Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources
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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources
Folklore -- Hawaii; Hawaii -- Social life and customs; Hawaiian language -- Texts; Legends -- Hawaii
A pau na mea make a ke kupunawahine, alaila, pii ae la o Aukelenuiaiku
a noho iho la i luna o ka uha, ninau ae la ke kupunawahine: “Na wai ke
kupu o oe?” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Nau no.” “Na’u na wai?” “Owau no ke
keiki a Kapapaiakea a me Iku.” A lohe ke kupunawahine, olelo ae la ia
ia Aukelenuiaiku: “O ka moopuna no oe a Kapoino laua o Kamooinanea?”
“Ae,” aku o Aukelenuiaiku, “ae.” Ia wa ninau mai la kona kupunawahine:
“Heaha ka huakai nui a kuu haku o ka hiki ana mai ianei?” “I kii mai
nei au i ka wai ola loa a Kane, no kuu keiki a me o’u kaikuaana.” Ninau
aku ke kupunawahine ia Aukelenuiaiku, “ua pau loa nae paha?” “Aole.” “E
ka moopuna, e nana mai oe ia’u, aohe maka, ua makapo, aohe ike aku,
aole paha auanei e loaa ka wai ola loa a Kane.”
Ma keia mau olelo a kona kupunawahine, ua komo mai ke kanalua ia
Aukelenuiaiku no ka hooko ole ia o kona makemake. Nolaila, noonoo iho
la o Aukelenuiaiku a maopopo ia ia, i aku la ia i ke kupunawahine: “E
hele kaua i waho”, a lohe ke kupunawahine, ae mai la ia. Alakai aku la
o Aukelenuiaiku a hiki i waho, hoomoe iho la i ke kupunawahine malalo o
ke kumu niu, pii ae la o Aukelenuiaiku i luna o ka niu, a loaa elua muo
hou o ka niu. Mahope o ka hahaki ana a Aukelenuiaiku i na muo niu elua,
kahea iho la ia i ke kupunawahine: “E Luahinekaikapu e! nana ae ko maka
i luna i ka lewa.” Ia Luahinekaikapu e huli ana ke alo a nana i ka
lani, ia manawa i kiola ai o Aukelenuiaiku me ka ikaika loa, i na muo
niu elua i na maka o Luahinekaikapu, alaila, puoho ae la ia a uwe iho
la me ka leo nui: “Auwe kuu make!!” Kahea iho o Aukelenuiaiku: “Mai uwe
oe, hamau, anaanai ia ko maka, malama o mohala ae ike ko maka.”
A lohe ke kupunawahine i ka olelo a kana moopuna, a Aukelenuiaiku, anai
koke ae la ia i na maka. Ma keia anai ana, ua loaa mai ka ike i kona
mau maka e like me mamua. Kahea iho la o Aukelenuiaiku: “Pehea ko
maka?” “Ua ike au.” Mahope o laila iho iho la o Aukelenuiaiku mai luna
iho o ka niu, a hiki i lalo.
Olelo aku o Luahinekaikapu ia ia: “E kii oe i ka pohuehue a me ka
akoko,” a loaa mai la ia mau mea i mua o ke alo o kona kupunawahine,
kui iho la ia me ka nanahu, ke kukui, ka lepo, a wali; a pau loa keia
mau mea i ka akoakoa. I aku ke kupunawahine i ka moopuna: “Akahi no
kaua a hana ia oe.” Maanei e maopopo ai keia mau mea i hana ia, eia ke
ano, he mea hamo i ka lima o Aukelenuiaiku i like me ko Kamohoalii
lima.
Mahope o keia mau mea, pena iho la o Luahinekaikapu i ka lima o
Aukelenuiaiku a eleele loa, i like me ko Kamohoalii lima ka eleele; no
ka mea, o ka poe nana i kiai ka wai ola a Kane, ua maa lakou i ka
eleele o ka lima, no ka mea, o ka wai ua paa i ka pulama ia me na kiai,
a o ka lima i paele ole ia a lalau, aole e loaa mai ka wai.
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