Kalelealuaka

PART I

第一部

Kaopele was born in Waipio, Hawaii. When born he did not breathe, and his parents were greatly troubled; but they washed his body clean, and having arrayed it in good clothes, they watched anxiously over the body for several days, and then, concluding it to be dead, placed it in a small cave in the face of the cliff. There the body remained from the summer month of Ikiki (July or August) to the winter month of Ikua (December or January), a period of six months.

カオペレはハワイ島のワイピオに生まれた。生まれたとき息をしなかったので、両親はたいそう心を痛めた。それでも体を洗い清め、よい衣を着せて、幾日も心配しながら見守ったが、やがて死んだものと結論して、崖の面の小さな洞穴に納めた。体はそこに、夏の月イキキ(七月か八月)から冬の月イクア(十二月か一月)まで、六か月のあいだ置かれていた。

At this time they were startled by a violent storm of thunder and lightning, and the rumbling of an earthquake. At the same time appeared the marvellous phenomenon of eight rainbows arching over the mouth of the cave. Above the din of the storm the parents heard the voice of the awakened child calling to them:

そのころ、二人は雷と稲妻の激しい嵐と、地の揺れる轟きに驚かされた。同時に、洞穴の口の上に八つの虹が架かるという不思議な光景が現れた。嵐の騒ぎの上に、両親は目覚めた子が自分たちに呼びかける声を聞いた。

"Let your love rest upon me, O my parents, who have thrust me forth, Who have left me in the cavernous cliff, Who have heartlessly placed me in the Cliff frequented by the tropic bird! O Waiaalaia, my mother! O Waimanu, my father! Come and take me!"

「わたしに愛を注いでください、おお、わたしを打ち捨てたわが親よ、 わたしを洞穴の崖に置き去りにした人よ、 熱帯の鳥の通う崖に、 情けもなくわたしを置いた人よ! おおワイアアライア、わが母よ! おおワイマヌ、わが父よ! 来てわたしを連れていって!」

The yearning love of the mother earnestly besought the father to go in quest of the infant; but he protested that search was useless, as the child was long since dead. But, unable longer to endure a woman's teasing, which is the same in all ages, he finally set forth in high dudgeon, vowing that in case of failure he would punish her on his return.

母の慕う心は、父に子を探しに行ってくれと切に頼んだ。けれども父は、子はとうに死んでいるのだから探してもむだだと言い張った。しかし、いつの世も変わらぬ女のせがみにとうとう耐えかね、たいそう不機嫌に出かけていき、見つからなかったら帰って罰を与えるぞと言い置いた。

On reaching the place where the babe had been deposited, its body was not to be found. But lifting up his eyes and looking about, he espied the child perched on a tree, braiding a wreath from the scarlet flowers of the lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha). "I have come to take you home with me," said the father. But the infant made no answer. The mother received the child to her arms with demonstrations of the liveliest affection. At her suggestion they named the boy Kaopele, from the name of their goddess, Pele.

赤子を納めた場所に着いてみると、その体はどこにもなかった。けれども目を上げてあたりを見回すと、子が木の上にとまって、レフア(メトロシデロス・ポリモルファ)の緋色の花で花輪を編んでいるのが見えた。「おまえを連れ帰りに来た」と父は言った。けれども子は何も答えなかった。母はこのうえない喜びを示して子を腕に抱いた。母の言い出しで、二人は自分たちの女神ペレの名にちなんで、その子をカオペレと名づけた。

Six months after this, on the first day (Hilo) of the new moon, in the month of Ikiki, they returned home from working in the fields and found the child lying without breath, apparently dead. After venting their grief for their darling in loud lamentations, they erected a frame to receive its dead body.

それから六か月後、イキキの月の新月の初日(ヒロ)に、二人が畑仕事から帰ってくると、子は息をせず、見たところ死んだように横たわっていた。愛しい子を失った悲しみを声高な嘆きに吐き出したのち、二人はその亡骸を載せる台を組んだ。

Time healed the wounds of their affection, and after the lapse of six moons they had ceased to mourn, when suddenly they were affrighted by a storm of thunder and lightning, with a quaking of the earth, in the midst of which they distinguished the cry of their child, "Oh, come; come and take me!"

時は情の傷を癒やし、六つの月が過ぎるころには、二人はもう嘆かなくなっていた。そのとき突然、雷と稲妻の嵐と地の揺れに驚かされ、そのただなかに、わが子の「ああ、来て、来てわたしを連れていって!」という叫びを聞き分けた。

They, overjoyed at this second restoration of their child to them, and deeming it to be a miracle worked by their goddess, made up their minds that if it again fell into a trance they would not be anxious, since their goddess would awake their child and bring it to life again.

二人はこうして子が二度目に返されたことを大いに喜び、これは自分たちの女神の起こした奇跡だと考えて、もしまた仮死に落ちても心配するまい、女神が子を目覚めさせ、また生き返らせてくださるのだから、と心を決めた。

But afterward the child informed them of their mistake, saying: "This marvel that you see in me is a trance; when I pass into my deep sleep my spirit at once floats away in the upper air with the goddess, Poliahu. We are a numerous band of spirits, but I excel them in the distance of my flights. In one day I can compass this island of Hawaii, as well as Maui, Oahu, and Kauai, and return again. In my flights I have seen that Kauai is the richest of all the islands, for it is well supplied with food and fish, and it is abundantly watered. I intend to remain with you until I am grown; then I shall journey to Kauai and there spend the rest of my life." Thus Kaopele lived with his parents until he was grown, but his habit of trance still clung to him.

けれどものちに子は、それは思い違いだと二人に告げて言った。「あなたがたがわたしに見ているこの不思議は、仮死なのです。深い眠りに入ると、わたしの霊はたちまち女神ポリアフとともに天の高みへ漂い出ます。わたしたちは大勢の霊の一団ですが、わたしは飛ぶ距離では彼らにまさります。一日でこのハワイ島も、マウイもオアフもカウアイも巡って、また帰ってこられるのです。その飛翔のなかで、カウアイこそ島々のうちで最も豊かだと見てきました。食べ物と魚に恵まれ、水も豊かです。わたしは大人になるまであなたがたのもとにいるつもりです。それからカウアイへ旅して、残りの生涯をそこで過ごすつもりです。」こうしてカオペレは大人になるまで両親と暮らしたが、仮死の癖はなおもつきまとっていた。

Then one day he filled them with grief by saying: "I am going, aloha."

そしてある日、彼は二人にこう言って悲しませた。「わたしは行きます。アロハ。」

They sealed their love for each other with tears and kisses, and he slept and was gone. He alighted at Kula, on Maui. There he engaged in cultivating food. When his crops were nearly ripe and ready to be eaten he again fell into his customary deep sleep, and when he awoke he found that the people of the land had eaten up all his crops.

三人は涙と口づけで互いの愛を確かめ合い、彼は眠りに落ちて去った。マウイのクラに降り立ち、そこで食べ物を育てることに励んだ。作物がほぼ実って食べごろになったころ、彼はまたいつもの深い眠りに落ち、目覚めてみると、その土地の人々が作物をすっかり食べ尽くしていた。

Then he flew away to a place called Kapapakolea, in Moanalua, on Oahu, where he set out a new plantation. Here the same fortune befell him, and his time for sleep came upon him before his crops were fit for eating. When he awoke, his plantation had gone to waste.

そこで彼はオアフのモアナルアの、カパパコレアという場所へ飛んでいき、新たに畑を作った。ここでも同じ運命に見舞われ、作物が食べごろになる前に眠りの時が来た。目覚めてみると、畑は荒れ果てていた。

Again he moves on, and this time settles in Lihue, Oahu, where for the third time he sets out a plantation of food, but is prevented from eating it by another interval of sleep. Awakening, he finds his crops overripe and wasted by neglect and decay.

またも彼は移り、こんどはオアフのリフエに落ち着いて、三度目の食べ物の畑を作った。けれどもまた眠りの間が挟まって食べることができなかった。目覚めると、作物は熟しすぎて、放って置かれ腐って台なしになっていた。

His restless ambition now carries him to Lahuimalo, still on the island of Oahu, where his industry plants another crop of food. Six months pass, and he is about to eat of the fruits of his labor, when one day, on plunging into the river to bathe, he falls into his customary trance, and his lifeless body is floated by the stream out into the ocean and finally cast up by the waters on the sands of Maeaea, a place in Waialua, Oahu.

