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

Volume 6 / Part 2 — No Keawenuiaumi.

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O ka lono ia i ka Nakipala o Kane;

O Kane, o Kanaloa a ke akua imua;

O ke akua i ka malio o ke ahiahi,

Ahi ala hoi ka ole i ka ike maka—e? He ike no;

Ike aku i na lau pala o ke aloha. 5.

Ua he, ua mae ka pua o ka manao.

Oia manao, ua kahuli e ae,

Kahuli, kalole e kamaka, oia pua.

He pua e kekahi, he pua piipii, pipii i ka aki.

Lau pua o ke kanaka, na pua a ke aloha 10.

E hahai nei, e hai ole oe.

O oe hoi o ka hooke lua e kanaka,

He kanaka na i helu ai i ka malama,

Malamaia mai ke hoa u aloha.

He aloha hoopeepee, he ike malu, 15.

Elua ae la—e.

Lu ke Kilauea makani awaawa,

Hoohonihoni i ka hanu lau aalii.

Hokolo mapu ke ala iloko o ka ua,

O ka ua o ka makani halihali i ke ola, 20.

Hali a omo ka puulena,

Me ka moani, lu iho la, i ke one i Waiolama.

Malamalama ka hale iloko o ke kai,

Pau na pua ’loha i Kanokapa—E Kapa!

Mai kapakapa iho oe i ku’u inoa, 25.

Owau okoa no ia e noho nei.

O ka noho a ka ohua, kualana wale e, ke lana e.

Kalana a Maui, Kalana ia a Oa,

Ka lanalana ku i Kahiki a Oaoa,

I ke aoa lani i ke aoao opua, i ke ao ua lani opua, 30.

Maka hehe i ka hehe ua lani;

Makaha koikoi, he koikoi, umi he ala moe wai;

He pohaku kiai wai no ka pali,

He kikeke ki o ka ulu pali.

Paa, haki, kiola mai Keawenuiaumi; 35.

Hiolo, haki Kealiiokaloa;

Nakeke i ka puu koholua kapu,

I ke kapu hoi Makaku Makakaualii,

Na ’lii ku mai, a eiwa ke kapu,

Eiwa ka lele makawalu, hopu imua 40.

I ke ala ulahiwa a Kanaloa.

Kahiwanaepuni Kapalalakaimoku,

He palalalaumaewa kapu no Lono, e noho ana

I ka iu kapu ano meha.

I kuehu lau lama i ke kuili 45.

I ka waa a Mua, heehee ia Kamea.

I ke koli hana kukui o Maukokoli

I ke kapa uhi, kapa laau o Mahi;

O Mahi o Kekaeleuhiloliloliha,

O Kalauhihilau, ka manomano, 50.

Kauauanuiamahi, nana hoi Kanekukapuaiku,

O Kane, o Alapai, ka moa nuku uli,

I paku oolea ke kakala i ka waawaa o ke kapu

E ike oe auanei i ka moa i kau i ka uwahi,

Ia Kalani, Kalani, Kalani, 55.

O Kalaninuieeumoku nana mai keia alii o Kuakini.

I ka lani kua o ke alii ke kai malino a Ehu.

O ka malino lai hinu pawa o Palaha;

O Palaha iki a Moenewakalani.

Oia ka uhane holo pu me ka ia. 60.

Uhane moe wai o Kaihikealaka,

Laka ole hoi oe ia’u mamua ’la e

Imua no no Ulua ka manawa i ke aloha,

Piha i ke kuko, i ka mihi, me ka manao,

Haiki loaa wahi noho ole, hooke i ka pili houpo o ke kanaka. 65.

Haipu ka iwi pona maka i ka uwe,

Paa ole i ka mokuhia e ka waimaka.

Me he paua ie la loko i ke aloha,

Mai ka aoao hana, hemo ke kino e.

He hemolele oe, he hemolele oe, 70.

No ka lokomaikai, no ke ahonui, aohe wahi koe.

He koe ole ia nei, i waho wale no e—o waho oe e,

I waho Kaula me Niihau i ke kai, ke keiki hii Lehua.

Na ka makani i hanaiia mai

E ka naulu, makua i ka unulau 75.

Me ke koolau, lau ka pihe a ke akua

I ka la ihi; wawa no i kuwa i ka laalaau,

Hoopahaohao hewa i Kealia.

Mai nanea au, mai lilo ia pua,

Ke aka luhe a ka pua kaiaulu, 80.

Pua maka momohe wai a ka liula—e.

