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

Volume 6 / Part 2 — Kaumualii.

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Ka makani ehukai o Waialua,

O ke ’hu o ke kai aia iluna,

Iluna ke kuahiwi o Kuakala

Ke hoomoe ala e ka makani iluna.

Po i ka uahi ka i ka luna o Kamae, 5.

I ka uahi mahiai o Poloiea,

Hohola aku la i ka pali o Luakini e

O ko kini ia i aloha ai, ke aloha la!

Ina no ke aloha o ka pili mau,

Ka ua kanikoo, ua o ke koolau. 10.

Ua kanikoo i ke kai a malie,

Malie iho la ke kai ua laiku;

Ua apulepule ke koa o Heeia.

Me he mahina la i kai Mokuoloe

Ka olohelohe o kekahi pali, 15.

Ikea no ia pali a Nuuanu,

Ke anuanu o ke kanaka i ke ’loha

Me he mea la hala ke ’loha iaia,

Kupuni ula ka ea o Ewa i ke ala,

Me he puakai la i ka lau laau. 20.

Ka laau i ka ilima o Ulihale,

Ula no mawaho o ka hale.

Ka ea ula, ke pili ka lau o ka weuweu,

Haki ke kaupaku o ka hale i ka ea,

Ka ea no mai Halawa a Honouliuli, 25.

He uli ke kanaka haalele i ke ’loha,

Me he mea la hala ke ’loha iaia

Moku i ka makani ka pili o Nuuanu,

Ka holo ai ka holo e ka makani.

Apoopoo alanui ole ka holo a Keahole, 30.

I ka pukiki mau ia e ka makani.

Akelekele e hina, e pahee,

Kelekele ana e hina, e hina ke kanaka.

I ka haiki i ka pili o ke ala,

I ka pilikia o ke ala i ka huakai, 35.

Ka huakai o Kona pii i Koolau,

Ka huakai o Koolau iho Kona.

Ke Kona o Nuuanu, ka ua kuahine.

Ula i ka ua ka pali o Malailua,

A Malailua i Nahuina ka ua, 40.

Iolo, iolo ku ole ka makani i Kahua.

I Kahuawai, i Kahuawai nunu i ka opeope.

Hume ka malo o ka huakai hele ua,

Palepale ke kapa o ka wahine hele ua o Koolau,

Puolo huna i ka lauki ka malo o ke kanaka. 45.

Hele Kona a Kawalanakoa lu ka lauki,

Wehewehe kai opeope o ka huakai,

Kakua ke kapa o ka wahine pa-u.

Hele Kona o Ewa,

Ke Kona o Waikiki ke kanaka, 50.

Me he kanaka la ko aloha e noho nei,

Kaalo ae no e noho mai ana.

Kauaula ka ua noho i uka

Noho i uka o Kanaha.

Ka makani nu me he hakikili la a noho i ka uka, 55.

Ai la i uka o Hahakea.

Hooneenee ana ka ua i ke pili,

O ka ua o ka makani haele i kai,

Ke kii e kalohe eu ka makani.

Pau ka maia, ka lau o ka laau, 60.

Ka ulu, ka niu, ka wauke,

Aohe koe i ka hoonaikola ia e ka makani,

He ai niho ole ana ka makani i ka ai,

Mai Puako a Moalii,

He ’lii ka lai, he haku, 65.

No Lahaina, e no Helelua no kekahi malino,

Malino Hauola ia Wailehua.

O kekahi lulu Kekaa e noho nei,

He pohu ko Makila he lai o Kuhua.

Ua hee pumaia ka nalu o Uo, 70.

Kihehe i ka lau maia pala.

Alalai no ke poo o ke kanaka,

No ke kini heenalu o Kelawea.

Hoonuinui ana i ka nani o Lahaina,

He nui ka puu o Lahaina o ka ea, 75.

Mai waho mai ka ea a loko o ka hale,

He ilina na ka ea o Mokuhinia,

Kuhinia i ka olelo palolo eia la

Hoonuinui i manawa ino au.

Hilo ua moku keke ka ua i ka lani, 80.

Ua moku keke Hilo i ka ua.

Ua ka upena anae, puniia Hilo e ka ua.

Ua uaawa mai la o Kilauea,

Ua awe makahinai ka ua o Hilo i ke one.

Ua one elele Puna na ke ’kua, 85.

Ua ’kua Puna ua koena iki wale,

Ua uuku ka kino o ia laau;

Ua haohao ka kino he lehua ka lau,

He ohia, he hala, alua oiwi,

He oiwi pohaku no ka laau, 90.

No ke a kahili o Puulenalena i Puna i ka uahi awa o ka lua,

Ua moku, makau Puna na ke ’kua

Ua ’kua ka papa,

Ua kahuli anapa anapanapa,

Ua anapa kahuli 95.