その落ち着かぬ気概は、彼をやはりオアフ島のラフイマロへ運び、そこでまた勤勉に作物を植えた。六か月が過ぎ、いよいよ働きの実りを食べようというころ、ある日、水浴びをしようと川に跳び込んだところでいつもの仮死に落ち、その息のない体は流れに運ばれて海へ出て、とうとうオアフのワイアルアのマエアエアという場所の砂に打ち上げられた。

At the same time there arrived a man from Kauai in search of a human body to offer as a sacrifice at the temple of Kahikihaunaka at Wailua, on Kauai, and having seen the corpse of Kaopele on the beach, he asks and obtains permission of the feudal lord (Konohiki) of Waialua to take it. Thus it happens that Kaopele is taken by canoe to the island of Kauai and placed, along with the corpse of another man, on the altar of the temple at Wailua.

ちょうどそのとき、カウアイのワイルアにあるカヒキハウナカの神殿に供える人の体を探して、カウアイから一人の男が来ていた。そして浜のカオペレの亡骸を見て、ワイアルアの領主(コノヒキ)に乞い、許しを得てそれを引き取った。こうしてカオペレは舟でカウアイ島へ運ばれ、もう一人の男の亡骸とともに、ワイルアの神殿の祭壇に置かれた。

There he lay until the bones of his fellow corpse had begun to fall apart. When six moons had been accomplished, at midnight there came a burst of thunder and an earthquake. Kaopele came to life, descended from the altar, and directed his steps toward a light which he saw shining through some chinks in a neighboring house. He was received by the occupants of the house with that instant and hearty hospitality which marks the Hawaiian race, and bidden to enter ("mai, komo mai").

彼はそこに、隣の亡骸の骨が崩れはじめるまで横たわっていた。六つの月が満ちたとき、真夜中に雷が轟き、地が揺れた。カオペレは生き返って祭壇から降り、近くの家の隙間からもれる光のほうへ足を向けた。家の者たちは、ハワイの人々に特有のあの即座の心からのもてなしをもって彼を迎え、「マイ、コモ・マイ」(さあ、お入りなさい)と言った。

Food was set before him, with which he refreshed himself. The old man who seemed to be the head of the household was so much pleased and impressed with the bearing and appearance of our hero that he forthwith sought to secure him to be the husband of his granddaughter, a beautiful girl named Makalani. Without further ado, he persuaded him to be a suitor for the hand of the girl, and while it was yet night, started off to obtain the girl's consent and to bring her back with him.

食べ物が出され、彼はそれで元気を取り戻した。この家の主らしい老人は、われらの英雄の物腰と姿にすっかり感心し、心を動かされて、ただちに彼を自分の孫娘——マカラニという名の美しい娘——の夫に迎えようとした。老人はすぐさま彼を娘の求婚者になるよう説き伏せ、まだ夜のうちに、娘の承諾を得て連れてこようと出かけていった。

The young woman was awakened from her slumbers in the night to hear the proposition of her grandfather, who painted to her in glowing colors the manly attractions of her suitor. The suit found favor in the eyes of the girl's parents and she herself was nothing loath; but with commendable maidenly propriety she insisted that her suitor should be brought and presented to her, and that she should not first seek him.

若い娘は夜中に眠りから起こされて、祖父の申し出を聞かされた。祖父は求婚者の男らしい魅力を色鮮やかに描いてみせた。この縁談は娘の両親の目にもかなったし、娘自身も嫌ではなかった。けれども感心な乙女の慎みから、自分のほうから先に会いに行くのではなく、求婚者を連れてきて引き合わせてほしいと言い張った。

The sun had hardly begun to lift the dew from the grass when our young hero, accompanied by the two matchmakers, was brought into the presence of his future wife. They found favor in each other's eyes, and an ardent attachment sprang up on the instant. Matters sped apace. A separate house was assigned as the residence of the young couple, and their married life began felicitously.

日がまだ草の露を上げはじめたばかりのころ、われらの若い英雄は二人の仲立ちに伴われて、未来の妻の前に連れてこられた。二人は互いの目にかない、たちまち熱い思いが芽生えた。ことは速やかに進んだ。若い二人の住まいとして別の家が与えられ、その夫婦の暮らしは幸せに始まった。

But the instincts of a farmer were even stronger in the breast of Kaopele than the bonds of matrimony. In the middle of the night he arose, and, leaving the sleeping form of his bride, passed out into the darkness. He went mauka until he came upon an extensive upland plain, where he set to work clearing and making ready for planting. This done, he collected from various quarters shoots and roots of potato (kalo), banana (waoke), awa, and other plants, and before day the whole plain was a plantation. After his departure his wife awoke with a start and found her husband was gone. She went into the next house, where her parents were sleeping, and, waking them, made known her loss; but they knew nothing of his whereabouts. Much perplexed, they were still debating the cause of his departure, when he suddenly returned, and to his wife's questioning, answered that he had been at work.

けれどもカオペレの胸のうちでは、農夫の本能が夫婦の絆よりもなお強かった。真夜中に彼は起き上がり、眠っている花嫁を残して闇のなかへ出ていった。マウカ(山手)へ進んで広い高地の平原に出ると、そこを切り開いて植えつけの支度にかかった。それが済むと、あちこちからいも(カロ)、バナナ(ワオケ)、アヴァ、そのほかの植えつけの苗と根を集め、夜が明ける前に平原全体が畑になっていた。夫が出ていったあと、妻ははっと目を覚まして夫がいないのに気づいた。隣の家へ行き、両親を起こして、いなくなったと告げたが、両親も行き先を知らなかった。ひどく戸惑って、なぜ出ていったのかとまだ話し合っていると、夫が突然戻ってきて、妻の問いに、仕事をしていたのだと答えた。

She gently reproved him for interrupting their bridal night with agriculture, and told him there would be time enough for that when they had lived together a while and had completed their honeymoon. "And besides," said she, "if you wish to turn your hand to agriculture, here is the plat of ground at hand in which my father works, and you need not go up to that plain where only wild hogs roam."

妻は、二人の婚礼の夜を畑仕事で中断したことを穏やかにたしなめ、しばらく一緒に暮らして新婚の月が終わってからでも遅くはないと言った。「それに」と彼女は言った。「畑仕事をなさりたいのなら、父が働いている畑がすぐそこにあります。野の猪しか歩かないあの平原まで行くことはないのです。」

To this he replied: "My hand constrains me to plant; I crave work; does idleness bring in anything? There is profit only when a man turns the palm of his hand to the soil: that brings in food for family and friends. If one were indeed the son of a king he could sleep until the sun was high in the heavens, and then rise and find the bundles of cooked food ready for him. But for a plain man, the only thing to do is to cultivate the soil and plant, and when he returns from his work let him light his oven, and when the food is cooked let the husband and the wife crouch about the hearth and eat together."

これに彼は答えた。「わたしの手は植えることをわたしに強いる。わたしは仕事を渇望する。怠けて何か入ってくるだろうか。人が手のひらを土に向けてこそ利があり、それが家族と友のための食べ物をもたらすのだ。もし王の子であるならば、日が高く昇るまで眠り、それから起きて煮炊きした食べ物の包みが用意されているのを見つけることもできよう。だが平の人間にとっては、土を耕して植えるほかにすることはない。そして仕事から帰ったら竈に火を入れ、食べ物が煮えたら夫と妻とが炉のまわりにうずくまって、一緒に食べるのだ。」

Again, very early on the following morning, while his wife slept, Kaopele rose, and going to the house of a neighbor, borrowed a fishhook with its tackle. Then, supplying himself with bait, he went a-fishing in the ocean and took an enormous quantity of fish. On his way home he stopped at the house where he had borrowed the tackle and returned it, giving the man also half of the fish. Arrived at home, he threw the load of fish onto the ground with a thud which waked his wife and parents.

翌朝もまた、たいそう早く、妻が眠っているうちにカオペレは起き出し、近所の家へ行って釣り針と仕掛けを借りた。それから餌を用意して海へ漁に出て、途方もない量の魚を獲った。帰り道に仕掛けを借りた家に寄って返し、魚の半分もその男に与えた。家に着くと、魚の荷をどさりと地に投げ下ろしたので、その音で妻と義父母が目を覚ました。

"So you have been a-fishing," said his wife. "Thinking you had again gone to work in the field, I went up there, but you were not there. But what an immense plantation you have set out! Why, the whole plain is covered."

「では漁に行っていらしたのですね」と妻は言った。「また畑に働きに行かれたのだと思って上まで行ってみましたが、いらっしゃいませんでした。それにしても、なんという広い畑をお作りになったこと! 平原がすっかり覆われています。」

His father-in-law said, "A fine lot of fish, my boy."

