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
Aloha aku la o Pao, aloha mai la o Kihapiilani, a pau ke aloha, hookipa
aku la o Pao ia Kihapiilani. Mahope o ka hookipa ana, ninau mai la o
Pao: “Heaha ka huakai a kuu haku o ka hiki ana mai o ka la?” I aku ke
’lii: “I hele mai nei au e imi i mea e make ai kuu kaikuaana o Piilani,
ua hana ino ia’u.” Alaila, olelo aku o Pao: “Aia ka mea e make ai ko
hoapaio i kai o Kalepolepo. E iho oe a hiki i Kalepolepo, nana aku oe i
ke kanaka paapu o na maka i ka haueka, oia no.” A pau ka olelo ana a
Pao, iho aku la o Kihapiilani a hiki i kai o Kalepolepo, e noho ana ua
kanaka ala i laila. Hele aku la o Kihapiilani a ku ana i ke alo. Ninau
mai la ua kanaka ala: “Heaha ka huakai a ke ’lii o ka hiki ana mai?” I
aku ke ’lii o Kihapiilani: “Ua hele mai nei au i mua ou ma ke kuhikuhi
a ke kaula wahine a Pao, aia ia oe ka mea e pono ai ka’u mea e hana aku
ai. Oia hoi, o ka mea e ku ai ka makaia i kuu kaikuaana ia Piilani, ka
mea nana i hana mai ia’u i ka pono ole.”
A lohe ua kanaka akamai la i na olelo a Kihapiilani, kena ae la ia i na
hoewaa, e hoomakaukau i na waa, a holo i Hawaii. A makaukau na waa, ee
aku la o Kihapiilani, a holo aku la i Hawaii, i kona kaikuahine o
Piikea a me kona kaikoeke o Umi; a ahiahi, pae aku la lakou ma Waipio.
Ma keia pae ana, hele aku la o Kihapiilani a ma ka hale o Piikea e noho
ana, kipa aku la ia, a ike mai la kona kaikuahine, lele mai la uwe, a
pau ko laua uwe ana, ninau mai la o Piikea: “Pehea ko olua noho ana me
kou kaikuaana?” I aku o Kihapiilani i kona kaikuahine: “Aole pono o ko
maua noho ana, he hana ino kuu kaikuaana ia’u, he huhu, he aloha ole;
nolaila ko’u hele mai i ou nei, e hai aku ia oe, i ko maua noho ana.” A
lohe o Piikea i keia mau olelo, uwe helu aku la ia ma ko laua noho pu
ana me na makua, kahi i hele ai ma o a maanei. Ma keia uwe ana a
Piikea, lohe aku la o Umi, haohao iho la ia i ka ike ole ia o ke kumu o
ka uwe ana, a mahope, lohe o kona kaikoeke o Kihapiilani. O Piikea hoi,
puka ae la ia a waho o ka hale, uwe ae la me ka leo nui loa, haalele i
ke kapa, kuu i kahi hilahila, a ua like o Piikea ia wa me he pupule la,
ka ulala. Ma keia uwe ana o Piikea, he manao a me ka noonoo kona, i mea
e ikaika ai ka manao i loko o kana kane o Umi.
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