Ua kino pohaku ke kino o ke a,

He a hokiinaenae noho kupa i ka papa o Malama,

I ke a mamua mahope mamua mahope weliweli ino hoi e!

Weliweli ino Puna i ke ’kua wahine.

Ke ’kua wahine ka ai i ka laau, 100.

Ka ai ana ole i ka hala o Kaimu.

Ka oi o ka niho o ke ’kua wahine,

Ka ai ana, a nui ke a o Puna

I ka pohaku o ka papa o Maukele.

He konohiki okoa Puna na ke ’kua, 105.

Ke hooneenee aku la i Kalapana,

I ka wahi a ka lehua e kupu ai.

Kupu i ke ahi a mau a ka wahine,

Aole kau e maalili ’i ke ahi.

O ka haku no ia o ia aina. 110.

E alina loa ai ua aina la.

Aloha ole ke ’kua ai ia Puna,

Ka ai ahupuaa i ka uka o Kaliu,

Ai pololei no a kai o Puna.

Ua kapu kai aku la na Hoalii, 115.

I kai, i uka, i kai, i uka, i uka ke kumuwai o Kilauea.

I Hilo, i Puna, i Hilo, i Puna, i uka ka uahi e.

I uka ka a ana ike kai o Hilo,

A ua nui Hilo halau lani ke ao,

Aiwaiwa ka ua o Hilo-Hanakahi. 120.

Ka ua o Hanakahi a Hilo i ke one.

Ike ae la Hilo-paliku he ua ia,

Ke hahaki ku la i ka lau amau,

Ke kino o ka amau i luli i ka wai,

Ke oho o ka amau i Kulaimano. 125.

Ke amau o Ku i luli i ka nui o ka wai,

Ke noho paa mai la i uka.

Ka ulu i Paepaekea,

Ua i Kumoho piha ke kahawai.

Hali aweawe ole ka wai i ka wahie, 130.

A ke one o Waiolama waiho, malama o ka wahie a piha ka hale.

Malama aku o ka i’a a komo ka waa,

I makau i ka ua i ke anu oleole e hiki i Kaumana.

Kii koke no ka ai i ke kalu ulu,

Hoohewahewa o ke ku iluna ka maka. 135.

I kuululu a mehana i ke ahi.

Uhekeheke ke kini noho hou aku.

Hulalilali i ka ua o ka Hooilo,

Ua walea wale no ko Hilo kupa,

I ke komo iloko iwaho, iloko iwaho. 140.

He lau ke kahawai o Hilo-paliku,

I ka pii, i ka iho, i ka pii, i ka iho.

Ikiki i ka pii e—.

Ikiki wale Hilo i ka puu lehulehu,

Puu Laupahoehoe, Honolii, 145.

He kahawai Wailuku he ala hakaia,

Aohe no Wailuku, no Pueo he alanui ku ai no Piihonua.

No Kaa, no Kapailanaomakapila,

No Kaipalaoa waimaka o Kilepa.

O ke Kilepa ka ahu lauki, 150.

He ua ia, ako hale no ka lawaia i malu.

Ako hou aku no i ka ieie papa,

Popoo ieie ka lawaia huki nehu o Waiakea.