義父は言った。「みごとな魚だな、わが子よ。」

Thus went life with them until the crops were ripe, when one day Kaopele said to his wife, who was now evidently with child, "If the child to be born is a boy, name it Kalelealuaka; but if it be a girl, name it as you will, from your side of the family."

こうして一同の暮らしは続き、やがて作物が実ったころ、ある日カオペレは、今は明らかに身ごもっている妻に言った。「生まれてくる子が男の子なら、カレレアルアカと名づけよ。女の子なら、おまえの側の家から好きなように名づけるがよい。」

From his manner she felt uneasy and suspicious of him, and said, "Alas! do you intend to desert me?"

その言いようから、妻は不安になって彼を疑い、言った。「まあ! わたしを捨てるおつもりですか。」

Then Kaopele explained to his wife that he was not really going to leave her, as men are wont to forsake their wives, but he foresaw that that was soon to happen which was habitual to him, and he felt that on the night of the morrow a deep sleep would fall upon him (puni ka hiamoe), which would last for six months. Therefore, she was not to fear.

そこでカオペレは妻に、男が妻を見捨てるようにおまえを置いていくのではない、ただ、自分にいつも起こることがまもなく起こるのが分かるのだ、明日の夜には深い眠り(プニ・カ・ヒアモエ)が自分に落ちて、六か月続くだろうから恐れるな、と説き明かした。

"Do not cast me out nor bury me in the ground," said he. Then he explained to her how he happened to be taken from Oahu to Kauai and how he came to be her husband, and he commanded her to listen attentively to him and to obey him implicitly. Then they pledged their love to each other, talking and not sleeping all that night.

「わたしを放り出したり、土に埋めたりしてはならぬ」と彼は言った。それから、自分がどうしてオアフからカウアイへ運ばれ、どうしておまえの夫となったかを語り、自分の言うことをよく聞いて、そのとおりに従えと命じた。それから二人は互いの愛を誓い合い、その夜は一睡もせずに語り明かした。

On the following day all the friends and neighbors assembled, and as they sat about, remarks were made among them in an undertone, like this, "So this is the man who was placed on the altar of the heiau at Wailua." And as evening fell he bade them all aloha, and said that he should be separated from them for six months, but that his body would remain with them if they obeyed his commands. And, having kissed his wife, he fell into the dreamful, sacred sleep of Niolo-kapu.

翌日、親しい者も近所の者もみな集まり、座って小声でこんなことを言い合った。「これがワイルアのヘイアウの祭壇に載せられていた男か。」そして夕暮れが迫ると、彼はみなにアロハと告げ、六か月のあいだ離れているが、自分の言いつけを守るなら体はここに残ると言った。そして妻に口づけすると、ニオロ・カプの、夢に満ちた聖なる眠りに落ちた。

On the sixth day the father-in-law said: "Let us bury your husband, lest he stink. I thought it was to be only a natural sleep, but it is ordinary death. Look, his body is rigid, his flesh is cold, and he does not breathe; these are the signs of death."

六日目に義父が言った。「おまえの夫を葬ろう。臭くならぬうちに。ただの眠りだと思っていたが、これはふつうの死だ。見ろ、体は硬く、肉は冷たく、息もしていない。これは死の証だ。」

But Makalani protested, "I will not let him be buried; let him lie here, and I will watch over him as he commanded; you also heard his words." But in spite of the wife's earnest protests, the hard-hearted father-in-law gathered strong vines of the koali (convolvulus), tied them about Kaopele's feet, and attaching to them heavy stones, caused his body to be conveyed in a canoe and sunk in the dark waters of the ocean midway between Kauai and Oahu.

けれどもマカラニは言い張った。「葬らせはしません。ここに寝かせておいて、言いつけどおりわたしが見守ります。あなたもあの人の言葉を聞いたはずです。」けれども妻の切な訴えにもかかわらず、情けの薄い義父はコアリ(昼顔)の丈夫な蔓を集めてカオペレの足に結び、重い石をつけて、その体を舟で運ばせ、カウアイとオアフのあいだの暗い海に沈めさせた。

Makalani lived in sorrow for her husband until the birth of her child, and as it was a boy, she called his name Kalelealuaka.

マカラニは夫を悲しみながら暮らし、やがて子を産んだ。それは男の子だったので、カレレアルアカと名づけた。

PART II

第二部

When the child was about two months old the sky became overcast and there came up a mighty storm, with lightning and an earthquake. Kaopele awoke in his dark, watery couch, unbound the cords that held his feet, and by three powerful strokes raised himself to the surface of the water. He looked toward Kauai and Oahu, but love for his wife and child prevailed and drew him to Kauai.

子が生まれて二か月ほどたったころ、空が曇り、稲妻と地の揺れをともなう大嵐が起こった。カオペレは暗い水の褥で目を覚まし、足を縛る綱を解いて、三度力強くかいて水面へ上がった。カウアイとオアフを見やったが、妻と子への愛がまさって、彼をカウアイへ引き寄せた。

In the darkness of night he stood by his wife's bed and, feeling for her, touched her forehead with his clammy hand. She awoke with a start, and on his making himself known she screamed with fright, "Ghost of Kaopele!" and ran to her parents. Not until a candle was lighted would she believe it to be her husband. The step-parents, in fear and shame at their heartless conduct, fled away, and never returned. From this time forth Kaopele was never again visited by a trance; his virtue had gone out from him to the boy Kalelealuaka.

夜の闇のなかで彼は妻の寝床のそばに立ち、手さぐりして、その冷たく湿った手で妻の額に触れた。妻ははっと目を覚まし、彼が名乗ると、「カオペレの亡霊!」と恐ろしさに悲鳴をあげて、両親のもとへ走った。明かりがともされるまで、妻はそれが夫だと信じようとしなかった。義理の父母は、自分たちの情けのない仕打ちを恐れ恥じて逃げ去り、二度と戻らなかった。このときからカオペレには二度と仮死が訪れなかった。その力は彼から離れて、子のカレレアルアカに移っていたのである。

When Kalelealuaka was ten years old Kaopele began to train the lad in athletic sports and to teach him all the arts of war and combat practised throughout the islands, until he had attained great proficiency in them. He also taught him the arts of running and jumping, so that he could jump either up or down a high pali, or run, like a waterfowl on the surface of the water. After this, one day Kalelealuaka went over to Wailua, where he witnessed the games of the chiefs. The youth spoke contemptuously of their performances as mere child's play; and when his remark was reported to the King he challenged the young man to meet him in a boxing encounter. When Kalelealuaka came into the presence of the King his royal adversary asked him what wager he brought. As the youth had nothing with him, he seriously proposed that each one should wager his own body against that of the other one. The proposal was readily accepted. The herald sounded the signal of attack, and both contestants rushed at each other. Kalelealuaka warily avoided the attack by the King, and hastened to deliver a blow which left his opponent at his mercy; and thereupon, using his privilege, he robbed the King of his life, and to the astonishment of all, carried away the body to lay as a sacrifice on the altar of the temple, hitherto unconsecrated by human sacrifice, which he and his father Kaopele had recently built in honor of their deity.

カレレアルアカが十歳になると、カオペレはこの少年に体を鍛える技を仕込み、島々で行われる戦と組み打ちの術のすべてを教えて、ついにその腕前は並はずれたものとなった。また走る技と跳ぶ技も教えたので、少年は高いパリを上へも下へも跳び、水鳥のように水の面を走ることさえできた。そののちある日、カレレアルアカはワイルアへ渡り、そこで首長たちの競技を見た。若者はその腕前を、ただの子どもの遊びだと言って見くびった。その言葉が王に伝えられると、王は彼に拳の勝負を挑んだ。カレレアルアカが王の前に出ると、王たる相手は、何を賭けに持ってきたのかと尋ねた。若者は何も持っていなかったので、大真面目に、互いの体そのものを賭けようと申し出た。この申し出はすぐに受け入れられた。触れ役が攻めの合図を鳴らし、二人は互いに突進した。カレレアルアカは用心深く王の攻めをかわし、すかさず一撃を放って相手を自分のなすがままにした。そしてその権利を用いて王の命を奪い、みなが驚くなか、その体を運び去って、自分と父カオペレが最近その神をたたえて建てた、まだ人身の供え物によって清められていない神殿の祭壇に供えた。

After a time there reached the ear of Kalelealuaka a report of the great strength of a certain chief who lived in Hanalei. Accordingly, without saying anything about his intention, he went over to the valley of Hanalei. He found the men engaged in the game of throwing heavy spears at the trunk of a cocoanut-tree. As on the previous occasion, he invited a challenge by belittling their exploits, and when challenged by the chief, fearlessly proposed, as a wager, the life of one against the other. This was accepted, and the chief had the first trial. His spear hit the stem of the huge tree and made its lofty crest nod in response to the blow. It was now the turn of Kalelealuaka to hurl the spear. In anticipation of the failure of the youth and his own success, the chief took the precaution to station his guards about Kalelealuaka, to be ready to seize him on the instant. In a tone of command our hero bade the guards fall back, and brandishing his spear, stroked and polished it with his hands from end to end; then he poised and hurled it, and to the astonishment of all, lo! the tree was shivered to pieces. On this the people raised a shout of admiration at the prowess of the youth, and declared he must be the same hero who had slain the chief at Wailua. In this way Kalelealuaka obtained a second royal sacrifice with which to grace the altar of his temple.

