Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 11, 13 March 1869 — Kanikau no Paaluhi. [ARTICLE]

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Kanikau no Paaluhi.

E KE Kuokoa; —Aloha oe: E oluolu oo e hookomo iho i keia wahi ukana makamae ma kahikaawule o kou mau kolamu. O ka'u wahine o Paaluhi ka inoa, ua make oia ma ka la 14 o Fcb., i\l. H. 1869 o kona mau la ma keia no iie 35 maka* liiki me he 45 la, he wahine maknukau no ia i na hana, he ikaika, he minamina oia i ka la ke noho wale, he wahino malama kane, iloko o ko'u pilikia nui i ka mai, he mea ole na pilikia iaia, he kanaka au i nne like me ko loha pilikia. Eia nae. aole like ka'u wahine me kana, he hoomanawauui loa oia me ka malama pono lon ia'u, nolaila, nui ko'u aloha iaia, a ua haku au i wahi Kanikau nona mahilo iho nei. He u he Kanikau, he aloha, me ka minamina in oe, Kuu wahine nmi ka makani anu o ka aina, Mai ka makani hulilua In he moae, Kuu hoa pili mao oie i ke kau «ne kahooilo, Kuu hon hoomanawanui i na ino he nui, Kuu imkuakane a me kuu mnkuahine o oe, O oe ka mea inanaonao i nalo iho nei, Pau ka ike ana ia kaua iho, Pau ka pili ana pau ka hele ana, Pau ka iewa ana i o ianei, Ka imi ana i kahi o ke ola, Ka inoa owau ke haalele ana ia oe o ka mea pilikia, O oe ka o kaua kai ku okoa ae nei a hele, Haalele mai nei oe i ka pili o kaua, Kuu hoa noho o kahi mehameha, Hoa ohumu o ka pono me ka hewa, Kuu ahonui paupauaho ole, Kuu inakua peepoli mai o kahi ia uuku, Kuu wahine mai ka la welawela o Haukoi, Kahi a kaua e noho kokooiua ai, Kuu wahine mai ka makani kulai kanaka o Kaihumoku, Mai ke kai kuehu la o Kamuliwai, Liiiii na hana me na oleio ia oe, Auwe kuu wahine kuu hoa piii, Kuu wahine o ka maiu Inīa o Maunaihiihi, Mai ka aiu koj)e kohai )u? ī ka makani, Kuu wahine mai ka wai huihui o Naiapaiea, Mai na pali hauiiuli o ka aina, Kaumaha luuiuu kuu naau, Ke hanini nēi ka wai haaie i kuu maka, Kuu makamaka o kahi makamaka oie, Aohe ou iua aohe koiu e like aku ai, Ka laiau pawela pa miki i oa hana a pau, Auwe ka mea minamina ua naio, Kou wahine mai ka ua nounou iii o Waimea Mai ka lepo kiheahea o Aiku. Kuu wahine o ke kai leo nui o Honokaape, Aohe wahi koe ia kaua i ka pili ia, Auwe ka mea aioha he wahine. n Lilikalani. iUaunaihuii, Hamakua, H., Feb. 23,1869.