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
“Aohe alii; a Kahuahuakai pau na ’lii i ka luku ia, koe ko makuakane,
koe au a me ka muli o ko makuakane, nolaila, hele aku ai ko makuakane o
Moikeha a noho ia Kauai.” Ma ko Kila mana a me ka ike, olelo aku la ia:
“He ’lii no, aia la i uka o Wahiawa, ua alai ia mai e ka ohu, ua paa ia
Huihui laua o Maeele.” O ke kumu o Kila i hiki ai imua O Kanepohihi, o
ka pololi. I mai o Kanepohihi: “Aohe a’u ai, o ka noho wale iho la no i
anei. Hookahi no mea ai o ko makuakane o Makalii.”
A Makalii, o ko Moikeha kaikaina no ia, a oia no ke ’lii o ka aina, a
nana ua koko nei o Makalii (no ka inoa), ilaila ka ai, ka ai, na mea a
pau loa. A he ike no ko Makalii i ke kilokilo e like me Moikeha, a me
Kila; no kona ike e hiki aku ana nei kupu (Kila) i ka aina, nolaila,
lawe keia i na mea ai a pau a paa i ke koko, kau i luna, oia kela olelo
kahiko o Hawaii nei: “Hului koko a Makalii kau iluna.” E pii ae ana o
Kanepohihi ma kona kino iole, a aki i ke koko a Makalii, haule ka ai a
me ka ia i lalo nei, loaa ka ai a Kila a me na ohua.
Holo aku la o Kila a hiki i ka aina, holo aku la ka waa o Kila a ke awa
kapu e ku ana ka pahu kapu, no Moikeha ia wahi; aohe waa pae malaila,
aohe kanaka hele, hele no make, he kapu mai ko Moikeha noho ana a hele,
oia mau no ke kapu a me ke kiai ia. Kahea mai la o uka: “He waa e! he
waa hoi kela!! Makau ole kela waa i ke kapu o ke ’lii; a nui ko ikaika
i na la, ola oe.” Ia lakou nei i pae ai ma ia wahi, aole nae i kau na
waa o lakou nei i uka, i ke kai no kahi i hekau ai. O Kila hoi, ua
opeope ia a paa kau iluna o ka pola o na waa. He kanaka maikai loa o
Kila, aohe puu, aohe kee, a he nani ke nana aku, a ua hele kona maikai
mawaho o ke kapa a me kona opeope e wahi ana.
Olelo aku o Kila i na kanaka o luna o ka waa: “Ina nana oukou a i hele
mai kekahi kanaka nui, i na waa nei, o Mua ia, he kanaka puni wahine
ia, oia ka mea nana i kumakaia o Moikeha i hele ai. A owau hoi, mai hai
oukou ia’u ke ninau mai.” A hiki o Mua i na waa, nana i na kanaka,
kukulu iluna, kukulu ae la i ke kanaka mamua, nana i ke alo aohe puu,
nana i ke kua, loaa he okakulai, he puu. Olelo aku o Mua: “Aole e loaa
ia oe o Luukia.” Pela no ka nana ana a pau na kanaka o na waa, a koe o
Kila. O ko Mua manao ma keia nana ana, i loaa ke kanaka maikai e lilo
ai o Luukia, alaila, nonoi aku nana e moe e mamua o Luukia, no ka mea,
aole i loaa o Luukia ia ia mamua a hiki ia la.
He wahine maikai loa o Luukia, aohe ona lua ma ia aina a puni, o ka
Olopana wahine ia, aole nae o laua moe kino, no ka pehu o Olopana,
nolaila, ua paa o Luukia i ke kamaaha ia e Olopana (oia kela aha waa, e
hoa ia nei a hiki i keia la), mai ka hele ana mai o Moikeha a hiki ia
Kila.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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