しばらくして、ハナレイに住むある首長の並はずれた力の噂がカレレアルアカの耳に届いた。そこで彼は、そのつもりを誰にも言わずにハナレイの谷へ行った。男たちが重い槍を椰子の木の幹に投げつける競技をしているのを見つけた。前のときと同じように、彼はその腕前を見くびって挑まれるように仕向け、首長に挑まれると、恐れげもなく、命と命を賭けようと申し出た。それが受け入れられ、首長が先に試みた。その槍は巨大な木の幹に当たり、その一撃に応えて高い梢を揺らした。次はカレレアルアカが槍を投げる番であった。若者は失敗し自分が成功するものと見込んで、首長は用心してカレレアルアカのまわりに衛士を配し、すぐに捕らえられるようにしておいた。われらの英雄は命じる調子で衛士たちを下がらせ、槍を振って、その端から端まで手でなでて磨いた。それから構えて投げると、驚いたことに、なんと木は粉々に砕けた。これに人々は若者の武勇に歓声をあげ、これこそワイルアで首長を討った英雄にちがいないと言い合った。こうしてカレレアルアカは、自分の神殿の祭壇を飾る二人目の王の供え物を得たのである。

One clear, calm evening, as Kalelealuaka looked out to sea, he descried the island of Oahu, which is often clearly visible from Kauai, and asked his father what land that was that stood out against them. Kaopele told the youth it was Oahu; that the cape that swam out into the ocean like a waterfowl was Kaena; that the retreating contour of the coast beyond was Waianae. Thus he described the land to his son. The result was that the adventurous spirit of Kalelealuaka was fired to explore this new island for himself, and he expressed this wish to his father. Everything that Kalelealuaka said or did was good in the eye of his father, Kaopele. Accordingly, he immediately set to work and soon had a canoe completely fitted out, in which Kalelealuaka might start on his travels. Kalelealuaka took with him, as travelling companion, a mere lad named Kaluhe, and embarked in his canoe. With two strokes of the paddle his prow grated on the sands of Waianae.

ある晴れて穏やかな夕暮れ、カレレアルアカは海のほうを眺め、カウアイからしばしばはっきり見えるオアフ島を認めて、向かいに立つあの地は何かと父に尋ねた。カオペレは若者に、あれはオアフだ、水鳥のように海へ泳ぎ出た岬はカエナ、その向こうの引っ込んだ海岸線はワイアナエだと告げた。こうして父はその地の様子を息子に語った。その結果、カレレアルアカの冒険好きの心は、この新しい島を自分で探ってみたいと燃え立ち、その望みを父に告げた。カレレアルアカの言うこと、することは何であれ、父カオペレの目にはよいことであった。そこで父はただちに仕事にかかり、まもなくカレレアルアカが旅に出られる舟をすっかり仕立て上げた。カレレアルアカは旅の連れとして、カルヘという名のほんの少年を一人連れて舟に乗った。櫂を二度かくと、その舳先はワイアナエの砂に触れていた。

Before leaving Kauai his father had imparted to Kalelealuaka something of the topography of Oahu, and had described to him the site of his former plantation at Keahumoe. At Waianae the two travellers were treated affably by the people of the district. In reply to the questions put them, they said they were going sight-seeing. As they went along they met a party of boys amusing themselves with darting arrows; one of them asked permission to join their party. This was given, and the three turned inland and journeyed till they reached a plain of soft, whitish rock, where they all refreshed themselves with food. Then they kept on ascending, until Keahumoe lay before them, dripping with hoary moisture from the mist of the mountain, yet as if smiling through its tears. Here were standing bananas with ripened, yellow fruit, upland kalo, and sugar cane, rusty and crooked with age, while the sweet potatoes had crawled out of the earth and were cracked and dry. It was the very place where Kaopele, the father of Kalelealuaka, had years before set out the plants from which these were descended.

カウアイを発つ前に、父はカレレアルアカにオアフの地形のあらましを教え、ケアフモエにあったかつての自分の畑の場所も語っていた。ワイアナエで二人の旅人はその土地の人々に愛想よく迎えられた。問われると、物見の旅だと答えた。進んでいくと、矢を放って遊んでいる少年たちの一団に出会い、そのうちの一人が仲間に入れてくれと頼んだ。それが許されて、三人は内陸へ向かい、やわらかな白っぽい岩の平原に着くまで進んで、そこでみな食事をとった。それからなおも登っていくと、ケアフモエが目の前に開けた。山の霧の白い湿りを滴らせながら、涙を通して微笑んでいるかのようであった。ここには黄色く熟した実をつけたバナナが立ち、高地のカロがあり、年を経てくすんで曲がった砂糖きびがあり、さつまいもは土から這い出して、ひび割れて乾いていた。ここはまさに、カレレアルアカの父カオペレが何年も前に、これらのもとになった苗を植えた場所であった。

"This is our food, and a good place, perhaps, for us to settle down," said Kalelealuaka; "but before we make up our minds to stay here let me dart an arrow; and if it drops soon we shall stay, but if it flies afar we shall not tarry here." Kalelealuaka darted his arrow, while his companions looked on intently. The arrow flew along, passing over many a hill and valley, and finally rested beyond Kekuapoi, while they followed the direction of its wonderful flight. Kalelealuaka sent his companions on to find the arrow, telling them at the same time to go to the villages and get some awa roots for drink, while he would remain there and put up a shelter for them.

「これがわたしたちの食べ物だ。ここはたぶん落ち着くのによい場所だろう」とカレレアルアカは言った。「だがここに留まると決める前に、矢を一本放たせてくれ。すぐに落ちれば留まるが、遠くまで飛べばここには長居しない。」カレレアルアカが矢を放つと、連れの二人はじっと見つめた。矢は幾つもの丘と谷を越えて飛んでいき、とうとうケクアポイの向こうに落ちた。三人はその不思議な飛翔の向きを目で追った。カレレアルアカは連れの二人を矢を探しに行かせ、同時に、村へ行って飲み物のためのアヴァの根をもらってくるようにと言った。自分はここに残って三人の宿る小屋を建てておこう、と。

On their way the two companions of Kalelealuaka encountered a number of women washing kalo in a stream, and on asking them if they had seen their arrow flying that way they received an impertinent answer; whereupon they called out the name of the arrow, "Pua-ne, Pua-ne," and it came to their hands at once. At this the women ran away, frightened at the marvel.

その道々、カレレアルアカの二人の連れは、流れでカロを洗っている女たちに出会い、自分たちの矢がこちらへ飛んでこなかったかと尋ねたが、無礼な返事を受けた。そこで二人が矢の名を呼ばわると——「プア・ネ、プア・ネ」——矢はたちまち二人の手もとへ来た。これに女たちは、その不思議さに怯えて逃げ去った。

The two boys then set to gathering awa roots, as they had been bidden. Seeing them picking up worthless fragments, a kind-hearted old man, who turned out to be the konohiki of the land, sent by his servants an abundance of good food to Kalelealuaka.

それから二人の少年は、言われたとおりアヴァの根を集めにかかった。二人が値打ちのない切れはしを拾っているのを見て、その土地のコノヒキであった心優しい老人が、家来にたっぷりとよい食べ物をカレレアルアカのもとへ届けさせた。

On their return the boys found, to their astonishment, that during their absence Kalelealuaka had put up a fine, large house, which was all complete but the mats to cover the floors. The kind-hearted konohili remarked this, and immediately sent her servants to fetch mats for the floors and sets of kapa for bedding, adding the command, "And with them bring along some malos" (girdles used by the males). Soon all their wants were supplied, and the three youths were set up in housekeeping. To these services the konohiki, through his attendants, added still others; some chewed and strained the awa, while others cooked and spread for them a bountiful repast. The three youths ate and drank, and under the drowsy influence of the awa they slept until the little birds that peopled the wilderness about them waked them with their morning songs; then they roused and found the sun already climbing the heavens.