I ka ua, i ke anu, i ke anu uluhua i ke anu,

Uluhua wale Hilo i na lae i kai. 155.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · It was said that the surf spray at Waialua, Oahu, flies as high, at times, as the western bluffs of Lanai. ↑Note 2 · Name of an ancient temple on the north-west point of Oahu, at the end of the Waianae range. ↑Note 3 · Dies away as wind upon the surface of a sloping plain. ↑Note 4 · Darkened by the smoky sea (i.e., the spray, fog), is the top of Kamae, a mountain inland. ↑Note 5 · Like the smoke of the farmers in clearing their uplands for planting. ↑Note 6 · Spread over, hohola, etc., the cliff of Luakini. ↑Note 7 · The multitude love the place; their love is constant, as shown in the next line. ↑Note 8 · Ua kanikoo, the sound of heavy rain drops on dry leaves, or dry thatching of the pandanus leaf, is that of the rain accompanying the koolau Note 9 · Ua apulepule, the coral banks of Heeia appear to be cut up, some places are of great depth and others shallow. ↑Note 10 · Destitute of verdure, the cliff is seen clear on to Nuuanu. ↑Note 11 · Ke anuanu, a play upon the word Nuuanu; anuanu, cold; here, any excess, me he, etc., anything profusely spread, thrown about, so is love. ↑Note 12 · As the red dust fills the air of Ewa when the wind blows, so the rumors pervade the district. ↑Note 13 · And so the sand and dust belts the forest trees, like puakai; puakai, a red malo or pa-u. ↑Note 14 · Ilima, a bush or small tree, a species of Sida, in the tract of Ulihale at Ewa (now no more), whose leaves were reddened by the dust. ↑Note 15 · The red dust of the whirlwind sticks to the leaves of the grass, weuweu. ↑Note 16 · Broken is the ridge-bonnet, kaupaku, of the house by the whirlwind. ↑Note 17 · Unfit, dark is the man, uli, black and blue as a bruise, often made by the teeth of a husband on a wife for love’s sake, as they say. ↑Note 18 · Haalele, etc., forsakes his beloved object. ↑Note 19 · How can such a one engender love, he throws it away. ↑Note 20 · Driven or broken, moku, by the wind is the grass at Nuuanu Pali. ↑Note 21 · The driving, the hard driving wind. ↑Note 22 · Apoopoo, etc., from the deep or hollow place without a road till I reach Keahole. ↑Note 23 · Constant, pukiki mau ia, strong wind in the incessant storm. ↑Note 24 · Akelekele, to work one’s way in a slippery place, especially if the wind blows. ↑Note 25 · At the narrow place, haiki, cling to the narrow path; pili i ke ala, of the precipice. ↑Note 26 · The poet deals here with the conditions of Nuuanu pali during the rainy season. Ua kuahine, while a mountain rain is not applicable to all r Note 27 · Brown is the cliff of Malailua by the rain; from there on to Nahuina it extends. These are names of places in upper Nuuanu. ↑Note 28 · Iolo, iolo, to vibrate, whiffle about as an irregular wind, ku ole, but it does not reach Kahua, the Honolulu plains southeast of Punchbowl.Note 29 · At Kahuawai the bundles, opeope, are to be covered up, nunu, and the malo for rain travel put on; i.e., the company that travels in the rain Note 30 · Palepale, to fell or work one’s way in thick grass or among a multitude of people; here it means to tuck up a skirt when traveling in the ra Note 31 · In journeying at such times a man ties up out of sight, puolo huna, in ti leaves (Cordyline terminalis) his malo, for fear of getting it wet Note 32 · Gird, bind on or adjust, kakua, as a woman her skirt, pa-u. ↑Note 33 · Me he kanaka, etc., as man’s love so is thine now. ↑Note 34 · To look at, ke alo, to look here and there. ↑Note 35 · Kauala, name of a wind and rain in one of the valleys back of Lahaina, hence the name of that ridge, Kanaha, which lies above. ↑Note 36 · Nu, to roar as the wind, hakikili, the rumbling of thunder after the first report. ↑Note 37 · There in the uplands of Hakakea, name of a place north of Lahainaluna over both brooks and extending to the top of the hill. ↑Note 38 · The rain moves upon, hooneenee, the grass; the rain of the wind moves seaward. ↑Note 39 · The wind comes to do mischief, kalohe, damaging plants, etc. ↑Note 40 · Nothing remains, aohe koe; hoonaikola, to triumph over, to rejoice in one’s destruction, aikola meaning nothing is left that is not triumphe Note 41 · E ai, etc., the wind eats the food without teeth, from Puako to Moalii, the latter a place at the mouth of the stream northwest of Lahaina. Note 42 · The calm is the chief’s, he is lord of Lahaina. ↑Note 43 · Helelua is the reef to the northward of the entrance to the Lahaina landing. ↑Note 44 · Malino, the glassy surface of the sea in a calm; Hauola, name of small place near the Lahaina landing where the water is calm even in a stor Note 45 · Kekaa, a place at Kaanapali, is also calm now. ↑Note 46 · Makila, a place near Wailehua. ↑Note 47 · Kuhua, name of a place about the middle of Lahaina. ↑Note 48 · Uo, the outlet of the stream at the south of the old fort site of that town. ↑Note 49 · Kihehe, also kihaehae, to split up a banana leaf while the piece still hangs to the middle, for show or ornament. ↑Note 50 · Alalai, a defense, a stout partition hat for the head of a man. ↑Note 51 · Multitude of surf-riders, residents of a place; Kelawea, name of the land on north side of the stream. ↑Note 52 · The many