KALALAU
Mai ka Puke "Unwritten Literature of Hawaii, the Sacred Songs of the Hula" no Nathaniel B. Emerson:
Kalalau, pali eku i ka makani
Pu ka Lawa-kua, hoi mau i Kolo-kini
Nu a anahulu ka pa ana i-uka
Anahulu me na po keu elua.
Elua Hono-pu o ia kua kanaka
Elua Ko-'a-mano me Wai-aloha
Ka pali waha iho, waha iho me ke kua
Ke keiki puu iloko o ka pali nui
E hii an' e Makua i Kalalau
Mai Kaua'i ke-ia hula mele no Kalalau. Ua ekolu manawa e pi'i kuahiwi au a me ko'u hoaloha Kale i Kalalau. Pa'akiki nui ka pi'i kuahiwi ana ia, aka- kupaianaha a me kamahao ia- ia. Ku- a hiki i na- 1920's ke kaia-ulu i Kalalau. Koe i ke-ia manawa na- paia po-haku o na- hale o na- lahui kanaka. Nui a me ikaika na- nalu i ke kahakai o Kalalau, akamai a me wiwo 'ole na- lawai'a o Kalalau! I ka wa- hala, ua 'au mai ke kahakai Ke'e a- Kalalau na- pu-'ali opio. Ulu i ka awa-wa o Kalalau 'alani a me kekahi mau hua 'ai. I na- 1960's ua noho i ke awa-wa poe ki-hoe kohana, ua puhi mau'u a me ho'ohana la'au la-kou, aka- ua ha'alele la-kou.
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