`Akahikuleana A Ka Piko -
Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett |
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| He ali`i nui `oe e ku`u ipo Nâu `Akahikuleana a ka piko Hui: O luna, O lalo, O uka, O kai, O ku`u nui kino Kapu ka pali lele manu o Liloa Ua haku ka ipo na ku`u aloha Ua `eha `ia i ka maka o ka ihe Kû ke ali`i kunou ke kânaka Lei kâua i ke ânuenue Ho`okahi i ka pono a ke kilohana |
You are a great chief, my sweetheart For you, Akahi(a)kuleana a ka piko Chorus: Above, below The uplands, the sea My entire being |Sacred are the birds flying cliffs of Liloa There my sweetheart and lover is master Pained by the tip of the spear As the chief rises and all others bow We adorn ourselves with the rainbow Truly as one beneath the tapa |
| Source: Hôkû Zuttermeister CD "`Âina Kûpuna" - `Akahiakuleana was the mother of well noted Hawai`i island chief, Umialiloa. This mele tells of Liloa, a prosperous Hawa`i island ali`i who became entranced with the beauty of `Akahiakuleana, said to have been a maka`âinana (commoner). Couplings between these two social classes were shunned because the mana of the ali`i child would be diluted. Still, Liloa followed his desires and from their union, Umialiloa was conceived. (From Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau, "Ruling Chiefs of Hawai`i, Kamehameha Schools Press, 1992.) | |