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
A pau ka Piikea uwe ana, ninau mai la o Umi: “Heaha kou mea i uwe ai me
ka leo nui, a me kou kuu ana i kou wahi hilahila?” I aku o Piikea: “No
ka nui o ko’u aloha i ko’u kaikunane; akahi no maua a halawai kino, a
no ko’u lohe ana mai nei i ka hana ino o kona kaikuaana, o Piilani, ia
ia; nolaila, nui ko’u aloha, a o ia ke kumu o ko’u kuu ana i ko’u mai
nona. Nolaila, e pono e kii kaua e kaua ia ia.” A lohe o Umi, olelo aku
la ia ia Piikea: “Aole paha e pono kaua ke kii e kaua ia Piilani, no ka
mea, o kou kaikunane ponoi no ia, aole he pili aoao, a hanauna hoi.” I
aku o Piikea ia Umi: “Ina aole oe e ae mai i ka’u e koi aku nei ia oe,
e kii kaua e kaua ia Piilani, alaila, ua oi ka pono o kuu make mamua o
kuu ola ana.” Ma keia olelo a Piikea, manao iho la o Umi, he mea pono
ole ia ia ke hoole i ka olelo a kana wahine, nolaila, o ka ae ka pono
loa. Ia wa, olelo aku la o Umi i kona mau hoakuka kaua, oia o
Omaokamau, Piimaiwaa, Koi, e hoomakaukau i na waa, no ka holo i Maui e
kaua ai me Piilani.
Aohe makau o keia mau kanaka ekolu, ua aa lakou e holo i Maui e kaua
ai, aka, o ke ’lii o Umi, ua hopohopo ia no Imaikalani, no ka mea, he
kanaka akamai loa ia i ke koa, ka oo ihe, a he kanaka ikaika loa, oia
ko oi ma Maui, i loko o ia kau, a o ke kela ia mai Hawaii a Niihau.
Ia wa, ui ae o Umi i kana kahuna akamai, kaulana, oia o Kaoleioku:
“Pehea keia holo i Maui e kaua me Piilani?” I aku o Kaoleioku: “E ke
’lii e, e holo no oe e kaua ia Maui, aole alii nana oe e kaua mai; he
kaua na ka makaainana, pio no ia oe, aole e eha ka ili.”
A lohe o Umi i keia mau olelo a kona kahuna mana, a Kaoleioku, oluolu
iho la ia. Kena ae la o Umi i na alii aimoku o Hawaii, e makaukau na
waa, a me na kanaka a pau loa, a akoakoa ma kahi hookahi, he mau
anahulu i hala, ua makaukau na waa a me na kanaka. Ua olelo ia, aole e
pau i ka helu no ka nui loa.
MOKUNA III.
KA HOLO ANA O UMI E KAUA IA PIILANI, KE ’LII O MAUI.
A makaukau na waa, holo mai la lakou mai Waipio mai a pae ma Kapueokahi
i Maui. Ma keia holo ana o na waa, ua komo ka maka mua o na waa ma
Kapueokahi ma Hana, Maui, a o ka maka hope o na waa, ma ke awa o Waipio
i Hawaii.
I ka hiki ana o na waa ma Kapueokahi i Maui, ike mai la na kamaaina i
ka lehulehu o na waa, makau iho la lakou. A mahope lohe lakou o Umi, a
me kana wahine o Piikea, e holo aku ana e kaua me Piilani, aka, ua make
e o Piilani. He keiki nae kana o Kalaninuikupuapaikalaninui, ia ia o
Maui ia wa.
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