ou ma Honolii ia po, kuka iho la lakou e moe kekahi poe, a e ala
hookahi, a holo ia mea ia lakou. Hoomaka ko lakou wati e like me ko
lakou hanau ana, a i ko lakou kaikaina ka wati wanaao o ke ku ana. O ke
kumu o ia hana ana a lakou pela, i ikeia ka manawa holo o Aiwohikupua
ma; no ka mea, ua maa kona mau kaikuahine i ka holo ana mai, mai Kauai
mai, ma ka wanaao e holo ai.
Ku aku la na kaikuahine i ka po, a hiki i ko Mailepakaha wati e ku ana,
hoomakaukau o Aiwohikupua ma i na waa no ka holo ana, hoala aku la ia i
kekahi poe o lakou, a ala like mai lakou a pau.
Ia lakou e okuu nui ana, o ka Kahalaomapuana wati ia, a kau lakou ma na
waa, hookokoke aku la kona mau kaikuahine ma ke awa, a o Kahalaomapuana
ka mea i hele loa aku a paa mahope o na waa, a kahea aku ma ke mele,
penei:
"Ko makou kaikunane haku,
Kaikunane kapu,
Laniihikapu o kuu piko--e!
Auhea oe, o o--e,
O oe, o makou, i o ianei hoi,
Nau ka huakai,
Ukali aku makou,
I na pali i ka hulaana kakou,
Au aku o ka Waihalau,
Waihalau i Wailua--e;
He aloha ole--e.
He aloha ole paha kou ia makou,
Na hoa ukali o ka moana,
O ka ale nui, ale iki,
O ka ale loa, ale poko,
O ka ale kua loloa o ka moana,
Hoa ukali o kela uka,
O kela nahele liuliu,
O ka po iu anoano,
E huli mai.
E huli mai, a e maliu mai,
E hoolono mai ka i uwalo a'u,
A'u hoi a kou pokii muli loa.
Ihea la hoi kau haalele
Haalele iho ia makou
I kahi haiki,
Nau i waele ke alanui mamua,
Mahope aku makou ou,
Ike'a ai he mau pokii,
Ilaila la haalele aku ka huhu,
Ka inaina, ka opu aloha ole,
Homai ka ihu i ou mau pokii,
Aloha wale--e."
Ia manawa a kona kaikuahine muli loa e hapai ana i keia leo kaukau imua
o Aiohikupua, alaila, ua hoomaeeleia ka naau o ko lakou kaikunane i ke
aloha kaumaha no kona kaikuahine.
A no ka nui loa o ke aloha o Aiwohikupua i ko lakou pokii, lalau mai la
a hoonoho iho la iluna o kona uha, a uwe iho la.
Ia Kahalaomapuana e kau ana i ka uha o kona kaikunane, kena ae la o
Aiwohikupua i na hoewaa, i hoe ikaika; ia manawa, ua hala hope loa
kekahi mau kaikuahine, a hala mua lakou la.
Ia lakou e holo ana, alaila, ua pono ole ka manao o Kahalaomapuana i
kona mau kaikuaana.
Ia Kahalaomapuana e uwe ana no kona mau kaikuaana, ia manawa kona noi
ana'ku ia Aiwohikupua, e hoihoi ia ia me kona mau kaikuaana; aka, aole
no he maliu mai o Aiwohikupua.
"E Aiwohikupua," wahi a ko
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