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Wā ‘Elua ‘Ala‘ihi Hānau ka Mā‘i‘i‘i, hānau ka ‘Ala‘ihi i ke kai lā holo |
Second Epic ‘Ala‘ihi The Mā‘i‘i‘i gives birth, the ‘Ala‘ihi gives birth in the sea swimming |
No ka ‘Ala‘ihi Iwi Kā Na Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds He i‘a kala loa ka ‘ala‘ihi. Nui ‘ino nā iwi kā o kēia i‘a a he hana nui ka unahi ‘ana i kēia i‘a. Ua mana‘o ‘ia he i‘a ‘ono loa, eia na‘e ma muli o kona ‘ano li‘ili‘i, ‘elua wale nō nahu ‘ana a pau ka i‘a i ka ‘ai ‘ia. Noho kēia i‘a ma nā pūko‘a o ke kai a ma laila e hakakā me nā i‘a a pau i ho‘ā‘o e ‘ai aku iā ia. ‘O kēia kekahi o nā ka‘ao i pili i ka ‘ala‘ihi. E noho ana kekahi mau ‘ala‘ihi i ke kai, a holo mai kekahi au kanai‘i a loloa i ia kai. I ka mālie hou ‘ana o ke kai ua ‘ike ‘ia kekahi ‘ano ‘ala‘ihi hou a‘e! ‘O nā ‘ala‘ihi i noho mua ma ia kai he mau ‘Ala‘ihi Lā Kea ia. He mau i‘a ‘ano mālie ko lākou ‘ano ke nānā aku. ‘A‘ole i like ka nui o nā iwi kā e like ho‘i me kēia i‘a hou. Ma ke au hou i lana mai ai ka ‘Ala‘ihi Kala Loa a he ‘ino a weliweli kona ‘ano ke nānā aku. Pehea ho‘i e launa ai kēia mau i‘a ‘ala‘ihi? A hui aku lākou a pau ma ka pūko‘a like nānā aku ka ‘Ala‘ihi Lā Kea i ka ‘Ala‘ihi Kala Loa a ‘ike ‘ia kekahi mau mea ‘ano like. Ua like nō nā iwi kā ma ia mau i‘a, eia na‘e ua ‘oi aku ka loa o nā iwi kā o ke Kala Loa. Ka‘apuni aku lākou a pau kekahi i kekahi me he mea lā ke hulahula nei lākou. Honi aku honi mai i ke ‘ala, nānā aku nānā mai i ka unahi, ka iwi kā, ka waiho‘olu‘u o ia mau i‘a, a ho‘omaka kekahi e wala‘au. “Pehea lā ho‘i?!” i nīnau ai kekahi ‘elemakule i‘a e lana ana ma ia kai. “Pehea i hiki mai ai nā i‘a Kala Loa i ‘ane‘i? No hea mai lākou?” A pane hou aku kekahi ‘elemakule i‘a Kala Loa, “Mai Na‘e mākou. Hōle‘ole‘o ke kai, ‘a‘ole o kana mai ka nui o nā ‘ale! Pā nui mai ka makani, ku‘i ka hekili, nehe maila ka ‘uila, kani maila ka uila a hāpai ‘ia mākou i ka nalu nui a kau a‘ela i ‘ane‘i.” “Auē nō ho‘i!” i ‘ōlelo aku ai ka ‘elemakule kama‘āina. “E noho ‘oukou i ‘ane‘i me mākou, nui ka ‘ai o kēia kai. E noho kākou a pau i ‘ane‘i.” Pane hou mai ka ‘elemakule i‘a Kala Loa, “He aloha nui ko kēia
‘āina. E noho kākou a ho‘i hou mai ke au i hāpai aku iā kākou
i ‘ane‘i.” |
The Spiny ‘Ala‘ihi By Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds The ‘Ala‘ihi is a fish with long spines. There are a lot of spines on this fish and it is very troublesome to scale these fish. It is said that these fish are very delicious, however because its so small, it only takes two bites to completely eat the fish. This fish lives in the coral heads of the sea and that is where they fought with all the fish that tried to eat it. Here is one of the tales about the ‘Ala‘ihi. Some of the ‘Ala‘ihi were living in the sea when a long strong current came in. When the seas were once again calmed there was another type of ‘Ala‘ihi! The original ‘Ala‘ihi that lived in that sea were ‘Ala‘ihi Lā Kea. They looked like nice and calm fish. They didn’t have as many spines as the new arrivals. The strong current that came is how the ‘Ala‘ihi Kala Loa came. They were spiny and scary to look upon. How will these ‘Ala‘ihi get along? As they all met near the coral head the ‘Ala‘ihi Lā Kea and the ‘Ala‘ihi Kala Loa looked at each other and saw some similarities. They had spines in the same places, but the Kala Loa had longer spines than the other fish. They circled each other just like they were dancing. They smelled each other’s fragrances, looked at each other’s scales, spines, color, and then one of them started to talk. “How can?” asked one old fish floating in the sea. “How did the Kala Loa get here? Where are they from?” And another old Kala Loa fish replies, “We came from Na‘e. The water was rough; there were lots of waves! The wind howled, the thunder rolled, lightning struck and we were carried by a big wave to this place.” “Oh no!” said the old native fish. “You guys will stay here with us, there is lots of food in this sea. Let us all live here.” The old Kala Loa fish answered, “There is lots of love in this land, let us stay here until another current takes us back to where we came from.” And that is how the different ‘Ala‘ihis came to live in Hawaiian waters. The fish were delicious, fished and eaten, and this kind of fish is loved till this day. |
‘O Hina ho‘i, Hina ‘uki‘uki Mai loko mai ‘o Na Pule Kahiko, na June Gutmanis Kaumaha ia, kaumaha ia, |
‘O Hina ho‘i, Hina ‘uki‘uki From Na Pule Kahiko, by June Gutmanis Sacrifice, sacrifice |
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