戻ってきた少年たちは驚いたことに、自分たちが留守のあいだにカレレアルアカが立派な大きい家を建て上げていて、床に敷く敷物のほかはすべて仕上がっているのを見た。心優しいコノヒキはこれに目をとめ、ただちに家来に床の敷物と寝具の一そろいのカパを届けさせ、こう言い添えた。「それと一緒にマロ(男の締める腰布)も持っていきなさい。」まもなく入り用のものはすべて満たされ、三人の若者は所帯を構えた。コノヒキはこの世話に加えて、家来を通してさらに手を尽くした。ある者はアヴァを噛んで漉し、ある者は煮炊きして三人のために豊かな食事を並べた。三人の若者は食べて飲み、アヴァの眠気を誘う力に負けて眠り、あたりの荒れ野に住む小鳥たちの朝の歌に起こされた。目を覚ますと、日はもう空を登っていた。

Now, Kalelealuaka called to his comrades, and said, "Rouse up and let us go to cultivating." To this they agreed, and each one set to work in his own way, working his own piece of ground. The ground prepared by Kalelealuaka was a strip of great length, reaching from the mountain down toward the ocean. This he cleared and planted the same day. His two companions, however, spent several days in clearing their ground, and then several days more in planting it. While these youths occupied their mountain home, the people of that region were well supplied with food. The only lack of Kalelealuaka and his comrades was animal food (literally, fish), but they supplied its place as well as they could with such herbs as the tender leaves of the popolo, which they cooked like spinach, and with inamona made from the roasted nuts of the kukui tree (Aleurites molluccana).

さてカレレアルアカは仲間に呼びかけて言った。「起きろ、畑を作りに行こう。」二人は承知し、それぞれ自分のやり方で、自分の土地を耕しはじめた。カレレアルアカが整えた土地は、山から海のほうへ延びる、たいそう長い帯であった。彼はそれを同じ日に切り開いて植えつけた。けれども二人の連れは、土地を切り開くのに幾日もかけ、それから植えつけるのにまた幾日もかけた。この若者たちが山の住まいにいるあいだ、その地方の人々は食べ物に不自由しなかった。カレレアルアカと仲間に足りないものといえば獣の食べ物(原文では魚)だけで、二人はその代わりに、ポポロの柔らかい葉のような草を摘んでほうれん草のように煮たり、ククイ(アレウリテス・モルッカナ)の実を焼いて作ったイナモナを添えたりして、できるかぎり補った。

One day, as they were eking out their frugal meal with a mess of popolo cooked by the lad from Waianae, Kalelealuaka was greatly disgusted at seeing a worm in that portion that the youth was eating, and thereupon nicknamed him Keinohoomanawanui (sloven, or more literally, the persistently unclean). The name ever after stuck to him. This same fellow had the misfortune, one evening, to injure one of his eyes by the explosion of a kukui nut which he was roasting on the fire. As a result, that member was afflicted with soreness, and finally became blinded. But their life agreed with them, and the youths throve and increased in stature, and grew to be stout and lusty young men.

ある日、ワイアナエから来た少年が煮たポポロで乏しい食事を補っていたとき、カレレアルアカは、その少年が食べているところに虫がいるのを見てひどく嫌気がさし、そこで彼をケイノホオマナワヌイ(ずぼら、より逐語的には「いつまでも汚れている者」)とあだ名した。この名はその後ずっと彼につきまとった。この同じ男は、ある晩、火で焼いていたククイの実がはぜて片目を傷めるという不運にあった。その結果その目は炎症を起こし、とうとう見えなくなった。けれども暮らしは三人に合っていて、若者たちは丈夫に育って背も伸び、たくましく血気盛んな若者になった。

Now, it happened that ever since their stay at their mountain house, Lelepua (arrow flight), they had kept a torch burning all night, which was seen by Kakuhihewa, the King of Oahu, and had caused him uneasiness.

さて、三人が山の住まいレレプア(矢の飛翔)に住むようになってからずっと、夜どおし松明を燃やしていたのだが、それがオアフの王カクヒヘワの目にとまり、王を落ち着かなくさせていた。

One fine evening, when they had eaten their fill and had gone to bed, Kalelealuaka called to Keinohoomanawanui and said, "Halloo there! are you asleep?"

ある晴れた夕暮れ、腹いっぱい食べて床についたとき、カレレアルアカはケイノホオマナワヌイに呼びかけて言った。「おおい、眠ったか。」

And he replied, "No; have I drunk awa? I am restless. My eyes will not close."

すると彼は答えた。「いや。アヴァを飲んだわけでもなし。落ち着かなくて目が閉じないのだ。」

"Well," said Kalelealuaka, "when you are restless at night, what does your mind find to do?"

「そうか」とカレレアルアカは言った。「夜に落ち着かないとき、おまえの心は何をして過ごすのだ。」

"Nothing," said the Sloven.

「別に何も」とずぼらは言った。

"I find something to think about," said Kalelealuaka.

「わたしには考えることがある」とカレレアルアカは言った。

"What is that?" said the Sloven.

「それは何だ」とずぼらは言った。

"Let us wish" (kuko, literally, to lust), said Kalelealuaka.

「望みを抱こうではないか」(クコ、逐語的には「欲する」)とカレレアルアカは言った。

"What shall we wish?" said the Sloven.

「何を望むのだ」とずぼらは言った。

"Whatever our hearts most earnestly desire," said Kalelealuaka. Thereupon they both wished. The Sloven, in accordance with his nature, wished for things to eat,--the eels, from the fish-pond of Hanaloa (in the district of Ewa), to be cooked in an oven together with sweet potatoes, and a bowl of awa.

「わたしたちの心がいちばん切に望むものを何でも」とカレレアルアカは言った。そこで二人とも望みを口にした。ずぼらは、その性に従って食べ物を望んだ——ハナロアの養魚池(エワの地方にある)の鰻を、さつまいもと一緒に竈で焼いたものと、アヴァを一杯。

"Pshaw, what a beggarly wish!" said Kalelealuaka. "I thought you had a real wish. I have a genuine wish. Listen: The beautiful daughters of Kakuhihewa to be my wives; his fatted pigs and dogs to be baked for us; his choice kalo, sugar cane, and bananas to be served up for us; that Kakuhihewa himself send and get timber and build a house for us; that he pull the famous awa of Kahauone; that the King send and fetch us to him; that he chew the awa for us in his own mouth, strain and pour it for us, and give us to drink until we are happy, and then take us to our house."

「ふん、なんという物乞いじみた望みだ!」とカレレアルアカは言った。「本物の望みがあるのかと思ったのに。わたしには本物の望みがある。聞け。カクヒヘワの美しい娘たちをわたしの妻とすること。その肥えた豚と犬をわたしたちのために焼くこと。えりすぐりのカロと砂糖きびとバナナをわたしたちに供すること。カクヒヘワ自身が人をやって材木を取り寄せ、わたしたちのために家を建てること。カハウオネの名高いアヴァを引き抜かせること。王が人をやってわたしたちを迎えに来させること。自分の口でアヴァを噛み、漉して注ぎ、わたしたちが満ち足りるまで飲ませ、それからわたしたちを家へ連れていくこと。」

Trembling with fear at the audacious ambition of his concupiscent companion, the Sloven replied, "If your wish should come to the ears of the King, we shall die; indeed, we should die."

欲深い仲間の大それた望みに恐れおののきながら、ずぼらは答えた。「おまえの望みが王の耳に入ったら、おれたちは死ぬぞ。まったく、死んでしまう。」

In truth, as they were talking together and uttering their wishes, Kakuhihewa had arrived, and was all the time listening to their conversation from the outside of their house. When the King had heard their conversation he thrust his spear into the ground outside the inclosure about Kalelealuaka's house, and by the spear placed his stone hatchet (pahoa), and immediately returned to his residence at Puuloa. Upon his arrival at home that night King Kakuhihewa commanded his stewards to prepare a feast, and then summoned his chiefs and table companions and said, "Let us sup." When all was ready and they had seated themselves, the King said, "Shall we eat, or shall we talk?"

まことに、二人が語り合って望みを口にしていたあいだ、カクヒヘワが来ていて、家の外からずっとその話を聞いていたのである。王は二人の話を聞き終えると、カレレアルアカの家を囲む囲いの外の地面に槍を突き立て、その槍のそばに石の斧(パホア)を置いて、ただちにプウロアの住まいへ戻った。その夜、家に着くと、王カクヒヘワは膳部の者に宴の支度を命じ、それから首長たちと食卓の仲間を呼び集めて言った。「食事をしよう。」すべてが整って一同が着席すると、王は言った。「食べようか、それとも話そうか。」

One of them replied: "If it please the King, perhaps it were better for him to speak first; it may be what he has to say touches a matter of life and death; therefore, let him speak and we will listen."

