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
Eia Hawaii, he moku, he kanaka,
He Kanaka Hawaii-e.
He Kanaka Hawaii,
He Kama na Tahiti,
He Pua Alii mai Kapaahu.
Mai Moaulanuiakea Kanaloa,
He Moopuna na Kahiko laua o Kapulanakehau.
Na Papa i hanau,
Na ke Kama wahine a Kukalaniehu laua me Kahakauakoko.
Na pulapula aina i paekahi,
I nonoho like i ka hikina, komohana,
Pae like ka moku i lalani,
I hui aku hui mai me Holani.
Puni ka moku o Kaialea ke kilo,
Naha Nuuhiwa lele i Polapola:
O Kahiko ke kumu aina,
Nana i mahele kaawale na moku,
Moku ke aho lawaia a Kahai,
I okia e Kukanaloa,
Pauku na aina, na moku,
Moku i ka ohe kapu a Kanaloa.
O Haumea manu kahikele,
O Moikeha ka lani nana e noho.
Noho kuu lani ia Hawaii -a-
Ola! Ola! O Kalanaola.
Ola ke alii, ke kahuna.
Ola ke kilo, ke kauwa;
Noho ia Hawaii a lulana,
A kani moopuna i Kauai.
O Kauai ka moku -a-
Moikeha ke alii.”
Aia i loko o keia mele a Kamahualele, aole o Wakea a me kana wahine na
kumu mua o Hawaii nei. A eia kekahi; ma ka nana ana a me ka hoomaopopo
ana, no Tahiti mai na kanaka i laha ai keia mau moku, e like me ke mele
a Kamahualele i hea mai ai i luna o ka pola o na waa, e like me ke mele
maluna ae.
MOKUNA V.
KA MOOLELO O OPUUKAHONUA.
Ua oleloia ma ka moolelo o Opuukahonua o laua na kupuna alii o keia mau
aina, he kanaiwakumamaiwa hanauna mai laila mai a hiki ia Kamehameha. A
o ka loaa ana o keia mau aina, i lawaia ia e Kapuheeuanui. A penei ke
kaao ana: I ka wa i kuu aku ai o Kapuheeuanui i kana aho i loko o ke
kai mai Kapaahu mai, ia manawa, mau ana kana aho lawaia, a manao ae la
oia he ia keia mea e mau nei, alaila, huki ae la oia i kana aho, a i ke
kau ana ae i ka waa, eia ka he akoakoa. Ia manawa hele mai ke kahuna o
Laulialaamakua, e hoomakaukau ana o Kapuheeuanui e wehe ae i ke akoakoa
a kiola aku, ia manawa, olelo aku ke kahuna. “E! Mai kiola oe i na
akoakoa, he alii na, he hai kanaka, hulia i puaa, a hoomalielie i ke
akua, alaila pule a pau, alaila kapa aku oe i kona inoa o Hawaiiloa,
alaila kiola aku oe i loko o ke kai, e ulu mai auanei na he moku.”
Alaila, hoolohe aku la o Kapuheeuanui e like me ka olelo a ke kahuna. I
kekahi la ae lawaia hou no o Kapuheeuanui, hei hou no ke akoakoa,
alaila hoomanao ua lawaia nei i ke kahuna, lawe hou aku no i ke
akoakoa, i mai ke kahuna, “He kanaka, he alii, e kapa aku oe i ka inoa
o Mauiloa,” alaila kiola aku la ua lawaia nei i ka moana. I ka ekolu o
ka la lawaia o Kapuheeuanui, hei hou no he akoakoa, o ke kolu ia o ka
akoakoa; e like me ka hana mau a ua lawaia nei, a pela no oia i hana
aku ai. A ike mai la ke hahuna i keia koa: “He kanaka keia he wohi, he
alii no ka ea kapu, e kapa aku i kona inoa o Oahunuialaa.” Pela mau ka
hana mau a ua o Kapuheeuanui, a pela no hoi ka ke kahuna olelo i ua
lawaia nei. Ua kapaia na inoa o keia mau aina mamuli o ka olelo a ke
kahuna. A ma keia kaao no Hawaii nei, he akoakoa keia mau mokupuni, ua
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