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
Mahope o ka paele ana i na lima o Aukelenuiaiku, olelo aku ke
kupunawahine i ka moopuna: “Maanei kaua e noho ai, a pau ka hana ana
mai o ka awa, alaila, hele aku oe a ka puka. A hiki oe ma ka puka,
alaila haawi mai ka wai ia oe, he wai aumiki ia, hoolei aku no oe,
nanao hou aku no ko lima, a i haawi hou mai auanei ia oe i ka wai i
loko o ka huewai, alaila, o ka wai ola ka hoi ia a Kane, lawe mai oe.”
Ma keia mau olelo a ke kupunawahine i olelo ai i kana moopuna, hana aku
la no ia e like me ia mau olelo kuhikuhi. A hiki o Aukelenuiaiku ma ka
puka o ka wai ola, noho iho la ia a liuliu, nanao aku la na lima ona, i
loko, ma keia nanao ana, ua haohao loa ka poe e noho ana e kiai i loko
o ka puka, no ka mea, aole lakou i ike ia mea mamua.
Ma keia haohao o lakou, noonoo iho la i ka mea e pono ai, nolaila,
lalau lakou i ka ai a kau mai la i luna o na lima; kiola ae la ka lima
o ia nei i ka ai. Haawi mai la lakou i ka ai, a kau i ka lima o ia nei,
kiola ae la no ka lima o ia nei, haule i lalo; nolaila, noonoo iho la
lakou i ke ano o keia lima paele e nanao nei. I mai kekahi kiai:
“Malama paha no ka wai ola a Kane keia lima e nanao nei.” “Ae,” mai la
kekahi, “ae.” Ia wa lalau aku la lakou ia Huewaiakaula, kahi i waiho ai
o ka wai ola a Kane, a haawi iho la i ka lima o Aukelenuiaiku.
A loaa ka huewai ia Aukelenuiaiku lawe ae la ia a luna, hahaki ae la ia
i ka nuku o ka huewai, ninini iho la i ka wai i loko o kona huewai, a
mokumoku ae la i ka aha, o ka huewai oia o Paleaikaahalanalana.
Mahope o keia mau mea a pau loa, lele ae la o Aukelenuiaiku i luna ma
kahi e, aole hoi i lele aku ma kahi o kona kupunawahine, o
Luahinekaikapu. Aka, ua ike no nae kona kupunawahine i keia lele ana,
nolaila, uwe iho la ia i ke aloha i kona kaikaina o Kamooinanea, a me
Lonoikoualii, ko laua kaikunane.
Nolaila, haku iho la ia i mele aloha no kona kaikaina. Penei ua mele
la:
“Kuhi aku au i Napili,
I ke ala a Kanemakua i hele mai ai,
Ka haku, ka lauoho o Kuliliikaua,
He kanaka no o Lono e!
He hopu manawa no Ulaula i ke ahi,
He kaua ia Kuluheiua,
Make ai ua loku,
Hee ai na paka,
O ka ua kilikili ka,
O ka ua hoomau
Hoomau ka ua i Kamakalana,
Pili i ka hulu o Maui,
Poowai o Ikumailani.
He kau he kau hoowiliwili,
He kau he kau hookookoo,
O oki ka piko moku ka ewe.
O oe ka ia, e ala e Lono,
Ka honua au i luna nei e Kane e,
Ka omo wai o na piliwai,
Ke lu ia ae la e Lonowaimakua.
E ka ua, e ka ua,
Aloha olua e lele la e,
Aloha ka makani kehau noe o Kuaihelani.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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