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
Noho o Mano, moe ia Pulanaieie,
Kalanipiilani kana keiki,
He niu kaukahi na Manookalanipo.
He mau lani olu iho no ka maka,
I luna wale nei-e lili nei la.
Lili ka ua i ka Makalii,
Puehu i ke kula o Kailo,
Lulana i Hauoa Keawe,
Kakaulua i ke ala wela,
Hiki loa i o olua ka lai ua malie,
Ua luhea ka iki o Puna,
O Puna maka inaina,
Ke kahu hoi o Kahinanalo,
Moku o Ohikihokolio,
Ho a e ia no kuu lani,
No ka ohiki; kau ka oli e,
Ke ’lii loa la malama ia.
[Olelo hoakaka: maloko o keia mele i haku ia, ua komo no ka moolelo o
ko Maui mau alii, a ua pili no hoi ka haku ana i na ’lii o Maui.]
Ma keia kakau ana, e olelo hou ia ka olelo maanei no Kihapiilani. A pau
ka olelo a na elemakule ia Kihapiilani, hoi aku la ia a hiki mauka o
Kalaniwai, kanu iho la i kana mala uala. Pela o Kihapiilani i
hoomanawanui iho ai i ka mahiai, a hala ke kau o ka pilikia, no ka mea,
he hilahila kona i na makuahunowai i ke amuamu ia ia i ka palaualelo. A
oo ka uala, haawi aku la ia i ka wahine, a me na makuahunowai.
MOKUNA II.
NO KIHAPIILANI.
Maanei e maopopo ai ko Kihapiilani imi ana i makaia nona, e paio ai me
kona kaikuaana lokoino, me Piilani.
Mahope o ka Kihapiilani olelo i ka wahine no ka mala uala, olelo aku la
ia i kana wahine, penei: “E kuu wahine, e hele ana wau, haalele au ia
oe, he nani ia, ua mahi iho la au i ka ai a oo, nau no e ai ka luhi o
kaua.” I mai ka wahine: “O kou hele no keia hele loa, aole oe e hoi mai
ana?” Ae aku la ke kane: “Ae, aole au e hoi mai, a kau, a hooilo; ina
he manao kane kou, e noho kane ole oe a hoi mai au.” Ma keia mau olelo
a Kihapiilani, aua loa iho la kana wahine, me ka ae ole e hele. No ka
ikaika loa o ka aua o ka wahine, nolaila, hai aku la o Kihapiilani i
mea e pau ai kona aua ana. Olelo aku la ia: “E kuu wahine, ke hai aku
nei au ia oe, mai olelo iki oe ia’u, a mai hai no hoi oe i kuu inoa; o
Kihapiilani au, e hele ana au e imi i hoamakaia no kuu kaikuaana no
Lonoapii” (oia o Piilani). Ma keia mau olelo a Kihapiilani, maopopo i
ka wahine he ’lii keia kane ana, he ’lii nui; alaila, pau kona manao
ana i ka noho, ae aku la ia e hele o Kihapiilani.
Ma keia hookuu ana o ka wahine ia Kihapiilani e hele, hele aku la ia a
hiki ma Waikapu, malaila kela wahine kaula, o Pao kona inoa. Ia
Kihapiilani ma ke alanui, e hele aku ana e halawai me Pao, wanana mua
oia i kana olelo ike, i mua o kona poe, penei: “He ’lii keia e hele mai
nei i ke alanui, e imi i hoa makaia nona.”
A hiki o Kihapiilani i mua o Pao, ku iho la ke anuenue ia wa hookahi.
Pane mai la o Pao: “Mama kuu haku.”
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