一人が答えた。「王のお心にかなうならば、まず王が話されるのがよろしいかと存じます。お話が生死に関わることかもしれませぬ。ですからお話しください、われらは聞きましょう。」

Then Kakuhihewa told them the whole story of the light seen in the mountains, and of the wishes of Kalelealuaka and the Sloven.

そこでカクヒヘワは、山に見えた光のこと、カレレアルアカとずぼらの望みのことを、みなに一部始終語った。

Then up spoke the soldiers, and said: "Death! This man is worthy to be put to death; but as for the other one, let him live."

すると兵たちが口を開いて言った。「死罪です! この男は死に値します。もう一人のほうは生かしておきましょう。」

"Hold," said the King, "not so fast! Before condemning him to death, I will call together the wise men, priests, wizards, and soothsayers; perchance they will find that this is the man to overcome Kualii in battle." Thereupon all the wise men, priests, wizards, and soothsayers were immediately summoned, and after the King had explained the whole story to them they agreed with the opinion of the soldiers. Again the King interposed delay, and said, "Wait until my wise kahuna Napuaikamao comes; if his opinion agrees with yours, then, indeed, let the man be put to death; but if he is wiser than you, the man shall live. But you will have eaten this food in vain."

「待て」と王は言った。「そう急ぐな。死を申し渡す前に、賢者と祭司と呪術者と占い師を呼び集めよう。あるいはこの男こそ、戦でクアリイを打ち負かす者だと分かるかもしれぬ。」そこで賢者と祭司と呪術者と占い師がただちに呼び集められ、王が一部始終を語ると、彼らは兵たちの意見に同意した。王はふたたび待ったをかけて言った。「わが賢いカフナ、ナプアイカマオが来るまで待て。その意見がおまえたちと一致するなら、そのときこそこの男を死なせよう。だがもしおまえたちより賢いなら、この男は生きる。そのときはおまえたちは、この食べ物をむだに食べたことになる。」

So the King sent one of his fleetest runners to go and fetch Napuaikamao. To him the King said, "I have sent for you to decide what is just and right in the case of these two men who lived up in the region of Waipio." Then he went on to state the whole case to this wise man.

そこで王は、いちばん足の速い走者を一人やってナプアイカマオを連れてこさせた。王はその賢者に言った。「ワイピオの地に住むこの二人の男について、何が正しく道理にかなうかを決めてもらうために呼んだのだ。」それから一部始終をこの賢者に語った。

"In regard to Keinohoomanawanui's wish," said the wise man, "that is an innocent wish, but it is profitless and will bring no blessing." At the narration of Kalelealuaka's wish he inclined his head, as if in thought; then lifting his head, he looked at the King and said: "O King, as for this man's wish, it is an ambition which will bring victory to the government. Now, then, send all your people and fetch house-timber and awa."

「ケイノホオマナワヌイの望みについては」と賢者は言った。「それは罪のない望みですが、益もなく、何の恵みももたらしません。」カレレアルアカの望みの話になると、賢者は考え込むように頭を垂れた。それから頭を上げ、王を見て言った。「おお王よ、この男の望みは、政に勝利をもたらす志です。さあ、すぐに民をみな遣わして、家の材木とアヴァを取り寄せなさい。」

As soon as the wise man had given this opinion, the King commanded his chief marshal, Maliuhaaino, to set every one to work to carry out the directions of this counsellor. This was done, and before break of day every man, woman, and child in the district of Ewa, a great multitude, was on the move.

賢者がこの意見を述べるやいなや、王は筆頭の差配マリウハアイノに、この助言者の指図を実行するよう全員を働かせよと命じた。そのとおりにされ、夜明け前にはエワの地方の男も女も子どももみな、大勢の人が動き出していた。

Now, when the Sloven awoke in the morning and went out of doors, he found the stone hatchet (pahoa) of the King, with his spear, standing outside of the house. On seeing this he rushed back into the house and exclaimed to his comrades, "Alas! our wishes have been overheard by the King; here are his hatchet and his spear. I said that if the King heard us we should die, and he has indeed heard us. But yours was the fatal ambition; mine was only an innocent wish."

さて、ずぼらが朝目を覚まして戸外に出てみると、王の石の斧(パホア)が槍とともに家の外に立っているのを見つけた。これを見るや、彼は家に駆け戻って仲間に叫んだ。「大変だ! おれたちの望みが王に聞かれていたぞ。ここに王の斧と槍がある。王に聞かれたらおれたちは死ぬと言ったのに、本当に聞かれてしまった。だが命取りの大望はおまえのだ。おれのは罪のない望みだった。」

Even while they were talking, the babble of the multitude drew near, and the Sloven exclaimed, "Our death approaches!"

そう話しているうちにも、大勢のざわめきが近づいてきて、ずぼらは叫んだ。「おれたちの死が近づいてくる!」

Kalelealuaka replied, "That is not for our death; it is the people coming to get timber for our houses." But the fear of the Sloven would not be quieted.

カレレアルアカは答えた。「あれはわたしたちの死のためではない。人々がわたしたちの家の材木を取りに来たのだ。」けれどもずぼらの恐れは静まらなかった。

The multitude pressed on, and by the time the last of them had reached the mountain the foremost had returned to the sea-coast and had begun to prepare the foundations for the houses, to dig the holes for the posts, to bind on the rafters and the small poles on which they tied the thatch, until the houses were done.

人々は押し寄せ、その最後の者が山に着くころには、先頭の者はもう海辺へ戻って、家の土台をこしらえ、柱の穴を掘り、垂木と、草葺きを結ぶ細い棒を縛りつけはじめ、やがて家が仕上がった。

Meantime, some were busy baking the pigs and the poi-fed dogs in ovens; some in bringing the eels of Kanaloa and cooking them with potatoes in an oven by themselves.

そのあいだに、豚とポイで肥えた犬を竈で焼く者もあれば、カナロアの鰻を運んできて、さつまいもと一緒に別の竈で煮る者もあった。

The houses are completed, everything is ready, the grand marshal, Maliuhaaino, has just arrived in front of the house of the ambitious youth Kalelealuaka, and calls out "Keinohoomanawanui, come out!" and he comes out, trembling. "Kalelealuaka, come out!" and he first sends out the boy Kaluhe and then comes forth himself and stands outside, a splendid youth. The marshal stands gazing at him in bewilderment and admiration. When he has regained his equanimity he says to him, "Mount on my back and let us go down."

家は仕上がり、すべてが整い、大差配のマリウハアイノは、あの大志を抱く若者カレレアルアカの家の前に着いて呼ばわった。「ケイノホオマナワヌイ、出てこい!」すると彼は震えながら出てきた。「カレレアルアカ、出てこい!」すると彼はまず少年カルヘを出し、それから自分も出て外に立った。みごとな若者であった。差配は呆然と感嘆して彼を見つめて立っていた。落ち着きを取り戻すと、彼に言った。「わしの背に乗れ。下りていこう。」

"No," said Kalelealuaka, "I will go by myself, and do you walk ahead. I will follow after; but do not look behind you, lest you die."

「いや」とカレレアルアカは言った。「わたしは自分で行く。あなたが先を歩いてくれ。わたしはあとから行く。だがうしろを振り返るな、さもないと死ぬぞ。」

As soon as they had started down, Kalelealuaka was transported to Kuaikua, in Helemano. There he plunged into the water and bathed all over; this done, he called on his ancestral shades (Aumakua), who came and performed on him the rite of circumcision while lightning flashed, thunder sounded, and the earth quaked.

一行が下りはじめるやいなや、カレレアルアカはヘレマノのクアイクアへ運ばれた。そこで水に飛び込んで全身を洗い清め、それが済むと先祖の霊(アウマクア)に呼びかけた。霊が来て割礼の儀を彼に施すあいだ、稲妻が閃き、雷が鳴り、地が揺れた。

Kaopele, on Kauai, heard the commotion and exclaimed, "Ah! my son has received the purifying rite--the offspring of the gods goes to meet the sovereign of the land" (Alii aimoku).

カウアイにいたカオペレはその騒ぎを聞いて叫んだ。「ああ! わが子が清めの儀を受けたのだ——神々の裔が国の君主(アリイ・アイモク)に会いに行くのだ。」

Meanwhile, the party led by Maliuhaaino was moving slowly down toward the coast, because the marshal himself was lame. Returning from his purification, Kalelealuaka alighted just to the rear of the party, who had not noticed his absence, and becoming impatient at the tedious slowness of the journey,--for the day was waning, and the declining sun was already standing over a peak of the Waianae Mountains called Puukuua,--this marvellous fellow caught up the lame marshal in one hand and his two comrades in the other, and, flying with them, set them down at Puuloa. But the great marvel was, that they knew nothing about being transported, yet they had been carried and set down as from a sheet.

