{"collection":"pac","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/pac/lku/lku05.htm","path":"pac/lku/lku05.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/pac/lku/lku05.htm","text":"Established in the dawn of Laa's light\n The Ape aumoa with faintest strife\n Envied the sea that washed the land,\n As it crept up and yet crept down\n And brought forth creeping families\n That crept on their backs and crept on their front,\n With pulses that beat in front and rounding backs,\n With faces in front and claws to feel\n Of darkness, of darkness,\n For Kaneaka Papanopano is born (dawn).\n So Popanopano the man\n And Polalowehi his wife, p. 16\n Man was born to increase--\n To increase in the night by the thousands.\n At this age there is a lull--\n At this age take your children to the beach.\n Children play at heaping sands.\n They are the children born of night.\n Night was born.\nNight was born of great delight,\n Night was rolled for the pleasure of gods,\n Night gave birth to the split-back turtle.\n Watch in the night for the land turtle.\n Night gave birth to the brown lobster,\n The night of commotion for the Alii (?) lobster,\n The birth night of the lazy monster\n Was a wet night for the rolling monster.\n Night gave birth to clinging beings,\n And Night loudly called for roughness.\n Night gave birth to wailing\n A night of drawback to oblivion,\n Night gave birth to high noses,\n Night dug deep for jelly fish,\n Night gave birth to slush,\n So the night must wait for motion.\nMan by Waiololi, woman by Waiolola,\n The earth was born and lived by the sea;\n Guarded by the Kuhonua that grew in land (a shrub).\n A night of flight by noises\n Through a channel; the la-i is food, and creeps.\nMan by Waiololi, woman by Waiolola,\n The Wili was born and lived in the sea;\n Guarded by the Wiliwili that grew on land (tiger's claws tree). p. 17\n A night of flight by noises\n Through a channel; la-i is food, and creeps;\n So the gods may enter, but not man.\nMan by Waiololi, woman by Waiolola,\n The Aio was born and lived in the sea;\n Guarded by the Naio that grew in the forest (mock sandalwood).\n A night of flight by noises\n Through a channel; la-i is food, and creeps;\n So the gods may enter, but not man.\nMan was created by Waiololi, woman by Waiolola,\n The Okea was born and lived in the sea;\n Guarded by the Ahakea that grew in the forest.\n A night of flight by noises\n Through a channel; the la-i is food, and creeps;\n So the gods may enter, but not man.\nMan by Waiololi, woman by Waiolola,\n The Wawa was born and lived in the sea;\n Guarded by the Wanawana that lived in the forest.\n A night of flight by noises\n Through a channel, la-i is food, and creeps;\n So the gods may enter, but not man.\nMan by Waiololi, woman by Waiolola,\n The Nene was born and lived in the sea (geese);\n Guarded by the Manene that lived in the forest (weed).\n A night of flight by noises\n Through a channel; la-i is food, and creeps;\n So the gods may enter, but not man.\nMan by Waiololi, woman by Waiolola,\n The Liko was born and lived in the sea;\n Guarded by the Piko that grew in the forest.\n A night of flight by noises\n Through a channel; the la-i is food, and creeps;\n So the gods may enter, but not man.\nMan by Waiololi, woman by Waiolola,\n The Okeope was born and lived in the sea;\n Guarded by the Oheohe that grew in the forest (bamboo).\n A night of flight by noises\n Through a channel; la-i is food and creeps;\n So the gods may enter, but not man.\nMan by Waiololi, woman by Waiolola,\n The Nananana was born and lived in the sea (spider);\n Guarded by the Nonanona that lived in the forest (ants).\n A night of flight by noises\n Through a channel; la-i is food, and creeps;\n So the gods may enter, but not man.\nThe dancing motion till creeping crept\n With long and waving lengthy tail,\n And with humpy lumpy lashes sweeps\n And trails along in filthy places.\n These live on dirt and mire;\n Eat and rest, eat and throw up;\n They exist on filth, are low-born beings,\n Till to earth they become a burden\n Of mud that's made,\n Made unsafe, until one reels\n And is unsteady.,\n Go thou to the land of creepers,\n Where families of creepers were born in one night.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2019Tis night.","title":"The Kumulipo, (Liliuokalanai tr.): The Fourth Era","type":"page"}