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
Ia Aukelenuiaiku e ku ana ma ka puka o ka hale o Namakaokahai, kuu ia
mai la na wahine elua, oia o Upoho, Haapuainanea. Kena aku la o
Namakaokahai: “E Upoho a me Haapuainanea, ka olua make hoi.” Ia wa,
huli ua mau wahine nei nana ia Aukelenuiaiku, a ike, o ke keiki i loaa
mua ai ia laua, hilahila iho la laua, a holo aku la. Holo o Upoho he
wahine iole, a noho i ka poopoo, holo o Haapuainanea, he wahine moo, a
pili i ka laau, hala keia make o Aukelenuiaiku.
Mahope o laua, kuu ia mai o Moela, he ilio kiai no ka aina. I ke kokoke
ana ia Aukelenuiaiku, hamama ka waha, keke na niho, wehe ke a luna a me
ke a lalo, lele mai nanahu ia Aukelenuiaiku. Aole i moku o
Aukelenuiaiku, pili e ka ilio i ke kapa lehu o Aukelenuiaiku, a make
iho la, lilo iho la ka ilio i lehu. A ike ke ’lii wahine ua make kana
ilio, minamina iho la ia me ke aloha, a kulou iho la i lalo e uwe ana i
ke aloha.
A make kana ilio, kena ae la ia i kona mau kaikunane eha, ia Kanemoe,
Kaneapua, Leapua, Kahaumana, i aku o Namakaokahai: “Ka oukou make hoi
paha, e lalau iho oukou ia ia nei a lawe aku i mua e ai ai.” A lohe o
Aukelenuiaiku i keia olelo, komo aku la ia i loko o ka hale. A ike mai
la na kaikunane eha o Namakaokahai, moe a leho iho la lakou. O Kanemoe,
kuapohaku ae la ia, a moe iho la ma ka puka o ka hale; o Kaneapua, lilo
ae la ia i pauku laau, a waiho iho la; o Leapua, lilo ae la ia i puna;
Kahaumana, lilo ae la i ala. O keia mau mea a pau loa, ua hilahila ia
Aukelenuiaiku, nolaila, ua pee lakou a pau.
A hala keia mau mea mahope ia Aukelenuiaiku, hiki aku la ia i kahi e
ulu ana o ka ipu me ke kulana, a me ka lau, lalau aku la ia i ka umeke
a wehe ae la, noho iho la ai, pela ka ia, ka wai. Ia Aukelenuiaiku e ai
ana, olelo iho la na kaikunane o Namakaokahai: “Kupanaha keia kanaka o
ka mana! ke ai mai nei i ka kakou ai, owai la kona mea i ike ai? No ka
mea, ua waiho ia aku nei na mea ai, imua ona, aohe ona ai.”
A pau keia mau mea i ka ike ia e Aukelenuiaiku, alaila, ku mai la na
kaikunane o Namakaokahai i luna, me ko lakou mau kino kanaka. Mahope o
ko lakou hoao ana ia Aukelenuiaiku, noonoo iho la o Aukelenuiaiku me ka
maalea. Kaumaha aku la ia ma ke ano o ke akua, e hoolilo ana ia
Namakaokahai a me na kaikunane i akua nona, penei: Kahea ae la o
Aukelenuiaiku me ka leo nui:
“E na aumakua o ka po, na aumakua o ke ao;
Namakaokahai, Kanemoe,
Kaneapua, Leapua,
Kahaumana, Upoho,
Haapuainanea, Moela,
E ola ia’u e ka pii kuahiwi,
E ka ae kuahiwi,
E ola i ka oukou pulapula,
E ola ia’u i kanaka o kai,
Eia mai ka ai la,
Amama, ua noa.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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