He la hanu ae nei, no ke aloha,

I ui wale ae no hoi ilaila,

Loaa no ia’u—e, waiho ana—e, waiho wale—e.

O Kekukapehelua a Umi, 85.

Ke kapu na Umi no Keawenuiaumi,

Na Umi, o Kamolanuiaumi,

Noho ia Kaumaka, i ka maka o ka ia,

I kai paha oe, loaa kana Keawe,

Ke ’lii ewe ia. 90.

Nona hoi ke kupuna koa, o Kekoa,

Na Kekoa a Ohiaikulani.

O Kalanikupono, ponoi, pololei, kekee ole.

Aole napanapa lulo ole ia Keawe,

O Keawe keiki kapu a Ahaula. 95.

Nana Kaiamamao i hanau Kahoukapu

I ke koki o ka lani,

O Kalaninuieeumoku alua,

Alua mau makuakane alii,

Ia oe iho la ’no lahuiia, 100.

Huiia ’paa, kauluaia na ’lii.

Kuheekeakeawe kue ma Kalanikauleleiaiwi.

Na ’lii kuhaulua mai ka wao

Mai ke kuahiwi mauna anuanu Lihau.

O ka hau oki ka uhi e anu ai, 105.

E huihui ai, koekoe, maeele.

Ka la kea ka e wela ’i ka honua,

O ka la ku haoa ia o Makalii,

E hahana ’i holo pee i kahi malu,

Malumalu, malu ole hoi i ke alii 110.

Kalanikuihonoikamoku.

Ka ua paka kahi, paka ua,

Pakapaka ua, paka ua, kulokuloku.

Kulokuwaiku aku o Kukapu,

O Kukapu a Kauaua, 115.

Nana ia Makuikumoho,

Ka nalu i ka moana uli,

Na na nalu nui puni i haki—i popoi.

I holo i puka mawaho

O Kalalakapu, o ka lala iho ae halala— 120.

Halala, hihi manamana na ’lii.

Ka lau i Maui, o ka lau liko kapu,—he ole,

Kukupu o Umikalakaua,

Na Kalakaua e Ehukiha.

O kana mau keiki mahana ia 125.

O Kauwau ma laua o Kiha.

He mau mahana aimoku no Maui,

I ai i ka moku a Kaakaniau.

Aka a ka lolo o ka laua noho ana,

Nonoho momoe na keiki, 130.

Moe, noho a kaikunane, hoao a kaikuahine,

Kalaniulukaihonua a Kiha,

Maha no ia hanau.

O Paukai a Kiha mahana no.

Hanau mahana ka hua a na ’lii, 135.

Aole hulu koo kanapi,

He koo waa wale no,

Ke poo i kepa kua o kalani.

Ke koloa auwai poo wai mapu

O Kamapu waiku kani a au lono, 140.

O ka lono hakahaka leo o Waahia.

He aahia kuluipua o Haka,

O Kahaka i ka moe ia Ewa nei.

He wawa ko hope nei,

E hele e la oe, hele no, 145.

Hele hooniania kona le waho,

Hoihoi iloko ka oi a ke kalohe,

Ahu kekee liilii a ka moe,

Ka mea ia i ikea i ke akea

Ike la hoi ilaila, pau ke ano. 150.

No ka pau ole ia e hone hou la,

Ke hoi kokua aku i ka hewa,

O ka hewa ia o ka hone liilii—e.

He hone oe, e hoae i akaka lea ka pono.

O ka pono ia o ke kanaka i laka mai, 155.

A laka ka hoi la, maunauna—e—he mauna.

Mamalahia ka pua o ka mamane,

Ka pua o ke koolau, o ka ulu pua,

Ua pupua mohala wale i ke awakea,

Ua ehu wale i ka la o ka luehu. 160.

Ehu ula ka wiliwili me ke aalii

Ua mohola na maka i ke aa

I ke ala hele ma uka o Auahi—e.

Ahiahi ano laha ka lokoino,

Ka manao ole i ka mea ’loha, he hoa, 165.

He hoa manu nene, he hapai na ino,

He hoino a paumaele ka hale.

He imi hale oe, a o ke kekee no ia, he kekee—e;

I Manokapu, o ke kaele haloli ili,

I loliloli ha nui ia Kukona, 170.

Ia Luanuu, ia Laa a Kamilo paha?

Oia o ka lau alii o Piilani;

O Piilani—o Piikea, o Lonoapii,

Pipii pipii i ka akoako na ’lii,

I ka akoako i ka io lani, 175.

