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
Hoi aku la no o Kila a luna o na waa noho, o Makalii hoi, waiho iho la,
a moa ka umu, ala ae la me ke kunewanewa a hoi i ka hale. Ma keia hoi
ana, he mihi nui ko Makalii i kona pakele mai make, o kona ike ana no
ia i ka aina, hoi i luna a make.
Puni ae la ka aina ia Kila, pae aku la na waa, hele aku la o Kila, uwe
ka pipipi, a ninau mai: “Heaha ka huakai a kuu haku o ka hiki ana mai?”
I aku o Kila: “He huakai imi alii.” Hoole mai ka pipipi: “Aohe alii, ua
make, o makou wale no koe, haalele ia iho makou e ko makuakane, i keia
wahi, aohe ai, aohe ia, ua lawe aku ko makuakane a pau loa, o ke opu
wale iho no ka makou.” Pela no o Kila i hele ai, me ka uwe mai o na
makaainana ia ia nei, a hiki keia i ka hale o Moikeha ia Moaulanuiakea.
He hale maikai loa, a he hale kiekie loa no hoi, he hulu manu o luna i
ako ia ai, he iwi manu ka aho, he kauwila ka laau. (Ua oleloia i loko o
ko Moikeha kaao, oia kona kumu i noho ai ia Kauai me Hooipoikamalanai,
alaila, nalowale ke kaupoku o kona hale o Moaulanuiakea.)
A hiki o Kila, nana aku la ia i ka hale, nani, hanohano, kiekie, aole
nae he kanaka, ua paa na puka, ua make na kiai, ua kupu ka nahelehele.
Aia ia Kila, he ki no ka hale, no na kiai, no na mea a pau. A komo o
Kila i ka pa a wehe aku la, ala mai elua kiai, a uwe mai la ia Kila,
komo o Kila a ke alanui e komo aku ai, ala mai elua kiai, a hiki o Kila
i ka puka, elua kiai, a hemo ka puka, elua kiai. A komo o Kila i loko,
he lumi no he kiai, he lumi no ke kiai, ala mai la na kiai a pau a
kukuli imua o Kila me ka waimaka. Hoa ia ae la ka ipukui o Moikeha e
Kila, hoi aku la o Kila a luna o ka hikiee o Moikeha moe, po iho la moe
o Kila.
Ia Kila e moe ana, hele mai la o Luukia a mawaho o ka hale hoomakakiu,
e nana ana i keia mea wena i loko, a me ka ula, a ike o Luukia i keia
mea ula, uwe iho la ia me ka helelei o ka waimaka.
I kona manao o Moikeha, pela ka hakui o kona puuwai, pela ke kaoo ana o
kona manao. A pau na kiai i ka moe, a aneane e huli ke kau o ka po,
nihi aku la o Luukia a hiki io Kila ala, nana iho la, ua like me
Moikeha a oi ae, lele iho la maluna, uwe; apo iho la me ka honi, puoho
ae la o Kila, a nana ae la. I loko o ia wa laua i aumeume ai i ke kihi
o ka malama, i aku ai o Luukia: “Aohe mai, ua paa i ke kamaaha ia e
Olopana, mai ka la a ko makuakane i hele aku ai a hiki i keia la.”
Olelo aku la o Kila: “Ina he ae oe, he hemo wale no ia, a he paa hou no
ke hana.” Ae mai o Luukia, wehe iho la o Kila a hemo. Ia wa laua i mali
iho ai i na kaula makalii a ka manao, e nonoke ana i na hakina pau ole
a ke aloha, e wili ana i na koai lehua a ka moe. A pau ae la, hoi aku
la o Luukia, a mahope lilo loa ia Kila.
Oia ka pau ana o keia kaao.
FORNANDER COLLECTION
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HAWAIIAN ANTIQUITIES AND FOLK-LORE
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