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
No keia hana ino aloha ole a kona kaikuaana ia ia, hele aku la ia me ka
mahuka, a noho ma Kalaniwai ma Makawao. I ko Kihapiilani noho ana ma
laila, moe iho la ia ma laila i ka wahine, aole nae lakou i ike o
Kihapiilani keia, he ’lii, aka, i ko lakou manao, he kanaka kuaaina
loa. Nolaila, olelo na makuahunowai o Kihapiilani, i ka palaualelo, i
ka moe wale iho no i ka hale, aole hana. A lohe o Kihapiilani i ka
olelo a kona mau makuahunowai, ala ae la ia a iho i ka ako lau uala, ma
Kaluaama ma Haiku. A hiki o Kihapiilani i kai, ike mai la kekahi
elemakule o Kukuiokaaulani ka inoa, olelo aku la ia i kekahi elemakule
e aku: “E! he ’lii paha keia e iho mai nei, he kahuna paha?” I aku o
Kukuiokaaulani: “He ’lii. Ina hookahi anuenue, alaila, he kahuna; aka,
ina elua, he ’lii.” Ma keia noonoo o laua, ua holo ia laua, he ’lii, a
ua lohe ia no hoi ka nalowale ana o Kihapiilani.
Noho iho la laua a hiki mai la o Kihapiilani, aloha aku la laua: “Aloha
ke ’lii.” Hamau aku la o Kihapiilani: “Hamau ko olua mau waha; he nani
ia, ua ike iho la olua ia’u, e huna olua ia’u, mai hoike olua.” A pau
ka halawai ana me na elemakule, iho aku la keia a hiki i Kaluaama,
malaila ka lau uala e ulu ana, ako iho la o Kihapiilani. Ma keia ako
ana a Kihapiilani, lalau iho la ia i ka lau o ka pue uala, a pua ae la
a paa, apahu ae la, me ke koe ole o kekahi lau uala, no ka pue.
Ia ia e ako ana, hiki mai la ka mea nana ka mala uala, a ike iho la ia,
kumakena, hahau mai la ia ia Kihapiilani i ka laau, aole nae ona eueu
ae. Hana iho la o Kihapiilani i kana lau uala a haawe, hoi aku la i uka
o Kalaniwai. A hiki o Kihapiilani i kahi o na wahi elemakule, ninau mai
la na elemakule: “Owai kou inoa?” “O Kihapiilani ko’u inoa.” A lohe na
elemakule, hoomaopopo iho la laua, ua like loa me ka laua mea i
kukakuka ai mamua ae. Ninau hou laua: “Heaha ka huakai nui a ke ’lii o
ka hele ana mai?” Wahi a Kihapiilani: “He makaia no kuu kaikuaana no
Piilani, o ia ka’u e imi nei.” Hai aku la ke ’lii o Kihapiilani i ka
hana a kona kaikuaana.
A lohe na elemakule, i aku la laua ia Kihapiilani: “Ua make ko
kaikuaana, aole e ola; aia ka mea e make ai, o keia hale e hamama mai
la ka puka i Waikapu. Aia i laila ke kaikuahine o maua, o Pao ka inoa;
a hiki oe i laila, nana oe e hai mai i ka mea pono e hana ai, alaila, o
ka make ka hoi ia.”
Ma keia mau olelo a na elemakule, ua holo ia i ko ke ’lii manao. I aku
la ia i na elemakule: “E hoi au e kanu i kuu lau uala a pau i ke kanu,
alaila, hooko au i keia mau olelo a pau loa.” Maanei kakou e ike ai i
ka haku ana o ka inoa o Piikea, a me kona mau kaikunane.
Eia ua mele la i haku ia no keia mau alii.
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