Lani a Kuwalukapaukumoku,

Hopumaihakuwalu Kailiiliniho

O Kailiiliniho ia Kuwalu,

Iaia kani mai ka pahu,

Kani ke, kani na kaeke. 180.

Ku paloloi ka leo o ka pahu e kani imua i Mauoni,

I ka unu hai kanaka o Kuihewamakawalu

O ka ua upena, o ka ma halau loa,

Hului kaa moku.

Nana e kaa ke kohola holo ia ole, 185.

Pa-noonoo ia kahakai

I ka lawaia-moku, he ’lii,

O Kalanikuihonoikamoku,

O ka mokomoko nui, pani aha

He kui powa ka lele lua, 190.

I loaa i ke oki i pa i ke kano,

Hina ka luahi nui o ka moku;

Kupaka ke au, walawala ka aina,

Mawae ke one kuke ’hu.

A o Alapai a Kauwauwa, 195.

O ka hookanahua moku ia.

O Kaulunai, o Kekahua,

Kekikonihoahoalani, o Kaiekupaiaina,

O ke kuike kani ke kani ioio o ka io o ka pohaku.

Maka aili, iliili a maka a, 200.

Papakoholua oi he ’lii,

I ka ia naha mahiki ka mamala,

O ka mamala o ke koi ke pue lani,

O Kawainonohu alii, o Kalaninuieeumoku,

O ka peapea ewa, o ke kumimi au lena, 205.

Ka lena o ke puhi laumilo i kapa,

I kapa kui pulelo mai ka lua.

I kikeke e aweawea ke kai,

O ka ia ino maka kalalea,

Ka pu maka haoa, ka haohaoa lani 210.

O Namahana i ka lele o ka lani,

O Kaukapuikalani, o Awanakapu,

Nana hoi nei keiki,

O Kapikikoloaukamahehalono,

Oia hoi paha o Kalua i Hauola, 215.

O ke ola lau mehai o meha, i Kolo

O ke kolopua i mohola,

O meha i Kona,

O ke Kona lau konakona.

O Kukona e, e kukonakona ana oe mahea? 220.

Mao hoi, hoihoi malu ana iloko ka mania?

Ka hilahila! e hoonanowale nei.

Aohe e nalowale, ua ikea pau loa

Me ia mau hoa hoi i hala ’ku la,

Me a’u keiki makani mai lalo. 225.

O ’loha wale ka hoa, o ka leo o ka manu e,

He hoa manu oe.

He manu hanai ke kanaka na ka moe,

I hanaiia e ka manao, a laka.

O ka mea laka ole ia ia he uahoa—e. 230.

Hoa—e la, he hoa pii ka auhau no ke kanaka.

E pii ana a Kamaile o ke ahi,

Maunauna ka papala ke lele mai,

Nawaliwali ke ahi, haihai oleia,

Hookani aku la i ka lae o Makua. 235.

Kakona ke ahi, haule wale iho no,

Waiho okoa iho no i Keawanui—e nui,

He hoonui kaikai ana iaia.

I kuhi aku ai paha he hanohano,

Kona hanohano i ka waha wale no—e. 240.

Ohia hapukuia na ’lii nui;

Pukua na kupuna alii a pau.

Wahia ka paaku o Laniakea.

Ke ake paa i ka houpo, ka pua o Lono,

O Lonoapii hoi, a Koohuki, 245.

O Kaohuki hoi o Kalani,

A pohina, kupu mai hoi kela mau kupuna waawaa;

Ulu mai hoi keia mau kupuna makomako.

I hoohaehaeia, e hae a pae, pii ae mai laila,

Piimauilani, hoolau kapu mai, 250.

Hoola i ka iwi, ho’uouo ana Kanaloa uo

Hoomahimahi mai ana, mahi ololi,

Ka mahi alii ia i ku i ka moku.

I lilio i moe kuamoo o ke kapu,

Moe kuamoo o ke kapu iaia, 255.

Hookahi haka e kau ai o ke alii,

O ka moopuna alii i ku i ka moku.

O kaikai o auamo kaa i ka lani,

O Kahelekahi, o Hema, O Kahaipiilani.

Ke alii na e lana, 260.

E nana ka aina;

Ka moku o ka lakou alii pono.

Pono no ka noho ana i ke alii pono,

He alii no mai ka paa ke alii.

He kanaka ano ma i paa a ke kanaka, 265.

Aole ka malo, hemo uhauhalale,

Kukahipalu noi waiwai aina.

Ka aki pookole oho oioi;

He oho oioi mua, makili haohao.

Ka aki, ka nanamu, ka akiaki ai kae, 270.

