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
Nolaila, ninau aku la o Mua: “A heaha hoi keia opeope nui e kau nei i
ka pola?” Olelo mai na kanaka: “He opeope kapa.” Hele aku la keia haha,
a ike iho la he kanaka. Haha iho la o Mua, wehe ae la i ke kapa, nana
iho la ma ke kua, a me ke alo, aohe puu, aohe kee, olelo iho la: “Loaa
ia oe o Luukia. Ea, a i loaa o Luukia ia oe, na’u e moe mamua.”
Mamua ae o ka nana ana o Mua ia Kila, ua olelo aku o Kila i na kanaka:
“I hiki mai auanei o Mua a i nonoi mai e moe me Luukia, olelo aku
oukou, e moe i loko o ka waa nei, ilalo ke alo, aohe make ala, aohe
make oni, aohe make olelo, e moe malie, i loaa o Luukia.” A pau ka nana
ana ia Kila, olelo aku la na kanaka ia Mua e like me na olelo a Kila, a
lohe o Mua, he mea olioli ia. A moe o Mua i lalo ke alo, i loko o ka
waa, olelo aku o Kila i na kanaka: “E mimi maluna iho o Mua.” Pela ka
hana ana, a po ka la, a ao ka po, a po hou ka la, ua lana ka mimi
maluna o Mua, a make iho la ia me ke ko ole o kona kuko ia Luukia. Pela
i hookoia ai ka huhu o Moikeha i kona mea nana i kumakaia, ma ka noonoo
o kana keiki o Kila.
Iloko o ko Moikeha wa e noho alii nui ana ma ke aupuni, elua ona koa
ikaika loa, o Niniukalani, o Pohinakahonua, aohe koa e oi mamua o laua.
Hele mai la o Niniukalani me kana laau palau, o Kahikinaakala a ke one
maloo, oniu. Olelo aku o Kila i na kanaka: “Owai ko oukou e hele e koa
me Niniukalani?” Aohe kanaka aa, no ka makau; ku ae o Ukulii a olelo:
“Owau ke hele e koa.”
Ae mai o Kila: “Ae, o oe, o ko uuku auanei komo oe i loko, o koiala nui
hele i waho, i lele oe i uka, mai nana oe iluna, o make oe, i lalo oe e
nana ai i ke aka, i ka malu maluna ou. Ina e hookaa kela i ka laau ma
ka hema, ma ka akau oe e ku ai, aia ka hauna laau ma ka hema, a ina hoi
ma ka akau ma ka hema oe.”
A pau ka olelo ana a Kila, lele aku la o Ukulii me kana laau, lele aku
la a ku me Niniukalani, ua palua kona nui imua o Ukulii, a he mea ole o
Ukulii i kona manao ana, heaha la ia imua ona? He opala. Ia wa, ua piha
ke one i na ’lii a me na kanaka he nui loa, e nana ana i ke kaua, aole
nae o lakou manao e ola ana kahi kanaka uuku i ke kanaka nui. O
Niniukalani, ke hookaa nei i ka laau palau ana, ia Kahikinaakala hoomoe
iluna o Ukulii, komo ae ana o Ukulii i ka akau, hala ka laau, loaa ke
one, puehu liilii, moe ke awawa, nalo laua nei i loko o ke one. Manao
na mea a pau ua make o Ukulii; a mahope, ku hou laua nei, hookaa o
Ukulii i ka laau ma ka hema a hoana, aole nae i uhau, alo e o
Niniukalani, e waiho ae ana keia ma ka akau, loaa no o Niniukalani,
make loa, kaawale o luna me lalo.
Uwa ka pihe o uka: “Akahi a ka malihini, aole a ke kamaaina. Koa!
malama no i komo ia ai ke awa kapu o ke ’lii e keia waa eia ka he koa.”
Ku mai o Pohinakahonua, me kana laau palau o Puaihanuole, paha, kaena:
“He uhau ole ia i ka laau; e uhau ia okaoka, aole ia e pakele ia’u.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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