Kumulipo

ʻO ke au i kahuli wela ka honua ʻO ke au i kahuli lole ka lani ʻO ke au i kuka'iaka ka lā E hoʻomalamalama i ka malama ʻO ke au ʻo Makaliʻi ka pō ʻO ka walewale hoʻokumu honua ia ʻO ke kumu o ka lipo, i lipo ai ʻO ke kumu o ka pō, i pō ai ʻO ka lipolipo, ʻo ka lipolipo ʻO ka lipo o ka lā, ʻo ka lipo o ka pō Pō wale hoʻi, hānau ka pō Hānau Kumulipo i ka pō, he kāne Hānau Pōʻele i ka pō, he wahine Hānau ka uku koʻakoʻa Hānau kana, he akoʻakoʻa, puka Hānau ke koʻe ʻenuhe ʻeli hoʻopuʻu honua Hānau kana, he koʻe, puka Hānau ka peʻa, ka peʻapeʻa kana keiki, puka Hānau ka weli, he weliweli kana keiki, puka Hānau ka ʻina, ka ʻina hānau kana, he hālula, puka (Wā 1) A fathomless night, life is birthed from darkness Born from pō the first coral polyp (Wā 2) Born are the fish, like the moi and the weke Their land counterparts, serve as their protectors (Wā 3) In the third wā creation takes flight Peʻelua and pueo soar through the seas and skies (Wā 4) Born are the honu, ula, and the moʻo Related to the maile and the ʻoheʻohe (Wā 5) Life continues to unravel Kamapuaʻa becomes A digger of the earth, his tusks he plunged (Wā 6) Born are the ʻuku and the ʻiole Nibbling everything as they keep it kolohe (Wā 7) ‘Ōpeʻapeʻa and ʻīlio sprawled amongst the earth Brindled, swift, and nimble life continues to swirl (Wā 8) Started in the dark now the sun shines golden Four divinities born, and life keeps growing (Wā 9) Laʻilaʻi then takes Kiʻi as a mate Their keiki born from her brain (Wā 10) Punalua and Poʻolua, was out there making babies Earthly creations, extending generations (Wā 11) ʻO wahine noho lani a piʻo lani nō She lived above but her children below (Wā 12) The ʻulu was born, and Hāloa was born Wākea observes what's down below (Wā 13) He lālā no ka wā ʻumikūmālua Ua mōhola ʻia ka moʻo, like me ka pua (Wā 14) The sun became a god, the heavens held the stars Love gets shared then Laka was born (Wā 15) Haumeanuiʻāiwaiwa and her lineage Within the 15th wā is Maui and his siblings (Wā 16) Hina and Maui have great histories in Hawaiʻi With descendants that make the genealogy mighty Let the rhythm scatter rhyme Pattern line data with the evidence we battle minds Perfect in design I’m not the only one who saw the signs Called upon to tell it from the stories of the oldest ones Spoken in the Golden times With the knowledge of the world’s wind Inner working outer sky Cosmic creation and constant constellations align The ʻike resides For kānaka from pō we climb Primordial slime Evolution the tree of life From the land of two rivers To the plateau of Giza, Gobekli Tepe pillars, Enuma Elish, it started with the darkness Emerge from the source with the mixing of waters Straight from the piko like the maile umbilical Connected to the source like a vine with the ebb and flow Interlocked like a dragon spine, Mo’okūʻauhau Genealogy of the koko Hānau Kawaukaʻohele Keleanuinohoanaʻapiʻapi, he wahine Noho ʻo Kelea iā Kalamakua Hānau Laʻielohelohe Noho iā Piʻilani, hānau ʻo Piʻikea (ʻO) Piʻikea noho iā ʻUmi, (ʻo) Kumalaenuiaʻumi Nona ka Pali haili kauwa Kumalaenuiaʻumi, ke kāne, Kumunuipuawale ka wahine Makua ke kāne, ka wohi kūkahi o ka moku Kapohelemai ka wahine, he wohi aliʻi kapu, ka hoʻano ʻI, iā ʻI ka moku, ka haina kanaka (I) ke kaulana ʻāina i Pakini ka ʻohiʻa ko, ke kuʻina o ka moku o Hawai‘i Iā Ahu, iā Ahu a ʻI, iā Lono Iā Lonoikamakahiki hoʻi