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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 3 (of 3)

Volume 6 / Part 2 — He Kanikau no Kalaiulumoku.

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O kapu kama ia’u e, ehia kama,

O ke kama ia kama Kahiki-a-ka-lana,

O kekahi kama ia a Kiha,

O ke kama ia hanau mai Akalani.

O ko lani oe o Ka-lau-loa-ia-iku. 5.

O Kauhi oe, o Kauhi a’u, a Kama.

O Kamalalawalu a’u a Kiha i hanau,

O Kiha ia o ka uli manauea,

E Kiha e ka uli, e ka manauae ea.

E Kamalalalua ia o Kama, e ka halalalu ia Kama ke hele, 10.

E Kama, e Kaila, e Kalalahai,

E ka hakihaki apana i mua i Malaehaakoa.

I ko oa e kihi kama Halelea,

Kamanuena a Kawelo, Kaweloaikanaka.

He maka ia no ka haku maka paweo, 15.

He maka kapu ia no Kalanikukuma.

Ka kaikuaana o Keilelalahai,

O Aanuikani-a-weke no Kona, no Koolau,

Akolu lakou a ka haku maka paweo i hanau.

Nona ka polo pea i Hihimanu 20.

I kau aku ai ka pea a huia

Ka polo pea a Kealohi kanaka maikai,

Kealohi kai ka wai loaa ka hema a Kealohi,

Keawe a Kealohi no kona koolua wahine a Umi,

Ke kuku Kailimoku, na Keawe no i hanau na ’lii 25.

I ka pale kohiana.

O ke kohiana polua io Haona,

O ka haona mai po hapai.

He ao e io Haka, io Hakaola,

O ke koo ola i koo ai kapu Kawelo, 30.

O ke ’lii nona ka hakikili

Haki apana apana i Holoholoku ke kapu.

O ke kapu mai hoano e hoomehameha,

O ka pehea hoi o na leo kawakawa i ka po;

I lani ka eloelo i ka lele mai polua 35.

Io nahae nahae mai o lele.

I na pu kolukolu i ke kolukolu ia iku lani;

O lani e i oa, e hoi e.

O ke nahili au nana ia o kihele,

O ka hele i o uilani ke maemae aku la, 40.

Ka lau aloha o Hoohila, kuu pua,

Manao i ka wai ke lana la, ke lana wale nei a’u, aole oe.

Auhea oe? eia’u, eia’u la ua he—mo kuu lima,

Ua huea kuu hipuu makamae,

Ua minamina au e imi, 45.

Kaua e imi hoi, a e nini mai oe i kuu nahoahoa,

I ka napele o kuu poo i ka eha, ua eha au e.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · You are Kauhi, I am Kauhi of Kama, therefore we are both the offspring of Kama. Kama, a sobriquet of Kamalalawalu, a noted Maui king. ↑Note 2 · Kiha, the king of Kauai. ↑Note 3 · Blue sea-moss, manauea, a species of sea-grass which, seen through the sea, appears green. ↑Note 4 · Ascended the hakihaki, stairs or steps reaching up to a temple. ↑Note 5 · Mua, the principal house of the several temple enclosures wherein are prepared the sacrificial offerings. ↑Note 6 · Malaihaakoa, name of a once famous heiau (temple) on Kauai. ↑Note 7 · I ko oa, to brace up a rafter, here a supporting division of Halelua, a place on Kauai. ↑Note 8 · Kawelo, proper name, different from Kaweloaikanaka, a high chief. ↑Note 9 · Paweo, to look at and turn away with contempt, disgust. ↑Note 10 · Kalanikukuma, an alii of Kauai. ↑Note 11 · Pea, like lupe, a kite; polo, the tail of a kite. ↑Note 12 · This is manifestly figurative. ↑Note 13 · Kailimoku, the famed war-god of successive Hawaii kings from before Liloa, then known as Kaili, but better recognized in later years as KukaNote 14 · Shielded, likely through proximity to the god which is designated as kuku, standing erect. ↑Note 15 · Pale kohiana, as a division bank between two taro patches. ↑Note 16 · Hakikili, name of a kapu (v) to forbid, prohibit. ↑Note 17 · Broken into little pieces, haki apana apana, applied not to regard the kapu restrictions. ↑Note 18 · Holoholoku, the famed recognized birthplace of Kauai royalty, hence entitled to sacred regard, as was Kukaniloko for Oahu. ↑Note 19 · Many voices, leo kawakawa, wet voices, of the night. ↑Note 20 · The sound of wet kapa rending (eloelo) in the polua—rain with wind—was one of the disturbing elements. ↑Note 21 · The rumbling noise of thunder, the thunder guns of heaven—pu kolukolu—thick, heavy cloud-bursts with rain. ↑Note 22 · Nahili, going astray, lagging behind, hence the caution. ↑Note 23 · Hoohila, name of a place on Kauai. My blossoms, kuu pua, figurative. ↑Note 24 · Reference to water also figurative. ↑Note 25 · Stolen, ua huea, like aihue. ↑Note 26 · Hipuu makamae is a precious burden borne on the hips, where the knot of the malo fastens, hence the application of the term. ↑
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