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

Volume 6 / Part 2 — Ke Koolau o Wailua.

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Ka waiopua makani o Wailua,

I huliia e ke kai, awahia ka wai,

Awahia ka lau ai me ka lau hau,

Pala ka ha, ka ai o Makaukiu.

He kiu ka pua kukui na ka makani, 5.

He elele hooholo na ke koolau.

Ke kuehu mai la iuka o Kapehu,

Ike ke kanaka, kahea, ualo makani!

Ke kipaku mai la i ka waa e hele e—

Holo newa ka lau maia, 10.

Ka pua hau i pili aloha me ka mokihi i ka wai,

Maalo pulelo i ka wai o Maluaka,

Ke aka o ua makani kaili hoa la,

Kaili ino ka lau Maluakele,

Lala lawe i ka hoa kanaka la, lilo, 15.

Koe aku ka u me ka manao iloko.

Ke apo hewa la no i ke one,

Uwe wale iho no i Moomooiki e.

He hoomooolelo na ke kuhiwale,

Aole ae ma ka waha e hewa ai, 20.

E hewa pono ai la hoi au e ke ’loha.

Owau ka ke ’loha i luaiele,

Ua kuewa i ke ala me ka waimaka.

Aohe wa ua uku hoi i ke hale,

Hewa au e— 25.

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

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Waiopua is the name of a wind at Wailua, Kauai; literally cloud-water. ↑Note 2 · When the wind drives the sea into the mouth of a fresh water stream, the salt water is at the bottom and the fresh water is at the top until Note 3 · Faded, dead are the leaves of the taro, the food at Makaukiu, a place of Wailua. ↑Note 4 · As spies, kiu, the kukui blossoms indicate the coming wind, they are swift messengers of the koolau or northerly wind. ↑Note 5 · Kuehu, to brush away, kindred to puehu, sweep them away to the mountain side of Kapehu. ↑Note 6 · The people cry for safety from the wind, kualo, and warn canoeists to seek places of shelter. ↑Note 7 · Floating down, holo newa, to glide slowly. ↑Note 8 · Mokihi, like mo kila, a lizard that lives under water, said to be large, hence the proper name Luakiha where they live. ↑Note 9 · Maalo, to pass on, pulelo, fluttering, or flying in the wind. ↑Note 10 · Maluaka, a place at Wailua. ↑Note 11 · Fierce, pitiless wind, kaili ino, that sweeps off his companion and strips the forest leaves of Maluakele, a high place. ↑Note 12 · Lala lawe, swept off from, separated his body and companion, hoa kanaka, whereby he is lost. ↑Note 13 · Weeping and reflections remained behind. ↑Note 14 · Ke apo, etc., they grasp the sand in vain in their despair. ↑Note 15 · Weeping only was at Moomooiki, name of a place. ↑Note 16 · It is for supposition to give the history, hoomoolelo, i.e., of the persons separate from each other. ↑Note 17 · No one is able to blame them, aole ae, etc., none opens his mouth in condemnation. ↑Note 18 · E hewa pono ai, a fault for which I shall be justified by thee, O love. ↑Note 19 · I am the one that is greatly influenced by love, luaiele, the action of a mother when meeting her infant whom she has not seen for a long ti Note 20 · Kuewa, etc., homeless, friendless, going crooked in the path from weeping. ↑Note 21 · Or, there is no time wherein reward has been made, hence his guilt. ↑Note 22 · A LOVING DIRGE FOR L. L. UA.1

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