Ke Au Okoa, Volume II, Number 29, 5 November 1866 — Kanikau aloha no I. H. Keaweluaole. [ARTICLE]

Kanikau aloha no I. H. Keaweluaole.

E kau ahonui aku oe ma kou papalina i ka moolelo o loseph H. Keaweluaole, i ike mai ai ke aniani kilohi o kona mau hoaaloha, malia, ua aie lakou i ka hipuu o ke aloha, oiai ua hianioe aku la. Ua hanau oia i ka la 25 o Obatoba, 1847; ma Kapalilua, Kona Hema, Hawaii, i lolii aku la iluna o ka bela huihui o kahi mau; Okat"ba 13, 1866, ma Koloa, Kauai. Nolaila, he 18 makahiki, 11 maiama, 18 la, lie keiki hoolohe, aohe he eha o ka waha i ke ao aku o na makua, aka, ua hala ia; ke ku nei maua kona mau luaui. a kanikau inawaho iho 'o ka lua kapapau. ke keikī ka hoa pili o ka makua, ;[ pili ia ke anu me ke koekoe, he awakea la ke aumoe o Kapalilua, hulei lua a ka makani la be Eka, v Ka ehaeha, ka maule oka naau ike aloha, Aloha Maunaolohia ia maua me he ipo ia, 'Me he ipo ahi la ka iniki a kahi wai o Haliiīua, Elua maua e aiwahaia nei i ka la a kealoha, Maln pu no ka naau i ka haua e ke anu, Anu maua i ka pepehiia e ka waimaka, Akahi a li ka io i ke anu o Hauailiki, ua eha JJa eha ika eha lima ole ake aloha, [la—e. A kakou no e ike iho la—e, Auwe ! Auwe ka mea aloha he keiki—e! Kuu keiki o Kona kai opua i ka lai, na lae oni ole i ka makani o Kona, He hoa keekeehi ale no Alenuihaha, Haha'ku nei inaua ma ka paia nole ko kino, Ua haalele i piii wale la—e; haalele la, Haalele i Koioa na hoaaloha, Kuu keiki mai ka hale lewa i ke kai, Na'ka makani ame ka pea kaua i lawe mai, Hiki malihini ai i Kauai o Manokalanipo, E hopo mai ana ka oe ia maua, Ina hoa uhaiaholo o ka la pa pono i ka uniaHala oe i ka la 13 o Okstoba, [uma, Koe ke aloha lomi ana i ka puuwai, O ka la ia i ko maua komolima gula, Pau ka onina ka luaiele a ke kino, Malia pela no ka haawina mau wahi a loba, "Ahala ka huina o ka makahiki, Aliiila e hele aku i ke ala aole e hoi hnumai," Auwel Auwe ka mea aloha he keiki—e! Kuu keiki mai ka hale noiau o ka ike, na hoa kamalii o ke Kula Sabati, Kuu keiki o ka Ia wela o Koloa, Hoomaha aku ka ikiiki o ka la o Wailana, O ke ku kilakila mai a Maunahuila, 0 ka niniu a ka huila aohe wai, Ua hala i ka maka o ka opua, Opua kaiaulu ke aloha ia maua, E hipuu ana i ke kihi o ke ake niau,

. Auwel Auwe ka meaalohahe keiki—e! Hala oe i ka halau mau o ka honua, [honua, I ka hale noa ina mea a pau o keia aoao o ka Hoku haule ole ke aloha a maua e puolo nei, Pau kou puunaue ana ina hakina alohao kou A'nJS"naī;ahiko lipolipo oka aina, [makua, Pau kou hui ana me na hoa kailiili o kahi mea ' iki, A me kau mau olelo hoolana no ke awa lani, E pule olua i ke Akua me ka hookamani ole, Knu keiki hoolono i ka leo o na makua, Mai ka loa a ka laula o ka aina, Kuu minamina nui he keiki—e, Aouanu maeele maua i ko aloha—e, Auwe! Auwe ka mea aloha he keiki—e I loANE HOLOKAHIKI. Maunaihi, Koloa, Kauai, Oct. 22, 1866.