そのあいだ、マリウハアイノに率いられた一行は、差配自身が足が不自由だったので、ゆっくりと海辺へ下っていた。清めから戻ったカレレアルアカは、ちょうど一行のうしろに降り立った。彼らは彼がいなかったことにも気づいていなかった。そして道のりのあまりの遅さに焦れて——日は傾き、沈みゆく太陽はもうワイアナエの山々のプウクアという峰の上にかかっていた——この不思議な若者は、足の悪い差配を片手に、二人の仲間をもう一方の手につかみ、彼らとともに飛んで、プウロアに下ろした。けれども何より不思議なのは、彼らが運ばれたことを何も知らず、それでいて一枚の布の上からのように運ばれ、下ろされていたことである。

On their arrival at the coast all was ready, and the people were waiting for them. A voice called out, "Here is you house, Keinohoomanawanui!" and the Sloven entered with alacrity and found bundles of his wished-for eels and potatoes already cooked and awaiting his disposal.

海辺に着くと、すべてが整っていて、人々は彼らを待っていた。ひとつの声が呼ばわった。「これがおまえの家だ、ケイノホオマナワヌイ!」するとずぼらは喜んで中へ入り、望みどおりの鰻とさつまいもの包みがもう煮えて、自分の好きにできるように置かれているのを見つけた。

But Kalelealuaka proudly declined to enter the house prepared for himself when the invitation came to him, "Come in! this is your house," all because his little friend Kaluhe, whose eyes had often been filled with smoke while cooking luau and roasting kukui nuts for him, had not been included in the invitation, and he saw that no provision had been made for him. When this was satisfactorily arranged Kalelealuaka and his little friend entered and sat down to eat. The King, with his own hand, poured out awa for Kalelealuaka, brought him a gourd of water to rinse his mouth, offered him food, and waited upon him till he had supplied all his wants.

けれどもカレレアルアカは、「入れ! これがおまえの家だ」と招かれても、自分のために用意された家に入るのを誇り高く拒んだ。それはみな、彼のためにルアウを煮、ククイの実を焼いて幾度も目を煙で満たしてきた小さな友カルヘが、その招きに含まれておらず、彼のために何の用意もされていないのを見たからである。それが満足のいくように整えられると、カレレアルアカと小さな友は中に入って食事の席についた。王は自らの手でカレレアルアカにアヴァを注ぎ、口をすすぐ水の瓢箪を運び、食べ物を勧め、その望みがすべて満たされるまで給仕した。

Now, when Kalelealuaka had well drunken, and was beginning to feel drowsy from the awa, the lame marshal came in and led him to the two daughters of Kakuhihewa, and from that time these two lovely girls were his wives.

さて、カレレアルアカが十分に飲んで、アヴァに眠気を覚えはじめたころ、足の悪い差配が入ってきて、彼をカクヒヘワの二人の娘のもとへ導いた。そしてそのときから、この二人の美しい娘は彼の妻となった。

PART III

第三部

Thus they lived for perhaps thirty days (he mau anabulu), when a messenger arrived, announcing that Kualii was making war at Moanalua. The soldiers of Kakuhihewa quickly made themselves ready, and among them Keinohoomanawanui went out to battle. The lame marshal had started for the scene the night before.

こうして三十日ほど(ヘ・マウ・アナフル)暮らしたころ、使いが来て、クアリイがモアナルアで戦を起こしていると告げた。カクヒヘワの兵たちは急いで支度を整え、そのなかにはケイノホオマナワヌイも交じって戦に出た。足の悪い差配は前の晩に現地へ発っていた。

On the morning of the day of battle, Kalelealuaka said to his wives that he had a great hankering for some shrimps and moss, which must be gathered in a particular way, and that nothing else would please his appetite. Thereupon, they dutifully set out to obtain these things for him. As soon as they had gone from the house Kalelealuaka flew to Waianae and arrayed himself with wreaths of the fine-leaved maile (Maile laulii). which is peculiar to that region. Thence he flew to Napeha, where the lame marshal, Maliuhaaino, was painfully climbing the hill on his way to battle. Kalelealuaka cheerily greeted him, and the following dialogue occurred:

戦の日の朝、カレレアルアカは妻たちに、小海老と海藻がひどく食べたい、それはある決まったやり方で採られたものでなければならず、ほかのものでは食欲が満たされないと言った。そこで妻たちは健気にもそれを手に入れに出かけていった。二人が家を離れるやいなや、カレレアルアカはワイアナエへ飛んでいき、その土地ならではの細かい葉のマイレ(マイレ・ラウリイ)の花輪を身にまとった。それからナペハへ飛んだ。そこでは足の悪い差配マリウハアイノが、戦へ向かう途中、苦しげに丘を登っていた。カレレアルアカは陽気に声をかけ、次のようなやりとりが交わされた。

K. "Whither are you trudging, Maliuhaaino?"

カレ「どこへ足を運んでいるのだ、マリウハアイノ。」

M. "What! don't you know about the war?"

マリ「何だと! 戦のことを知らんのか。」

K. "Let me carry you."

カレ「負ぶってやろう。」

M. "How fast you travel! Where are you from?"

マリ「なんと速く歩くことか! どこから来た。」

K. "From Waianae."

カレ「ワイアナエから。」

M. "So I see from your wreaths. Yes, carry me, and Waianae shall be yours."

マリ「そうだろう、その花輪で分かる。よし、負ぶってくれ。そうすればワイアナエはおまえのものだ。」

At the word Kalelealuaka picked up the cripple and set him down on an eminence mauka of the battlefield, saying, "Remain you here and watch me. If I am killed in the fight, you return by the same way we came and report to the King."

その言葉とともにカレレアルアカはこの足の不自由な男を抱え上げ、戦場のマウカ(山手)の高みに下ろして言った。「ここにいてわたしを見ていてくれ。もしわたしが戦で討たれたら、来た道を戻って王に報せてくれ。」

Kalelealuaka then addressed himself to the battle, but before attacking the enemy he revenged himself on those who had mocked and jeered at him for not joining the forces of Kakuhihewa. This done, he turned his hand against the enemy, who at the time were advancing and inflicting severe loss in the King's army.

それからカレレアルアカは戦に向かったが、敵に当たる前に、カクヒヘワの軍に加わらなかったことで自分をあざけり嘲笑した者たちに仕返しをした。それが済むと、敵に手を向けた。敵はそのとき攻め寄せて、王の軍に大きな損害を与えていた。

To what shall we compare the prowess of our hero? A man was plucked and torn in his hand as if he were but a leaf. The commotion in the ranks of the enemy was as when a powerful waterfowl lashes the water with his wings (O haehae ka manu, Ke ale nei ka wai). Kalelealuaka moved forward in his work of destruction until he had slain the captain who stood beside the rebel chief, Kualii. From the fallen captain he took his feather cloak and helmet and cut off his right ear and the little finger of his right hand. Thus ended the slaughter that day.

われらの英雄の武勇を何にたとえよう。人はその手のなかで、まるで一枚の葉のようにむしられ裂かれた。敵の列の乱れようは、力ある水鳥が翼で水を打つときのようであった(オ・ハエハエ・カ・マヌ、ケ・アレ・ネイ・カ・ワイ)。カレレアルアカは滅ぼす仕事を進め、ついに反乱の首長クアリイのかたわらに立つ将を討った。倒れた将から羽根の外套と兜を取り、その右の耳と右手の小指を切り取った。その日の殺戮はこうして終わった。

The enthusiasm of the cripple was roused to the highest pitch on witnessing the achievements of Kalelealuaka, and he determined to return and report that he had never seen his equal on the battlefield.

足の不自由な男は、カレレアルアカの働きを目にして興奮を極み、戦場でこれほどの者を見たことがないと報せに帰ろうと決めた。

Kalelealuaka returned to Puuloa, and hid the feather cloak and helmet under the mats of his bed, and having fastened the dead captain's ear and little finger to the side of the house, lay down and slept.

カレレアルアカはプウロアへ戻り、羽根の外套と兜を寝床の敷物の下に隠し、死んだ将の耳と小指を家の壁に留めてから、横になって眠った。

After a while, when the two women, his wives, returned with the moss and shrimps, he complained that the moss was not gathered as he had directed, and that they had been gone such a long time that his appetite had entirely left him, and he would not eat of what they had brought. At this the elder sister said nothing, but the younger one muttered a few words to herself; and as they were all very tired they soon went to sleep.

