THE LAME FISHERMAN—HIS EPIC RECITAL CELEBRATING PELE
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
Ka ua lele aku a lele mai:
Lele a Puhi-lala, lele a kau-lana—
Ka hoaka,83 e Hiiaka, e!
Nowai ke kanaenae?
No ka ohana a Haumea ke kanaenae.
Ku’u ’a e Kane ke ko’a:
I ka ia nei manawa ia.
No Pele, no Hiiaka no ka honua,
Ka honua ne’i, ka honua lewa,
Ka lani iluna.
O Ana-ku,84 ku ka aha iloko:
O Haamo85 he ala i hei a’e ia,
He pahu86 i kula’i ’na, he pa i a’e ia;
He kahua i hele ia, he luana mau’u;
He kaunana ko, okana piko;
He hola moena, he lawe’na ipukai;
He ukuhi’na wai, he kaumaha ai:
He hainá no ka hale, e.
Noa, noa ia hale—ua a’e ’a,
Ua komohia no wai-honua.
Ku ana o halau87 ololo,
Ka hale o Pele i noho ai.
Maka’ika’i mai Kini o ke Akua.
Ho’i aku e, ho’i aku iwaho ’na!
He kahuna pule ole, he li’i pule ole!
Mai komo wale mai i ka hale o Pele,
O ko’u Akua, la!
Elieli, kau mai!
E kau ana kiko88 i ke alia kiko;
Hele a mo’a89 kiko akahi nei au;
Kaele pu’epu’e,90 ne’ine’i;91
Ka-ele pa-kiko-kiko.92
Ua noa ka aina; e kapu keiki;
E kapu ke nui; e kahe na wai;
E ka haki ana, ku ka opeope;
O Kulipe’e noho i ka Lua;
A lele, e, na hoalii o Ku-wawá;
O Ku-haili-moe, o ka naele o Hawaii.
Akahi nei au a ho’i aku nei mai ou aku la,
A lele pakohana mai.