Ka poupou kuene noho ino,

Ka noho ino opu kekee moa,

Ka huahua i ka poe o Kulana;

Ka poe no ia nana ke alii.

E lea ai ka ai kuai kuai moe. 275.

Ou hoi o ke kuanea haku ole,

Pili oha kamau mai mawaho,

Ua hee wale i ka ua a ka hooilo.

Mai hoolonoia ’ku no kana,

Aohe ano, he opala wale no. 280.

Eia ae no ko ke alii kanaka,

O Mahakapu a Makakaualii.

O na kolu alii no o Kanaloa,

Oia, oia o lakou ko laila,

Nana ia aku ana kela paa, 285.

O ka paa o Kiha ma laua o Kama.

Mai laila mai no na kanaka,

Oia, oia o lakou ko laila,

O lakou la wale no ka mea haku,

Ka poe nana ke alii e noho nei. 290.

E noho kanihia aloha ae ana au ia oe

E Kahailaulenaaiku, e Kaikulei,

Hihia kapu oha oli, e kaha oli i ka poia.

E lana nei, e lana huli ae ana au, aole oe.

O oe hoi, o oe ka’u e aa, e aahia la. 295.

Aole hoi oe ko kakou kookolu,

Ua hele aku la oe me ke aloha.

Haehae wale iho nei no hoi au,

Owau wale no, Kaulanapokii—e.

He pokii paha oe? 300.

I kiina aku i kahi manao iki,

I ka hoohoihoi ana ae i hoa,

I hoa walea no ko wahi mehameha e,

Meha ae la e, mehameha anoano ka la ihi ka la.

Aneane aloha ka pihe a ke akua, 305.

Halao ana i kuu maka ka laalaau;

Ka lau ka maka pua o ka nahelehele,

Ke aka o na ulu hua i ka hapapa.

Haele ana no kanaka i ke kaha,

Alualu ana, i ke kai o Kahaino—e—ino, 310.

He ino ia mea la, e waho ae, ma ka

maikai kakou i aloha.

