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
He huhui alii, a Hawaii,
Na ke poo kelakela o na moku.
I paholaia e Kalani. 9
Holo wale na moku i Holani,
I ka wewehi kapu a ka lanakila.
Kulia i ka moku a Kanekanaloa,
Ka ihe laumaki i Polapola.
Nana i mahiki Wanalia.
O Wanalia ke kane, 10
O Hanalaa ka wahine,
Hanau Niihau he aina, he moku,
He aina i ke aa i ka mole o ka aina.
Ekolu lakou keiki,
I hanau i ka la kahi,
O Niihau, o Kaula, Nihoa pau mai,
Pa ka makuwahine,
Oili moku ole mai mahope.
Na Kalani e hoolaa na moku, 11
Kau iluna o Nuumea
I ka ahui alii o Kaialea.
Na ka lanakila e au na moku.
I huia na kolu e Kalani;
O Hilo, O Puna, o Kau, lele wale.
Ku mai Kalani me ke kahuna,
Kilohi mai ia Maui a Kama.
Aole e u aku puni ka aina
Ke kalele a Kalanimakahakona,
A ka uiaa i kilakila,
Ke koa nui o lanakila,
Nana i keehi Oahu.
Nakolo na moku i ka pea
I ka maha o Kauai, malia.
Puni na aina ia Kalani,
Ia Kalanialonoapii,
Ke kumu alii o Haloa.
Ha mai Hawaii ka moku;
Ea pu me ka lanakila-la.
(AOLE I PAU)
Ma keia mele i hakuia e Kahakuikamoana, ua maopopo ka mookuauhau o ka
loaa ana o keia mau aina. A mehe mea la no loko mai o Tahiti ka hoomaka
ana e loaa na kanaka ma keia mau mokupuni, aka, aole i maopopo ma keia
mau lalani mele ka laha ana o na kanaka ma keia Pae Aina. O ka hanau
wale ana no o na Mokupuni ka mea i hoomaopopo ia ma keia mookuauhau, a
he pono ke nana i ka moolelo o ka aina ana ma keia mau aina e like me
ka hoonohonoho ana ma ka Mokuna II malalo iho.
MOKUNA II.
Ma keia moolelo o keia mokuna, ua hoea wale mai o Hawaii mai ka moana
mai, i huipuia me ka lalani aina o Tahiti, a mehe mea la o ka Pae Aina
o Tahiti ka mua o na aina ma ka Pakifika nei, a he hope o Hawaii e like
me kela lalani mele a Kahakuikamoana, penei:
“Ea mai Hawaiinuiakea,
Ea mai loko mai o ka po.
Puka ka moku, ka aina.
Ka lalani aina o Nuumea;
Ka pae aina i kukulu o Tahiti.”
Ma keia mau lalani mele, ua maopopo kahi i puka mai ai o Hawaii, mehe
mea mai ka moana mai e like me ka manao o kekahi poe naauao imi aina o
ka honua nei, aka pela io no ka manao o ka poe makaikai honua.
Ma ka nana ana i kahi i puka mai ai o Maui, ua like ko laua loaa ana me
Hawaii, i puka wale mai no loko mai o ka moana, a penei ke ano o ka
heluhelu ana o kekahi mau lalani mele o ua mele la a Kahakuikamoana i
hoike ia ma ka Mokuna I.
“Hanau o Maui he moku, he aina,
Na kama o Kamalalawalu e noho.”
A o ka moolelo o ka loaa ana o Molokai i aina ai, ma ka nana iho i kona
mau lalani mele e pili ana ia Molokai penei:
“Na Kuluwaiea o Haumea he kane,
Na Hinanuialana he wahine,
Loaa Molokai he akua, he kahuna,
He pualena no Nuumea.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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