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 kekahi la, komo aku la o Aukelenuiaiku i loko o ka hale e ai ai, ia
ia e ai ana’ wehe malu ae la o Namakaokahai i ka pahu o ke ’kua o
Aukelenuiaiku, a nana iho la i loko, e waiho ana ke koi a me ka pahi i
loko, lalau iho la ia ma ka oi o ke koi a hamo iho la, moku ae la ka
lima, a kahe ke koko, nolaila, pane iho la o Namakaokahai: “Kupanaha!
he mea maikai no ka hoi ka kuu kane e huna nei;” a pau kona nana ana,
huna iho la ia. A pau ka ai ana o Aukelenuiaiku, hoi mai la ia a noho.
Hoomaoe aku la o Namakaokahai iaia: “Ea! heaha kau mau mea maikai o ka
hele ana mai?” Lalau iho la o Aukelenuiaiku i ka pahu a wehe ae la,
lalau iho la i ke koi a me ka pahi, a haawi aku la ia Namakaokahai, me
ka olelo aku: “O keia mau mea elua, na mea maikai a’u i lawe mai ai mai
ka aina o Kuaihelani mai, a oia mau mea elua a me kuu akua, akolu mea
maikai loa.” Ninau mai kana wahine: “Heaha ka waiwai a me ka hana a
keia mau mea?” “He oki i ka laau a moku, a pela ka pahi, he mea okioki
no na mea uaua a pau loa.” A lohe o Namakaokahai i keia mau olelo a
Aukelenuiaiku, olelo aku la ia i kana kane: “E! o kau mea maikai, o
ka’u mea maikai, hooili na ka kaua keiki.”
Ma keia wahi aku, e ike kakou i ka mana o Namakaokahai, a me kona make
ole i nei mea oi o ke koi, a e maopopo no auanei ia kakou he ano aku no
kona. A pau ko laua kamailio ana no ke koi a me ka pahi, olelo aku o
Namakaokahai i kana kane ia Aukelenuiaiku: “E oki mai oe ia’u i ke
koi.” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Kupanaha oe! o oe no ka’u wahine ponoi, a
pehea la wau e ooki aku ai ia oe, a make iho; e aho, i ke kanaka e au e
ooki ai i ke koi a moku, a i ole ia he hoa hakaka, aole o oe o ko’u io
ponoi.” I mai ka wahine: “Kahaha! e haawi hoi paha auanei oe i ke koi
ia hai, lilo hoi ka mea maikai a ka kaua keiki, nolaila, e hoao mai no
oe ia’u.” A no ko Namakaokahai paakiki loa, ae aku kana kane; ma keia
ae ana o kana kane, ua lilo ia i mea oluolu loa ia Namakaokahai. Mahope
o keia ae ana o Aukelenuiaiku e ooki aku ia Namakaokahai i ke koi,
hoolei loa aku la na wawae o Namakaokahai a pololei, ooki iho la o
Aukelenuiaiku i ke koi.
MOKUNA IX.
KA HOIKE ANA O NA WAIWAI A AUKELENUIAIKU ME KA NAMAKAOKAHAI.
Ua olelo ia ma ka mokuna mua iho o keia moolelo, o ke koi, a me ka
pahi, ka Aukelenuiaiku mau waiwai, a ma keia kakau ana, e olelo ia ana
ke oki ana o Aukelenuiaiku i kana wahine i ke koi. Ia Aukelenuiaiku i
ooki ai ia Namakaokahai i ke koi, moku ae la kona mau wawae a kaawale
loa, a ma keia moku ana o kona mau wawae, he mea lealea iho la ia i ko
Namakaokahai manao. I aku o Namakaokahai ia Aukelenuiaiku: “U! akahi ka
ka mea maikai nui wale au, e oki hou mai ana oe”; a lohe o
Aukelenuiaiku, ooki aku la ia i ke koi, a moku na oloolo wawae, pela no
ka Aukelenuiaiku ooki ana a hiki i ke poo. Mahope o keia okioki ana, ua
kaawale loa kela wahi keia wahi o ke kino o Namakaokahai, aka, aole nae
he pau o ka olelo ma kona waha.
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