a ae la ke Alii i na hoewaa e hoe pololei aku ma
kahi a ka wahine e noho mai ana, a holo aku la a kokoke, halawai mua iho
la lakou me ke kanaka e paeaea ana, ninau aku la, "Owai kela wahine e
noho mai la iluna o ka pali maluna pono ou?"

Haiia mai la, "O Poliahu."

A no ka manao nui o ke Alii e ike i kela wahine, peahiia aku la, a iho
koke mai la kela me kona aahukapa i hoopuniia i ka hau, a haawi mai la i
kona aloha ia Aiwohikupua, a aloha aku la no hoi ke Alii kane i kona
aloha ma ka lululima ana.

Ia laua e halawai malihini ana, i aku o Aiwohikupua "E Poliahu e! E ka
wahine maikai o ka pali, pomaikai wale wau ia oe ma ko kaua halawai ana
iho nei, a no aila, e ke Alii wahine o ka pali nei, ke makemake nei wau
e lawe oe ia'u i kane hoao nau, a e noho kanaka lawelawe aku malalo ou,
ma kau mau olelo e olelo ai, a malaile wale no wau. Ina hoi e ae oe e
lawe ia'u e like me ka'u e noi aku nei ia oe, alaila, e kau kaua maluna
o na waa, a holo aku i Kauai, a pehea ia?"

I mai la ka wahine, "Aole wau he wahine no keia pali, no uka lilo mai
wau, mai ka piko mai o kela mauna, e aahu mau ana i na kapa keokeo e
like me keia kapa a'u e aahu aku nei. A pehea la i hikiwawe ai ka loaa
ana o ko'u inoa ia oe e ke Alii?"

Olelo aku la o Aiwohikupua, "Akahi no wau a maopopo no Maunakea mai oe,
a ua loaa koke kou inoa ia makou ma ka haiia ana e kela kanaka paeaea."

"A no kau noi e ke Alii," wahi a Poliahu, "E lawe wau ia oe i kane na'u,
a nolaila, ke hai aku nei wau ia oe, me ka ninau aku; aole anei o oe ke
Alii i ku iluna a hoohiki ma ka inoa o kou mau Akua, aole oe e lawe i
hookahi wahine o keia mau mokupuni, mai Hawaii nei, a Kauai; aia kau
wahine lawe noloko mai o Moaulanuiakea? Aole anei oe i hoopalau me
Hinaikamalama, ke kaikamahine Alii kaulana o Hana? A pau ko huakai
kaapuni ia Hawaii nei, alaila, hoi aku a hoao olua? A no kau noi mai e
lawe kaua ia kaua i mau mea hoohui nolaila, ke hai aku nei wau ia oe;
aia a hoopau oe i kau hoohiki mua, alaila, aole na'u e lawe ia oe, nau
no e lawe ia'u a hui kaua e like me kou makemake."

A no keia olelo a Poliahu, pili pu iho la ko Aiwohikupua manao me ke
kaumaha no hoi; a liuliu hoopuka aku la o Aiwohikupua i wahi ninau
pokole penei, "Pehea la oe i ike ai, a i lohe ai hoi no ka'u mau hana au
e hai mai nei? He oiaio, e Poliahu e, o na mea a pau au e olelo mai nei,
ua hana wau e like me ia nolaila, e hai mai i ka mea nana i olelo aku ia
oe."

"Aole o'u mea nana i hai mai i keia mau me