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
Wa Elua. Mai ia Pili a hiki ia Kahiko, ewalu ia hanauna, he wa maikai
ia, a he mau hana naauao no ka Pili ia manawa.
Wa Ekolu. Mai ia Wakea a hiki ia Waia, eha ia hanauna, he mau hana nui
i loko oia manawa.
Wa Eha. Mai a Waia a hiki ia Liloa he kanalimakumamahiku hanauna, he
nui na ano oia wa, a me na hoouka kaua ia wa.
Wa Elima. Mai ia Liloa a hiki ia Kamehameha, he umikumamaha hanauna. Ma
keia mahele ana i na wa, aole ma ka pololei maoli, aole no he mea nana
i hoomaopopo mai ka mahele ana i na wa. Aka, penei nae: Aia iloko o
keia mau wa i maheleia, ua akaka ma ko lakou kaao ana, a ua akaka ma ka
pule ana a kekahi kahuna, o Kukailani kona inoa, oia paha ke
kanahikukumamaiwa o ka hanauna mai a Opuukahonua mai.
No ka mea, i ka wa i kiiia mai ai o Iwikauikaua e Kanaloapulehu e kau i
ka lele, no ka hewa ana o Iwikauikaua no ke kipi ana i na ’lii malalo
ona, a kipi aku ia Kanaloakuaana kekahi alii o Maui, a nolaila, ia
Iwikauikaua i ku ai iluna o ka anuu, nana ae la o Iwikauikaua i ke
kahuna ia Kukailani, a kahea aku la: “E, ka pule a ke kahuna, kulia i
mua o ke akua, na na mai ia’u ina he kahuna oe na’u.” A lohe o
Kukailani i keia mea: “Ae, e ku wau i kuu pule a i ino kuu pule make
oe, aka i hololea kuu pule a hiki i ka amama ana; aole oe e kau i ka
lele i keia la.” A penei ka pule ana:
E Ku, e Uli, e Kama, lele wale. 1
O Kalani ke ’lii kaahea o Kaiwa.
Iwikauikaua haulili mai lalo;
Mai kumu kahiki ka honua ua kele,
Ua nao ua pela i ke kapu alii
I ka pela alii kapu o Kukonalaa.
Ua kau ke kapu i Makalii.
Akahi -a- aha; lele wale.
Lele mai ke kapu o ka moku. 2
Lalani ke kapu o ka moku;
Kui mai ke kapu o ka moku,
Pii mai ke kapu o ka moku,
Ili aku, kau aku ke kapu o ka moku,
Na Pili e noho ia kapu,
Ka moku i Hawaiikuauli.
Alua-a aha, lele wale;
Lele aku ke kapu ia Wakea.
O Wakea ke kahuna, ke alii, 3
Ke alii i kumu, i nua, i makolu i ke kapu;
Ia Wakea naha ke kapu o ka moku,
Mahae ke kapu i kiope na moku,
Lele aku ke kapu o Waia ke alii.
Aha -aha- ka ilina o ke kapu,
Na Liloa e noho ia kapu.
Ua kapu ka moku ia Liloa, 4
Ua kapu kawao i Tahiti,
Liloa o Umi ke kapu i nahae,
Nahae na mana o ke kapu,
O Iwiaulana Iwikauikaua.
Lola kamahele i kikiwi,
I pipio i ke kapu o Iwikauikaua.
Na ka iwi e pani ke kapu o ka moku;
Iwikauikaua ke kalohe;
Ka hoololohe wai i Haunaka.
O keia ka pule i oleloia i loko o ka molelo o Kamalalawalu. A ma keia
mele pule i maopopo ai he pono ke mahele i mau wa. No ka mea, aia wale
no ma na ’lii aimoku e ili ai ke kapu moku. A mehe mea la, ua
hoomaopopoia na wa ma ia mau ano e like me na pauku mele pule maluna
ae.
MOKUNA VII.
NO KA IKE MUA ANA I NA HAOLE.
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