people, hoonuinui, was the glory, ka nani, of Lahaina. ↑Note 53 · He nui ka puu, a fault-finding sentence; it is a rough place, a great deal of dust. ↑Note 54 · Mokuhinia, name of the lake by the old fish-market place. ↑Note 55 · Kuhinia, sweet to him are the words of falsehood, olelo palolo, lies. ↑Note 56 · Eia la, the person who just praised Lahaina, exaggerates, so that I am incensed. ↑Note 57 · At Hilo the rain beats angrily forth, keke, furious in the heavens. ↑Note 58 · The anae fish-nets are rained on; everything about Hilo is affected (puniia) by the rain. ↑Note 59 · A fine thick mist pervades Kilauea. ↑Note 60 · The rain of Hilo pelts the sand into the semblance of a basket, and net of a calabash, makainai. ↑Note 61 · The sand of Puna is blackened by the goddess Pele; black volcanic sand. ↑Note 62 · All except a small part of Puna is under the dominion of a god; lava flows, tidal waves and volcanic convulsions have left their impress. ↑Note 63 · The forests are of small stunted growth. ↑Note 64 · Ua haohao ke kino, etc., something else is the body, though the leaf indicates the lehua. ↑Note 65 · Oiwi pohaku, stone bodies or trunks; in parts of Puna there are tree molds, the trunks and roots of which have been encased in liquid lava. Note 66 · Ke a, the scoria, kahili, swept or thrown out by volcanic action at Puulenalena, name of a place in Puna. ↑Note 67 · Uahi awa, the bitter pungent sulphur smoke from the crater, lua. ↑Note 68 · Ua moku (v), to break up into small bits, fragments; maka’u Puna, it is a fearful place on account of the gods. ↑Note 69 · Ua ’kua ka papa, even the very stones we walk on are gods. ↑Note 70 · Ua kahuli, glittering, the action of the sun on a dry surface; anapa, glistening or reflected light; anapanapa, repeatedly. ↑Note 71 · Hokiinaenae, the low whizzing-like sound of an asthmatic; kupa, sits a resident on the rock of Malama. ↑Note 72 · Oh, how dreadful is the devastating work of the goddess Pele. ↑Note 73 · She eats the fruit of the forest, yet is not satisfied, ono ole, by or with the pandanus of Kaimu, a village on the sea coast of Puna where Note 74 · The hala, pandanus, sets her teeth on edge; partaking likely from the prickly margins of its long leaves. ↑Note 75 · Konohiki okoa, a distinct or strange lord of Puna is the goddess, she moves on, hooneenee aku, to Kalapana where the lehua flourishes. ↑Note 76 · The lehua is said to grow by means of Pele’s everlasting fire. ↑Note 77 · That land is badly scarred, alina loa; alina, a scar from a wound. ↑Note 78 · The goddess has no love who destroys Puna; she eats straightforward, ai pololei, to the sea-shore and restricts the sea from Hoalii, one of Note 79 · Kilauea, the volcano, is the source, the fountain of this devastation in all directions. ↑Note 80 · At times over Hilo, and again over Puna, the smoke prevails. ↑Note 81 · The volcano light on the mountain is seen from the beach at Hilo. ↑Note 82 · The poet here resumes his narration of Hilo’s rainy conditions. ↑Note 83 · In time of great rain the clouds take the form of a long shed like structure, halau. ↑Note 84 · Aiwaiwa, great, extensive are the rains of Hilo-Hanakahi, near to the bay, even of Hanakahi on Hilo’s sea-beach. ↑Note 85 · Hilo-Paliku, the upper or precipitous part of Hilo. ↑Note 86 · The storm and the rain break up the leaves of the ama’u (or ama’uma’u) tree-fern (a species of Sadleria) bending its body under the weight o Note 87 · Oho o ka amau, the pulu, or silky fiber of the amau tree-fern; Kulaimano, a place of upper Hilo. ↑Note 88 · Paepaekea, a division in the district of Hilo. ↑Note 89 · The rains of Kumoho fill the stream and bear the firewood down without being back-borne, aweawe ole, until it reaches the Waiolama sands, wh Note 90 · In such a time a man will care for his fish and put them in his canoe. ↑Note 91 · I maka’u, etc., for fear of the rain and the stammering cold which is found above at Kaumana, a place above Hilo; Oleole, 1st, the striking Note 92 · He goes quickly for food which grows among the breadfruit, kalu, the ground shaded by trees. ↑Note 93 · But he is mistaken, hoohewahewa, is in doubt on looking up into the trees, for the great rain drops which fall. ↑Note 94 · Kuululu, etc., to droop like a bird that is wet through, that would seek the warmth of a fire. ↑Note 95 · Uhekeheke (v). to sit with the elbows on the knees and the hands against the cheeks with wet and cold, they stay on and on. ↑Note 96 · Many, not a definite number, are the streams of Hilo-Paliku. ↑Note 97 · This has reference to the many gulches or ravines to be traveled in that section of the district. ↑Note 98 · Ikiki, like ino, applies to anything bad; puu is an evil, lehulehu, many or numerous; the red dirt is the puu or evil of Lahaina; Laupahoeho Note 99 · The Wailuku stream is bridged not only for Wailuku folk, but for Pueo and other sections; between Pueo and Piihonua, each side there is a to Note 100 · Thatch the house of the fisherman that he may be comfortable; thatch it again with the ieie vine, i.e., the crowning or saddle of the ridge.Note 101 · Baskets of the ieie vine (Freycinetia Arnotti) are used by the nehu fisher-folk to collect their catch. ↑Note 102 · The poet closes with his harp still tuned on Hilo’s unfavorable features. ↑