Helu 10

He Hale Hoʻokipa Na Ke Aloha

Nā kiʻi: Masako Cordray

Nā kiʻi: Masako Cordray

I ke kōkoʻokolu e piʻi hou aʻe ana ma ke ala lepo, e nānā nui ana ko Laʻialoha mau maka i ka lani. Hoʻomeamea akula ʻo ia i ka hoʻolohe aku i nā moʻolelo o Napehā no ka pāʻina piha makahiki āna i hele ai i ka hopenapule nei, akā e makaʻala ana nō ʻo ia i ke ao lalahiwa ma ka ʻaoʻao o Kaupō i ka neʻe mālie mai i ko lākou wahi.

I ka hōʻea ʻana i ka pā nui, kūkulu akula lākou i ke kalaka, a hoʻomaka akula i ka halihali ʻana i nā ʻōmole wai i lalo. ʻAʻole e pinepine ko lākou hoʻokīkī wai ʻana ma waho aʻe o kēia mahina mua. Ma hope o laila, aia nō ke ola o nā kumu lāʻau i ka ʻāina a me nā kūpuna. Ua iho aku a piʻi aʻe lākou he mau manawa, a i ka pau ʻana o ka wai i ka halihali ʻia i lalo, lawe akula lākou i kekahi mau ʻōmole i kahi i kanu ai ʻo Kamuʻo lāua ʻo Napehā.

“Ma ʻaneʻi paha ʻolua e hoʻomaka ai a ma ʻō aku nō au,” wahi a Laʻialoha me ke kuhikuhi aku i kekahi ʻaoʻao, kahi o kona kanu ʻana i kēlā pule aku nei. Lālau akula ʻo ia i ʻelua ʻōmole nui a hele akula i ka ʻoawa liʻiliʻi. Mālie kona hele ʻana ma ua ʻāina pōhakuhaku nei me nā ʻōmole kaumaha e paʻa ana ma kona mau lima, o māui auaneʻi ke kuʻekuʻe wāwae.

Hiki akula ʻo ia i ka moku kauila a hele akula i waena o nā ʻaʻaliʻi e nānā aku ai i nā kumu a pau āna i kanu ai. ʻOliʻoli ʻo loko i ka ʻike ʻana ua nui ke ola o ka hapanui o lākou. ʻO ke kumu ohiohi loa nō naʻe, ʻo ia ka mea i kanu ʻia ma kahi i loaʻa mai ai ka poho pōhaku. Kū akula ʻo ia i mua o ua wahi kumu lā a nānā akula i kona mau lau uliuli maikaʻi. Me he lā, i laila nō ia e ulu ana no ka wā lōʻihi.

ʻAlawa hou aʻela nā maka o Laʻialoha i luna, a ʻike akula i ke ʻano ao āna i ʻike ai i ka lā kanu. He ao loloa a wī hoʻi, kohu iʻa e holo ana i ke kai ākea, e holo ai hoʻi nā lālani mele, Holo mai kāne mai Kahiki, Holo a iʻa i loko o ke kai. No ka hulihia o ka pule nei, me he lā, i luna ke kai a i lalo ka lani. He pono mai nō naʻe koe.

Hoʻomau akula ʻo Laʻialoha i ke kilo ʻana aʻe i luna, i ka neneʻe nui ʻana o ke ao iʻa e puehu mālie ʻia ana e ke kahapeʻa e kokoke mai ana, mai ka ʻaoʻao mai o Kaupō. I loko o kekahi mau minuke, heʻe wale akula ia mea a hiki maila ke koʻi ʻula i ka lihi o ko lākou ʻāina. ʻIke ihola ʻo Laʻialoha, ʻo ka wā kūpono nō kēia e hahau ai i kona pule.

ʻAʻahu ihola ʻo ia i ke kuka ua a laila unuhi aʻela i kahi ʻope liʻiliʻi mai loko mai o kāna ʻeke hāʻawe. Ua ʻōwili ʻia ka poho pōhaku i loko o kahi pareu a he ʻeke paʻakai liʻiliʻi ko loko kekahi. Wehe aʻela ʻo ia i ke ʻeke, ʻūpiki akula i wahi paʻakai a hoʻokomo akula ʻo ia i loko o ka poho pōhaku. ʻO ka unuhi aʻela nō ia i ka ʻōmole piha i ka wai o ʻĪao, a ninini akula ʻo ia i loko a ʻaleʻale. Hoʻāli akula ʻo ia me kona manamana lima a heheʻe ihola ka paʻakai.

Kū akula ʻo ia i mua o ke kumu kauila e ulu ana ma ka lua, kahi i loaʻa ai ka poho i kēlā pule aku nei. Ulu aʻela nā ʻano manaʻo like ʻole i loko ona.

No ka wā lōʻihi, me he haku lā i loko o ka poi ka noho ʻana o ka ʻeha i loko ona. Ka ʻeha o ka hala ʻana o kona makuahine, ka nānā ʻole mai o kona ʻanakē, a me ka mālama ʻole mai o kāna mau ipo mua. Ua wehe ʻia nō naʻe ia haku, a pau kona kauoha ʻana i ka hana, a me kona pale ʻana aku i ke komo mai o ke aloha maoli. ʻAʻohe o Laʻialoha kuhihewa e pau loa ka ʻeha a ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻike hou i ia ʻano. ʻO ka makaʻu nō naʻe i ke aloha ʻia mai, ua kīpaku ʻia aku. He au hou kēia e kūpono ai ke noi aku i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia mai, a peia nō ka leo pule āna i hahau ai:

E nā ʻaumākua
I hiʻikua, i hiʻialo
I uka a i kai
Kaiehu mai, holoi ʻia mai
Nei poho iki o ke aloha
I kaʻawale nā hana o mua
I maʻemaʻe nō ke komo mai
Nā mea o kēia hope aku
E hōpoe aʻe ka noʻeau
Me he lehua wai nui lā
E kahe a wai nā pōmaikaʻi
E hālanalana aʻe nō!

Me ia leo pule nō i ninini aʻe ai ʻo Laʻialoha i ke koena o ka wai o ka ʻōmole i loko o ka poho. Hālana aʻela a heleleʻi ihola ma luna o ke kumu kauila liʻiliʻi. Kapalili aʻela kona mau lau a inu ihola ka honua i ka wai me ona wahi ʻiniki paʻakai, ka huina o nā pōmaikaʻi o Kāne mā lāua ʻo Kanaloa. Ia wā nō i neʻe mai ai ka ua koʻiʻula a ʻakipohe ihola nō ma luna o ka ʻāina. Ninini ʻia ka wai a pau o ka poho, ʻōwili hou ʻia aku i loko o ka pāreu, a hoʻō hou ʻia akula nō i loko o ke ʻeke hāʻawe.

ʻOiai ua hiki ʻē mai nā pōmaikaʻi o ka lani, ua oki nō ka hoʻokīkī wai ʻana, a ua waiho ʻia nā ʻōmole wai nui no kahi wā aku. A pēlā nō i hoʻi aʻe ai ke kōkoʻokolu i ke kalaka a iho akula i ke koʻa i Puʻu Māhoe me ka ua e hahai pili mai ana ma hope.

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