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
When Kila arrived at the house he looked it over and saw that it was
indeed grand, majestic and lofty; but there were no people; the doors
were fastened; the guards were dead and the place was overgrown with
weeds. Kila, however, had with him the means of unfastening the doors
and of bringing the guards to life as well as everything else. As he
opened the gate, two of the guards came to life and wept over him. As
he entered the roadway to the house, two more of the guards came to
life. Arriving at the main door, two more guards came to life. As the
door was opened another two came to life, and entering the house he
found a guard in each room who all came and kneeled before him with
tears in their eyes. Kila then lit the lamp which once belonged to
Moikeha, walked to the couch and laid down.
While Kila was asleep Luukia came outside of the house, spying,
watching this glow inside, its redness; and when she saw this red glow,
tears fell from her eyes. She choked, and her heart quickened when she
thought it was Moikeha. The night was far spent when the guards fell
asleep. Luukia walked softly and carefully to where Kila was sleeping
and looked at him; he resembled Moikeha, but was handsomer. She leaped
on him crying, and embraced and kissed him. Kila awoke startled and
looked at her.
Then they contended together until the break of day, when Luukia said:
“I have no private; it was corded up by Olopana, and it has been sealed
up from the time your father went away to this day.” Kila then said:
“If you will consent it can be unfastened, and it can be closed again.”
Luukia consented, and Kila unfastened [the cords]. Then they gathered
up the fine strands of thought, indulging in love’s desire, and braided
the lehua wreaths in dreamland, after which Luukia went her way. Later
she became wholly Kila’s.
And that is the end of this legend.
HE KAAO NO KILA.
O Moikeha ka makuakane, o Hooipoikamalanai ka makuahine, o Kapaa i
Kauai ka aina, oia kahi o Kila i hanau ai. Ekolu lakou o ka hanau ana,
o Kila ka muli. I ko lakou wa kamalii, he hooholoholo waa ka hana i ka
muliwai o Wailua, a i ka wa nae e hakoko ai me na kaikuaana, na Kila no
ka eha o na kaikuaana. A mahope, hailona o Moikeha i na keiki ana, i
akaka ko lakou mea ikaika, a koa. I aku o Moikeha: “E hele oukou a ma
kela kapa o ka muliwai, kuu mai i na waa a oukou, a i ku kuu piko, o ke
keiki waiwai ia o oukou.” Kuu mai la ka mua, aole i ku, kuu mai la kona
muli, aole i ku, kuu o Kila, ku ka piko o Moikeha; olelo aku o Moikeha
i na keiki: “Aohe a olua waiwai, eia ke keiki waiwai o ko olua pokii.”
A nui ae la o Kila, nui pu kona maikai a me ka nani, a oia ko Kauai oi
a puni; aole ona lua, nui pu me ka ikaika a me ke koa. O Moikeha, mai
Kahiki ka hele ana mai, i aaia i ke aloha o Luukia, a haalele aku ia i
kona hale ia Moaulanuiakea, a me na ’lii, na kanaka, na kupu o ka
moana.
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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 — John Shaqi
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