Mai aloha iho, e hana nani ia,

E he nani ole—e.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · The ripened leaves, the harvesting time, caught the message of the whispering winds. ↑Note 2 · On the supposed line or row of gods in the temple. ↑Note 3 · There were many ways of indicating one’s grief at bereavement, all of which here come under the term of flowers, or tokens of remembrance. ↑Note 4 · Observed the month for the due fulfilment of its prescribed kapus. ↑Note 5 · This may have reference to the sulphurous impregnated wind from the volcano to blast the “leaf-breath” of the aalii. ↑Note 6 · The aalii is said to possess a fragrance in its leaves, though not like that of the iliahi (sandalwood). ↑Note 7 · Puulena, a cold mountain wind at the volcano. ↑Note 8 · The sand beach of Hilo. ↑Note 9 · A place adjoining the mouth of the Wailuku river, Hilo. ↑Note 10 · Some form of distant cloud land, hence, looked on as foreign (Kahiki). Much consideration was given to clouds and their formations for the vNote 11 · As though the thief was to be dethroned. The thought here is not clear. ↑Note 12 · Broken is the ancestral line from Kealiiokaloa. ↑Note 13 · Makakaualii, termed a heavenly chief, was a grandson of Kealiiokaloa. ↑Note 14 · Referring to those of sufficiently high rank to be classed kapu. ↑Note 15 · Lele makawalu, eminent, famous or expert offshoots or branches; hopu imua, first caught or recognized in illustrious descendants (bright patNote 16 · Not the god of evil who tried to make man as did Kane, but the chief Kanaloakuaana, who was cruelly slain by Kamalalawalu’s forces on their Note 17 · This name may imply the death and sacrifice of Kanaloa, as being the tax or gift of a chief “lifted up by an island.” ↑Note 18 · Here again is a composite word of like character to the foregoing, implying a chief’s tax of mourning kind, a sacred or rigid requirement inNote 19 · The kuili was a prayer by the officiating priest which lasted all night, the waving of sacred lama leaves being part of the ceremony. ↑Note 20 · This has reference to a service ritual of the temple. ↑Note 21 · Kukui torches were made of kukui nuts strung on a reed some four feet long; several strings of them were bound together with strips of kapa Note 22 · The treatment of game cocks, to increase their fighting qualities and insure vigorous kicks, was to light a smoky fire under them on roostinNote 23 · Kalaninuieeumoku, literally, the high chief of island extension. ↑Note 24 · The chief of Kona who ceded his district to Umi, whose full name, Ehunuikaimalino, means: “great Ehu [of] calm sea.” This condition of Kona’Note 25 · A personification of conditions as though the chief was slumbering intermittently. ↑Note 26 · Several traditions embody the idea of companionship with certain fish, notably Puniakaia and Kawelo. ↑Note 27 · The fish ulua was held in high esteem as a means of increasing the regard of the beloved, or winning the affection of the estranged. This thNote 28 · Credit given generally to outsiders for all good qualities is now to be applied to the subject of the chant; he is to be put on their plane Note 29 · Westernmost islands of the Hawaiian group. Lehua an adjoining islet. ↑Note 30 · Names of Kauai winds. ↑Note 31 · The sacred day, ihi, is more of hallowed character than is the kapu restrictions. ↑Note 32 · The kuwa prayer was the one used at the completion of house building, canoe making, and similar undertakings. ↑Note 33 · The flower-shaped cloud, which was supposed to represent the departed chief. ↑Note 34 · This is an ordinance set apart by Umi for this son. ↑Note 35 · A son of Umi’s by his wife Kapukini-a-Liloa, a younger brother of Keliiokaloa. ↑Note 36 · Keawe here refers to someone, a relative, as a bearer, not the chief of that name. ↑Note 37 · This name refers to and embodies the fine qualities of Kekoa, which is further set forth, the first part being taken, poetically, from the lNote 38 · A shortened name for the subject of this chant, though it may refer to some distinguished ancestor. ↑Note 39 · Not a chief, but the high rank entitling one born into it, to possess, wear and display its feather robes; insignia of royal rank. ↑Note 40 · Kahoukapu preceded Umi four generations. ↑Note 41 · This term applies where a woman living in a state of polyandry, her two husbands are referred to as the two fathers of her children. ↑Note 42 · These woodland chiefs are not identified by these names. ↑Note 43 · The islands possess no high mountain of this name, meaning snow chill, and must have reference to such a condition. ↑Note 44 · Literally, the chief joins unitedly in the lands. ↑Note 45 · Kalalakapu, the sacred branch, affords poetic play on words in this and following lines. ↑Note 46 · The lines of these chiefs, apparently of Maui, are obscure. ↑Note 47 · A permitted or recognized custom to perpetuate highest chief rank, alii pio. ↑Note 48 · This similarity is not understood by present day terms. ↑Note 49 · Chasing after rumors as fruitless as attempting to investigate dreams. ↑Note 50 · The mamani of botanists (Sophora chrysophylla), a tree 20–30 ft. high, furnishing a hard and durable wood. ↑Note 51 · Koolau, a yellow wild-flower of the plain, known also as kookolau (Campylotheca sp.). ↑Note 52 · The color named refers to its flowers and seeds, the wood being light in color and cork-like in weight. ↑Note 53 · Aalii, a forest tree of the Dodonaea sp. of close grain, reddish color and durable quality. ↑Note 54 · Manokapu, sacred shark. ↑Note 55 · These are Maui celebrities of Umi’s time. ↑Note 56 · As a proclamation in recognition of high chief birth the two sacred drums of the temple were beaten, as also in the ceremonies attending hisNote 57 · Eminent Kakuhihewa, a noted king of Oahu. ↑Note 58 · This name, divided, becomes the-boxer-chief-uniting-the-lands. ↑Note 59 · Expertise in lua contests (wrestling) consisted in the ability to break the bones of their opponent in mid-air while throwing him. ↑Note 60 · Said to possess the faculty of camouflaging its vari-colored skin, and muddling the water by way of escape if intruded upon in its cave. ↑Note 61 · The conch shell was a recognized sacred instrument of the temples of sacrifice, whereby the calls to service, and kapu periods were announceNote 62 · Referring to unbroken or unsplit wood as lacking vigorous fire blazing qualities at ignition. ↑Note 63 · Appointed or proclaimed; not hereditary. ↑Note 64 · A name signifying spacious heaven. ↑Note 65 · One shelf or ledge indicating the chief rank or grade the child is entitled to. ↑Note 66 · Of these, Hema’s is the only name on the standard genealogy list, and dates back thirty-four generations from the subject of this chant. HemNote 67 · This and some ten or more lines following, pictures a slovenly adventurer of the class that moved from place to place, seeking to engraft hiNote 68 · Taro suckers are sprouts that develop on the outside of the tuber as it matures. ↑Note 69 · See note on line 38. ↑Note 70 · Kahaino, a personification of evil impulses, the spirit of evil. ↑Note 71 · In this paradoxical ending the poet would attribute glory to those who resist love entanglements; the fickle goddess of good and bad qualiti
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