kaili-ki’i[166] a ka lua a Kaheahea,[167] I ka ha’a nawali ia ino. Ino wa o ka mankani o Kau-ná. Nana aku o ka makani malaila! O Hono-malino, malino i ka la’i o Kona. 30 He inoa la! [Footnote 159: _Hi’u-o-lani_. A very blind phrase. Hawaiians disagree as to its meaning. In the author’s opinion, it is a word referring to the conjurer’s art.] [Footnote 160: _Ua o Hilo_. Hilo is a very rainy country. The name Hilo seems to be used here as almost a synonym of violent rain. It calls to mind the use of the word Hilo to signify a strong wind: Pa mai, pa mai, Ka makani a Hilo![168] Waiho ka ipu iki, Homai ka ipu nui! [Translation.] Blow, blow, thou wind of Hilo! Leave the little calabash, Bring on the big one! ] [Footnote 161: _Pua-lani_. The name of a deity who took the form of the rosy clouds of morning.] [Footnote 162: _Mahele ana_. Literally the dividing; an allusion to the fact, it is said, that in Hilo a rain-cloud, or rain-squall, as it came up would often divide and a part of it turn off toward Puna at the cape named Lele-iwi, one-half watering, in the direction of the present town, the land known as Hana-kahi.] [Footnote 163: _Hana-kahi_. Look at note _f_, p. 60.] [Footnote 164: _Mauna-ole_. According to one authority this should be Mauna-Hilo. Verses 13, 14, 16, and 17 are difficult of translation. The play on the words _ku a_, standing at, or standing by, and _kua_, the back; also on the word _kowa_, a gulf or strait; and the repetition of the word _mauna_, mountain—all this is carried to such an extent as to be quite unintelligible to the Anglo-Saxon mind, though full of significance to a Hawaiian.]