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
I am going home to partake of some food.
The kala [267] shall be my fish
Until satisfied.
It is a fish sacred to my god.
Let the canoe enter
At Kaluakoi,
The barren coast of Puumomi,
At the entrance of Wailau,
Of Umipiilani.
It is the mirage of Mana;
It is as though following behind;
The water is following;
The water of Kamakahou is following;
The water that is not water,
The mirage of Mana.
Like the sea is the water,
Like the water is the sea.
The sugar-cane trash from my eating
Was cast away, left behind, forgotten.
After I had gone beyond
I failed to recognize.
What was seen behind, again appears in front.
The Iliau has wilted in the sun
[As] the plentiful dew of the morning.
What was seen behind, again appears in front
Of Laauhaele.
Passed are the emblems of the god of the year,
Gone to bury the dead
[On] the barren sands of Nonohili.
The coconut grove bends low seaward of Pokii,
In reverence to [the god] Makalii.
One can here follow on with the portion of the chant that remains. It
is also a chant in honor of the name of Lonoikamakahiki, which is the
one that Lanahuimihaku heard, and it is often added to the chant taught
them by Ohaikawiliula.
When Lonoikamakahiki was repeating the chant which Ohaikawiliula had
taught Kakuhihewa, Kakuhihewa saw that Lonoikamakahiki knew it, so he
said to Lanahuimihaku and his companion: “Say, I see that
Lonoikamakahiki knows of this chant?” Lanahuimihaku and his companion
replied, saying to Kakuhihewa: “Yes, we see that he does. We lived with
him while in Hawaii, but he had no chant of this kind. It is possible,
however, that a canoe has gone to Hawaii without touching here and the
chant was carried to Hawaii in that way.”
After Kakuhihewa was beaten by Lonoikamakahiki, Kakuhihewa ordered all
the people to get out of the house and thus leave the house to
Lonoikamakahiki, the king of Hawaii, who had won. When this order was
given Lonoikamakahiki was standing just outside of the door with a war
club in his hands. As soon as the order was given to vacate the house
the men immediately proceeded to go out; but as soon as the first party
started out they were killed by Lonoikamakahiki. When the people saw
this they retreated back into the house for they were afraid of being
put to death by Lonoikamakahiki. When Kakuhihewa saw the people coming
back into the house he asked: “Why are you people coming back? Don’t
you know that we have to get out and leave the house to
Lonoikamakahiki?” The people replied: “Don’t you know that you made a
foolish bet? Such and such persons have been killed by Lonoikamakahiki.
Here you have made a wager whereby we are to be killed.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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