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 hala keia la, hiki hou mai kekahi la, he mea mau no ko Aukelenuiaiku
iho ana i ka makoikoi i kai, a hiki i ke ahiahi, hoi aku la me ka
wahine. Mamua ae nae o kona hoi ana me ka wahine, hou iho la i ke aho a
me ka makau i loko o ka wai, i mea e manao mai ai ka wahine i ka
lawaia. A hiki o Aukelenuiaiku i ka hale, hookahi ana hana o ka milikaa
i ke aho me ka makau, no kona hana mau ia mea he milimili, i aku ka
wahine, penei: “Aia no hoi ka mili a ke kane i ke aho, a he loaa ka ia,
e hele nei, ola la hoi ke kiai hale; o kau hana no ka milikaa i ke aho
me ka makau, aole nae he ia ke hoi mai. Poho ka la ia oe.” I aku ke
kane: “Ua manao anei oe e ka wahine, he mea hopuhopu wale ka ia o ka
moana, o kii aku a lawe mai? Kai no o ke aho, ka makau, o ko’u kuleana
no ia, aohe o ke kii aku a lawe mai, aia i ko ka ia manao ka ai ae i
ka’u a me ka ole.” A mahope o keia kamailio, hele hou no o
Aukelenuiaiku e lawaia, a ahiahia poeleele, hoi mai la, elua no wahi
ia, he mau wahi aloiloi. I aku ka wahine: “Kupanaha oe, po ka la ke
hele, o na wahi ia iho la no ia.”
A hele hou o Aukelenuiaiku i ka lawaia, loaa hou ia ia ka apiki ma keia
hele ana. Ua pau loa kona kino i ke nahu ia, a o kona ai, ua uwau ia a
weluwelu, a ahiahi, hoi mai la me na wahi ia elua. A hiki i ka hale,
nana aku la o Namakaokahai i ke kino a me ka ai, ua pau loa i ka uwau
ia. Olelo nanenane aku la: “Ae, elua no ia nanahu o kai, he mano, he
puhi. E ke kane, kupanaha ka pau o kou ili i ke nahu ia, a me kou ai i
ka uwau ia. Aole hoi au mano me ka puhi e hoi mai nei.” Alaila, olelo
mai o Aukelenuiaiku me ka maalea loa: “He mea kupanaha, ia’u i hiki ai
i kai, hana iho la au i ka makau a paa i ka maunu, kuu aku la i loko o
ke kai. Ma keia kuu ana, ua mau i ke akoakoa o lalo, e luu aku ana au a
hiki i lalo, a ea i luna, aole au i eha i keia luu ana, hoi au a luna,
kuu hou i ka makau, e mau hou iho ana. Ma keia mau ana o kuu makau, luu
hou no wau, o ka lua ia, a mahope, mau hou no, o ke kolu ia o ka mau
ana. Ma keia luu ana, loaa mai ia’u ka eha; ia’u i hoomaka ai e luu, e
mio aku ana ke kai ia’u a hala i lalo loa, loaa au i ke akoakoa, kuolo
ia kuu kua a weluwelu. A pau ke kuolo ana, pii ae la au a komo i keia
halehale pupuhi, i laila, kuolo ia au e ka nalu i o i anei a pau kuu
aho. Ina owau a he keiki no ka uka lae laau, ina ua make, aole la oe e
ike i ko’u make ana. Ehia ka hoi mea aloha o ko kaua noho ana o ke ao.”
Ma keia kamailio ana, ua maopopo loa i na Anekelope maka palupalu a pau
loa, e nana ana i keia moolelo, he kalohe io no o Aukelenuiaiku. A ua
pili mai no ia hana mua i ka poe o neia mau la e hooipoipo ana, a
nolaila he hana no ia a ke keiki Aukelenuiaiku e loaa ana i kona mau
hooilina o keia mau la hope nei. A maanei no hoi e ike ai kakou i ko ka
wahine puni ole.
MOKUNA XV.
KA HAKAKA ANA O NAMAKAOKAHAI ME NA KAIKAINA, OIA O PELE A ME HIIAKA.
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