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
Kukaipaoa ka lani, he ’lii,
He ’lii ao lani, he ao-e;
He ia mau lani Kumakomako,
He lani no Kahuku, pali pohaku,
He mau lani pohaku no Lonokaeho.
No Lono ka lae poni ia i ka wai niu,
I haua i ka puaa hiwa a Kane,
I ka puaa hiwa a Lono.
E Lono e! eia ko maka lani,
Ko lau, ko muo, ko ao, ko liko;
Ko alii kapu o Kihapiilani.
Ko maka e ku ana i ka malama,
Malama ia ka lau kapu o Keaka,
Ka lau oheohe o Keakamahana,
I kupu a kapalulu ka pua,
Ka pua oloolo o Hemahema, o Kaikilani;
Nana ia lau oloolo no Kanaloa,
No ka ilio hulu pano i ka maka,
I noho ka eleele i loko o ka onohi;
He kakau kiko onio i ka lae,
Ke kiko o ke ki-kakapu,
O ka ia kapu hilia au awahia.
A wahia i lani Keaka wahine,
I kupu a mala o Keakealani kane,
Ia laua hai ka haka o ke kapu.
Hakahaka i ka momona o na ’lii nui,
He ’lii ku moku aimoku nui hoi nei,
He nui hoi o Kauhi, he hono ko na moku,
He nui hoi Keaka, he awalu i waho,
He kai papa nene ko na aina,
He ulu papa kai holo papa no Kahiki,
Hiki o Keawe, ke kupu kia aumoku,
Ka hua hookahi a ka ao i ka lani,
Na Kalani, Kalanikauleleiwi.
No Keaka keia lani, na Keawe,
Na kela eke hului o Piilani.
I noho o Keawe i o Piilani la,
Ahu kooka o na ’lii nui,
He ’lii, he mau alii ka ike ana aku,
He mau lani haele wale iho no;
Hele hehi i ka lihi o ka la.
I ka malama hanau o Ikiiki,
Ua Ikiiki ka lani i luna,
Ua ui-a ia ka malama,
Ka pili o hoehu ka ua,
Ke iloli nei ka honua,
Naku ka mauna waikahe ino,
Ino ua kahuli lewa na aina,
Ua lawe ka houpo o ka moku,
Ke au o mahele o Kuala,
O Kanaiki o ka moku,
O ka uuina i wawau e,
O na ’lii o ka nuu pule,
O kanaka o ka hale hiwa,
O loko o mana ka moo,
O ka Hina kii o Haloa,
O Kalani oi-oia i apa,
Ke paha ala i kona makemake ia,
A hiki mai ka olelo hoi ana,
Ko aupuni la, nana ia,
No Ikiiki, no Kaaona ke ’lii,
No Hanaia, no Hinaiaeleele,
Nolaila o Piikea, wahine a Umi,
Ka Laielohelohe hiapo ia,
A Piilani no i hanau mai.
Hanau o Lonopii, he kane,
Hanau o Kihapiilani, he kane,
A Piilani no i hanau ai,
O Kihapiilani, Kalanilonaakea,
Ili kea, malo kea,
Malailena a Kihapiilani,
O ua ha ia o Laielohelohe,
Ia lakou ke kae o ke kapu,
Ia Kalamaku a Kauhiholua,
Na Kauhiholua, na Lupeikalani,
Na Nalu e hilo i ke aho a Makalii,
Ke aho kaakolu ia i kela ka loa,
Ka maawe lau huna ia o ke ’lii,
I heia i Miloa e Hanauane,
Hanau mai o Kuhihewa.
He muli o Kaihikapu a Kuhihewa,
O Kaihikapu ili manoa,
Ili pepee, pepee i ke kapu,
Ka ili pee ku-e o ke ’lii o Mano,
No Mano ili oi, ili kalakala,
Ke kalakala o ka lau ea pu,
Ke kalakala o ka ia ili ee,
Ka ili e, o Mano, lae pohaku,
Ka ulu a Mano, a Mano no,
He mau puha ia na Mano,
Na laua o Nohoamakalii,
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