He Kaena a Ka U'i

Photo: Images of Old Hawaii

This is a kaena used in traditional Lua. This chant honors their geneology of place from past to present. The places and names are known to those who are of the aina.

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Traditional K.K. Ku'ialuaopuna

Moe la na iwi i ka ua Kiliua i hoa me Holoholopali Ko Paliku.

He pali kapu o Kanehoalani e, he pali kapu o Kupulupulu i hoa me Pililuanuu.

Lewalewa o Mookapuohaloa ma luna ae o Paliku, ke ala ula o Hiiakaikapoliopele.

Nana ae ka maka ia puu Kioele,  puu Ohulehule,  na kilo o ke kahuna

Ku oi o Nanahoa ma Hakipuu , 

Moe kahi o Kaluau ma ka iwi kuamoo o Molii,

Kahela ka pue one ma Apua no na kamaaina.

Lilo ka uka i kai

Ua lahilahi la ia aina ala

Po Paliku I ke aka o ka iwa

Ke haa mai o Mokolii I ke kai o Koholalele, 

Moe kahi o Hina ma ke kai o he'e ko Kapapa

Pua ka ua ma Pohukaina, ka ua loku! 

No na lani, o Kaahuula ka puna wai 

O Kauhuhu ke a paa ula o Puu Konahuanui

Paliku o Paluku!  

Ua hookapu ia o Ahualaka i ke au o Wakea

He ahua one, he ahua pukoa owahawaha,

Ino koolau ia, ka ua loloku, 

Hea aina Koolaupoko i hoa me Koolauloa,

He moku Koolau I hoa me Kane

Holo ke Kalamoho i kai kai

He Alaihi Kala loa he ia kuku o ka papa

Aia ma ka pali uliuli, pua ka uahi

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The natives reside in the Kiliua rain and In the running winds called Holoholopali.

Kanehoalani is a sheer cliff, as is Kupulupulu and his companion.

Mookapuohaloa dangles above Paliku, the sacred path of Hiiaka.

Look, Kioele, Ohulehule, the observers of the priests.

Nanahoa stands erect

His companion rests in the lineage of Molii.

Heaps of sand lay spread out at Apua.

The sea has absorbed the land.

The land indeed fragile.

Paliku is dimmed in the presence of the iwa

Mokolii dances in the sea of Koholalele

Hina is reclined in the octopus spearing waters of Kapapa

The rains appear at the shelter of Pohukaina, a downpour!

Kaahuula, is for the ancestors

Kauhuhu is in the firmanent at Konahuanui

Ahualaka has been consercrated in the time of Wakea

An altar of sand and coral

Koolau is stormy and in heavy rains

Koolaupoko and Koolauloa are partners

Koolau is a companion with Kane

Running is the Awa seaward

A fish on land with dangerous spines

There at the verdant cliffs appears the smoke