EKF :: Puke No'eau

Kala Mossman
Ka'awaloa, Hawai'i
17/IX/02

Wa&_macron; ‘Elua

Awa
Ke Keiki

Ha&_macron;nau ke Ao,

ha&_macron;nau ke Awa i ke kai la&_macron; holo

Second Epic

Awa
The Child

The Ao gives birth

the Awa gives birth in the sea swimming

No Ka I‘a Awa O Kuahiwi

Na Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds

Ma kekahi ‘a&_macron;ina ma&_macron;mao loa i noho ai ‘o Kalaulama. He kanaka hana nui ‘o ia. A lohe ‘ia ka moa kuakahi ala ‘o ia a pi‘i i kona lo‘i kalo. A ka moa kualua pa‘a ‘o ia ma ka huki ‘ai a me ka waele ‘ana i ka na&_macron;helehele. I kekahi la&_macron; ia&_macron; Kalaulama e hana ana ma kona ma&_macron;la mana‘o ‘o ia he manawa maika‘i ke&_macron;ia e loa‘a ai ka wahine ia&_macron; ia. I ia manawa like e ho‘okuku&_macron; ana na&_macron; ka&_macron;ne o ia ‘a&_macron;ina no ke ali‘iwahine o ia ao, eia na‘e ‘a‘ole i hiki i ke kanaka ma‘amau ke male aku ia&_macron; ia. Ua ‘ono ka makua ka&_macron;ne i ke Awa o ka loko i‘a o uka. He loko ke&_macron;ia i ‘ike ‘ole ‘ia e ke kanaka a ua pau ka nui o na&_macron; ka&_macron;ne i ho‘a&_macron;‘o e ki‘i i ia Awa i ka make.

Ia&_macron; Kalaulama i iho i kauhale e ‘ike aku i ke&_macron;ia wahine, ua ho‘ohihi aku ‘o ia i ka manawa mua loa a&_macron;na i ‘ike aku ai ia&_macron; ia. He wahine u‘i loa ke&_macron;ia a e hia‘a&_macron; ana ‘o Kalaulama no ka no‘ono‘o ‘ana i ke&_macron;ia wahine. Ho‘oholo ‘o ia e komo i ka ho‘okuku&_macron; a ko ka wahine makuaka&_macron;ne. Eia na‘e i ka manawa no&_macron; a ke kaikamahine i ‘ike mua aku ai ia&_macron; Kalaulama ua makemake nui ‘o ia ia&_macron; ia no ka&_macron;na ka&_macron;ne, no laila ma mua o ko Kalaulama ha‘alele ‘ana ua ha‘i aku ka wahine ia&_macron; ia no ke&_macron;ia loko i‘a. Ua ‘o&_macron;lelo ‘o ia, ke pi‘i ‘o Kalaulama i uka ‘a‘ole hiki ia&_macron; ia ke huli kua a ina&_macron; ka&_macron;hea aku kekahi kanaka ia&_macron; ia, pono ‘o ia e ho‘omau i ka loko i‘a, ina&_macron; ‘a‘ole, e lilo ana ‘o ia i po&_macron;haku.

Me ke&_macron;ia ‘o&_macron;lelo a‘oa‘o a ka wahine ua ho‘omaka ‘o Kalaulama e pi‘i i uka. Ia&_macron; ia no&_macron; e pi‘i ana i uka lohe ‘o ia i na&_macron; leo like ‘ole he nui wale e ka&_macron;hea aku ana ia&_macron; ia. Lohe ‘o ia i ka leo o na&_macron; ka&_macron;ne a pau i pa‘a ma ka po&_macron;haku, aka&_macron; ua ho‘omau ‘o ia i ka lo‘i me ka huli ‘ole ‘ana i ia mau leo. A hiki aku ‘o ia i ka loko i‘a, ‘ike ‘o ia i na&_macron; i‘a a pau loa, na&_macron; i‘a nui a li‘ili‘i, ‘ula‘ula a ‘ele‘ele, momona a wi&_macron;wi&_macron;. Pi‘i ‘o ia i ke konohiki a noi aku i Awa. Pu&_macron;‘iwa loa ke konohiki i ka ‘ike ‘ana i kanaka a ha&_macron;‘awi le‘a ‘o ia i ka Awa ia&_macron; Kalaulama.

Ia&_macron; Kalaulama i hala i na&_macron; pali a po&_macron;haku nunui o ke ala loa, ua lilo hou na&_macron; po&_macron;haku i ka&_macron;ne a pau ka ho‘okalakupua o ia mau po&_macron;haku. Ho&_macron;‘ike aku ‘o ia i ke Awa i ka makuaka&_macron;ne a ho‘a&_macron;o ‘ia ‘o ia me ka wahine.

The Awa of the Uplands

By Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds

Once upon a time, on an island far away is where Kalaulama lived. He was a hard worker. When the cock crowed for the first time he woke up and started upwards to his taro field. When the cock crowed twice, he was already hard at work pulling taro and weeding the weeds. One day as Kalaulama was working in the garden he started to think that it was a good time for him to take in a wife. At that time men were competing for the hand of a princess, however no ordinary man could marry her. Her father was hungry for an Awa from the fishponds of the uplands. This was a fishpond never before seen by man and the men who went up to try and get the Awa were never heard from again.

When Kalaulama went down to see this woman, he immediately fell in love with this woman. She was a very beautiful woman and Kalaulama couldn’t sleep because he was thinking so much about this woman. He decided to enter the competition of the women’s father. However at the time the woman first saw Kalaulama, she really wanted him as her husband, so before Kalaulama left she told him some information about the fishpond. She told Kalaulama, that when he climbs to the uplands he cannot turn back, and if someone calls him, he should continue on his journey to the fishpond. If he doesn’t he will be turned into stone.

With this warning from the woman Kalaulama started to climb upland. As he climbed he heard all kinds of voices calling to him. He heard all the voices of the men that were turned into stone, but he kept on going to the fishpond and he never turned around to see what those voices were. When he reached the fishpond, he saw all kinds of fish, big fish, little fish, red fish, black fish, fat fish, and skinny fish. He then went to the guardian of the fishpond and asked for an Awa. The guardian was shocked to see another man and freely gave the Awa to Kalaulama.

As Kalaulama passed the cliffs and big rocks of the road, the stones were turned back into men and the enchantment of the stones was finished. He then showed the Awa to the father and he and the woman were married, husband and wife.

He Inoa No Liholiho

Mai loko mai ‘o Hawaiian Antiquities and Folklore Vol. VI,
na Abraham Fornander

Ma&_macron;lama ke kupa i ka ‘upena o ka manu
Ki‘i ka manu hou i ka wa‘a i ka nahele,
‘O ka maunu ‘ia e laka ai o ka i‘a,
A&_macron;lai ka manu i ka lau o ka ‘Awa,
He ‘awa‘awa ka&_macron; ia no&_macron;, he loko li‘u.

He Inoa No Liholiho

From Hawaiian Antiquities and Folklore Vol. VI,
by Abraham Fornander

The resident kept the bird net.
The new prow is sought in the woods for the canoe,
It was the bait to entice the fish.
Enwrap the prow with the leaves of the ‘Awa.
That fish is bitter, the pond was salt.