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  • I ka ha o ko laua nalu pae, akahi no a loaa ka ninau a Laieikawai ia

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • No kuu manao he wahahee na kuu wahi kahu, nolaila, kauoha ae ana wau i ka Ilamuku e hoopaa i ke kaula; aka, ua hala e ua wahi kahu nei o'u i uka o Paliuli, e ninau aku i ua wahine nei i ke kumu o kona hiki ole ana i kai ia po, me ka hai aku no hoi e make ana ia.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Hai aku la kahi kahu i kana mea i ike ai, mamuli o ka ninau a ke Alii,

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A pau kana pule ana, ku ae la o Aiwohikupua iluna me ka maka ikaika a makaukau no ka hoouka kaua, a ninau aku la ia Ihuanu, "Ua makaukau anei oe e kue mai ia'u?"

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no keia mea, ake nui ae la oia e ike i ka pono o kona kaikaina, ia wa, hele aku la o Laieikawai imua o kona makuahonowaikane, me ka ninau aku,

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no ka ninau a ke Alii wahine, au aku la laua, ia manawa a laua e au ana, hai aku la o Halaaniani i kana olelo imua o ke Alii wahine, "Ma keia au ana a kaua, mai alawa oe i hope, imua no na maka, aia no ia'u kulana nalu, alaila hai aku au ia oe."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Alaila, hele mai la kekahi kamaaina ma ko lakou nei wahi e noho ana, ninau aku la o Aiwohikupua i ka hana a ka aha, haiia mai la e like me ka olelo a kela mau wahine i olelo ai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A hiki o Aiwohikupua ma kahi o ke Alii wahine, kau na ilili a paa ka papa, ninau mai ke Alii wahine, "Heaha ke kumu pili o ka malihini ke make i ke kamaaina?"

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no keia mea, kauoha ae la ke Alii i na hoewaa e hoe pololei aku ma kahi a ka wahine e noho mai ana, a holo aku la a kokoke, halawai mua iho la lakou me ke kanaka e paeaea ana, ninau aku la, "Owai kela wahine e noho mai la iluna o ka pali maluna pono ou?"

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no keia mea, kiiia mai la wau a komo aku la e kamailio pu me ke Alii, a hana aku wau i kona lealea, e like me ko ke Alii makemake, a ua ninau mai nei kela ia kakou, ua hai pau aku au.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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