title: The Echo of Our Song: Chants and Poems of the Hawaiians
author: Mary Kawena Pukui
description: A wide-ranging collection which adds much to our knowledge of Hawaiian poetry. Source: <i>Journal of Polynesian Society</i><br /><br />Art and scholarship are happily united here, to preserve from being lost forever some of the beautiful poems which were composed by native Hawaiians. Author: <b>O. A. Bushnell</b>
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  Copyright, 1928, by  
  ATLANTIC MONTHLY
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright, 1928, 1929, by  
  ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright, 1929, by  
  THE CENTURY CO.
  
  
  
  
  
  _First printed, July, 1929_
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Printed In U.S.A.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  _These memories of a few of my years  
  on Puka-Puka are dedicated to the man  
  who urged me to write them down–_
  
  
  James Norman Hall
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Pe toku yana wawine Puka-Puka,  
  Ya takere i te t’i roto;  
  E wu tamawine e patua e te t’i  
  Waka yongi-yongi toku matangi vave.
  
  
  Puka-Puka resembles my mistress,  
  Naked in light ripples swimming;  
  Breaking the sea waves, a maiden breast  
  Hungrily wind-kisses winning.
  
  
  
  
  
  —From “Mako Wenua” (a chant of the land).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Introduction
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  I AM a South Sea trade