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
Five—
There are five Pauwela.
Five—
Five Huleia.
Five—
There are five people
Chasing each other on the lonely coast of Paie.
The one in the lead is the seventh.
There are seven Pulehu,
There are seven Mana,
The Ohia of Paukauwila is the seventh.
There are ten—
There are ten of Lele.
There are ten—
There are ten of Molokai.
There are ten—
There are ten of Lanai.
There are ten—
There are ten of Kanaloa Kahoolewa, [264]
The foundation, the joining together of the isles.
They join and hug like lovers.
Scrape away, scrape away.
There is Hilo
Thatching,
Ridging;
There is your lover
Passing by.
The mouth is closed,
The hand beckons,
The eyes also beckon,
Else he will be ashamed
And weep at
The quiet cliffs.
Water is on Oahu,
It shows there above.
Kaunuohua is low
Like a crawling hill at Nihoa.
That cliff,
This cliff,
That fence of wood.
The great one there below,
He sits;
He sits, he stands,
He points, he sticks out his tongue,
Kukahaulani.
He has the eyes of a bird,
Head of a bird,
Beak of a bird,
Tongue of a bird,
Neck of a bird,
Breast of a bird,
Wing of a bird,
Body of a bird,
Leg of a bird,
Thigh of a bird,
Tail of a bird,
Knee of a bird,
Feet of a bird,
Claws of a bird,
Feathers of a bird,
Neck of a bird,
Crop of a bird,
Liver of a bird,
Intestine of a bird.
Since you are a small bird,
Out you must go
In the upland wilderness,
For such is the way you dwell in Kona.
And catch the spawn of the Ii
And carry the spawn of Keaau.
O thou Hanalei!
Hanalei, the source of the rains,
Made low from carrying such a burden,
Who has stood on the hill top
Whose shadow has reached the bottom.
They are greatly wearied by the roughness [of the sea].
Lift up the canoe,
Let the people get aboard
With the probing sticks,
With the binding ropes,
With the floaters.
Get aboard, paddle away, get on.
The canoe master is aboard;
It is Lelepahu of Hawaii;
It is the large Hawaii of Kane;
It is Hilo of Kane of Kapu;
It is Hilo with the high cliffs;
It is Ku, the Lehua-eater;
The bosom companion of Kalalea and others who dwell there.
Who dwell there.
The house stands in Kona,
The front faces Koolau,
The wall faces Tahiti.
The posts were from Halawa
In Kauhuhu of Pele, of Peue.
Molokai is the back,
Lanai the front.
What is Molokini?
Wailuku is the locality of flying clouds.
What is broad Kula?
It is open upland.
Kaluanui of Kaluanui,
It stands by the twin hills,
The palm houses [265] of Kane
Which were thatched for me at Auwahi.
The potatoes of Puukamaele,
Of Kipapai, of Honokaupu,
Of the Oopu [266] of Waikolu.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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