しばらくして、二人の妻が海藻と小海老を持って帰ってくると、彼は、海藻が言ったとおりの採り方ではないし、二人があまりに長く出ていたので食欲がすっかり失せてしまった、持ってきたものは食べないと言って責めた。これに姉のほうは何も言わなかったが、妹は自分に向かって何かぶつぶつ言った。三人ともたいそう疲れていたので、まもなく眠りについた。

They had slept a long while when the tramp of the soldiers of Kakuhihewa was heard, returning from the battle. The King immediately asked how the battle had gone. The soldiers answered that the battle had gone well, but that Keinohoomanawanui alone had greatly distinguished himself. To this the King replied he did not believe that the Sloven was a great warrior, but when the cripple returned he would learn the truth.

長く眠ったころ、戦から帰るカクヒヘワの兵たちの足音が聞こえた。王はすぐに戦の首尾を尋ねた。兵たちは、戦はうまくいったが、ケイノホオマナワヌイただ一人がたいそう手柄を立てたと答えた。これに王は、あのずぼらが偉大な戦士だとは信じられぬ、だが足の不自由な者が帰れば本当のことが分かるだろう、と答えた。

About midnight the footsteps of the lame marshal were heard outside of the King's house. Kakuhihewa called to him, "Come, how went the battle?"

真夜中ごろ、足の悪い差配の足音が王の家の外に聞こえた。カクヒヘワは呼びかけた。「来い、戦はどうだった。」

"Can't you have patience and let me take breath?" said the marshal. Then when he had rested himself he answered, "They fought, but there was one man who excelled all the warriors in the land. He was from Waianae. I gave Waianae to him as a reward for carrying me."

「少しは辛抱して、息をつかせてくださらんか」と差配は言った。それから休んでから答えた。「戦いはございました。けれども国じゅうの戦士にまさる者が一人おりました。ワイアナエの者です。負ぶってくれた礼に、わたしはワイアナエをその者に与えました。」

"It shall be his," said the King.

「それはその者のものとしよう」と王は言った。

"He tore a man to pieces," said the cripple, "as he would tear a banana-leaf. The champion of Kualii's army he killed, and plundered him of his feather cloak and helmet."

「その者は人を、バナナの葉を裂くように引き裂きました」と差配は言った。「クアリイの軍の一番手を討ち取り、その羽根の外套と兜を奪いました。」

"The soldiers say that Keinohoomanawanui was the hero of the day," said the King.

「兵たちは、その日の英雄はケイノホオマナワヌイだと言っているぞ」と王は言った。

"What!" said the cripple. "He did nothing. He merely strutted about. But this man--I never saw his equal; he had no spear, his only weapons were his hands; if a spear was hurled at him, he warded it off with his hair. His hair and features, by the way, greatly resemble those of your son-in-law."

「何ですって!」と差配は言った。「あの者は何もしておりません。ただ気取って歩き回っていただけです。けれどもこの男は——あれほどの者は見たことがありません。槍も持たず、武器は手だけ。槍が投げられれば、髪で払いのけました。ついでに申せば、その髪と顔だちは、あなたの婿どのによく似ておりました。」

Thus they conversed till daybreak.

こうして二人は夜明けまで語り合った。

After a few days, again came a messenger announcing that the rebel Kualii was making war on the plains of Kulaokahua. On hearing this Kakuhihewa immediately collected his soldiers. As usual, the lame marshal set out in advance the evening before the battle.

数日ののち、また使いが来て、反徒クアリイがクラオカフアの平原で戦を起こしていると告げた。これを聞くとカクヒヘワはただちに兵を集めた。いつものように、足の悪い差配は戦の前夜に先発した。

In the morning, after the army had gone, Kalelealuaka said to his wives, "I am thirsting for some water taken with the snout of the calabash held downward. I shall not relish it if it is taken with the snout turned up." Now, Kalelealuaka knew that they could not fill the calabash if held this way, but he resorted to this artifice to present the two young women from knowing of his miraculous flight to the battle. As soon as the young women had got out of sight he hastened to Waialua and arrayed himself in the rough and shaggy wreaths of uki from the lagoons of Ukoa and of hinahina from Kealia. Thus arrayed, he alighted behind the lame marshal as he climbed the hill at Napeha, slapped him on the back, exchanged greetings with him, and received a compliment on his speed; and when asked whence he came, he answered from Waialua. The shrewd, observant cripple recognized the wreaths as being those of Waialua, but he did not recognize the man, for the wreaths with which Kalelealuaka had decorated himself were of such a color--brownish gray--as to give him the appearance of a man of middle age. He lifted the cripple as before, and set him down on the brow of Puowaina (Punch Bowl Hill), and received from the grateful cripple, as a reward for his service, all the land of Waialua for his own.

朝、軍が出たあと、カレレアルアカは妻たちに言った。「瓢箪の口を下に向けて汲んだ水が飲みたくてたまらない。口を上に向けて汲んだものではうまくない。」さて、カレレアルアカは、そのやり方では瓢箪を満たせないことを知っていたが、二人の若い妻に自分の不思議な飛翔を知られないために、この策を用いたのである。若い妻たちが見えなくなるやいなや、彼はワイアルアへ急ぎ、ウコアの潟のウキと、ケアリアのヒナヒナの、ごわごわと毛羽立った花輪を身にまとった。こうして装って、ナペハの丘を登る足の悪い差配のうしろに降り立ち、その背を叩き、挨拶を交わして、足の速さをほめられた。そしてどこから来たのかと問われて、ワイアルアからと答えた。抜け目なく目の利くこの差配は、花輪がワイアルアのものだと見抜いたが、男が誰かは分からなかった。カレレアルアカの飾った花輪は灰茶色をしていて、彼を中年の男のように見せていたからである。彼は前と同じように差配を抱え上げ、プオワイナ(パンチボウルの丘)の額に下ろし、そしてその働きの礼として、感謝する差配からワイアルアの地をすべて自分のものとして受け取った。

This done, Kalelealuaka repeated the performances of the previous battle. The enemy melted away before him, whichever way he turned. He stayed his hand only when he had slain the captain of the host and stripped him of his feather cloak and helmet, taking also his right ear and little finger. The speed with which Kalelealuaka returned to his home at Puuloa was like the flight of a bird. The spoils and trophies of this battle he disposed of as before.

それが済むと、カレレアルアカは前の戦と同じことを繰り返した。敵は彼が向かうどの方角でも溶けるように崩れた。彼は敵軍の将を討ち、その羽根の外套と兜を剥ぎ取り、右の耳と小指も取ってから、ようやく手を止めた。カレレアルアカがプウロアの家へ帰る速さは鳥の飛翔のようであった。この戦の分捕り品と証も、前と同じように始末した。

The two young women, Kalelealuaka's wives, turned the nozzle of the water-gourd downward, as they were bidden, and continued to press it into the water, in the vain hope that it might rise and fill their container, until the noonday sun began to pour his rays directly upon their heads; but no water entered their calabash. Then the younger sister proposed to the elder to fill the calabash in the usual way, saying that Kalelealuaka would not know the difference. This they did, and returned home.

カレレアルアカの二人の若い妻は、言われたとおりに水の瓢箪の口を下に向け、水が上がってきて器を満たすかもしれないというむなしい望みを抱いて、押し込みつづけた。とうとう真昼の日が頭の真上から照りつけるようになったが、瓢箪には水が一滴も入らなかった。そこで妹が姉に、いつものやり方で瓢箪を満たそう、カレレアルアカには違いが分かるまい、と言い出した。二人はそのとおりにして家に帰った。

Kalelealuaka would not drink of the water, declaring that it had been dipped up. At this the younger wife laughed furtively; the elder broke forth and said: "It is due to the slowness of the way you told us to employ in getting the water. We are not accustomed to the menial office of fetching water; our father treated us delicately, and a man always fetched water for us, and we always used to see him pour the water into the gourd with the nozzle turned up, but you trickily ordered us to turn the nozzle down. Your exactions are heartless."

カレレアルアカはその水を飲もうとせず、これは汲み上げたものだと言い切った。これに妹はこっそり笑い、姉は堪えかねて言った。「それは、あなたが水を汲むのに教えたやり方が遅すぎるからです。わたしたちは水汲みのような下働きに慣れていません。父はわたしたちを大切に育て、水はいつも男が汲んできてくれました。そしてその人が瓢箪の口を上に向けて水を注ぐのをいつも見てきたのです。それなのにあなたは意地悪く、口を下に向けろとお命じになった。あなたの求めることは情け知らずです。」

Thus the women kept complaining until, by and by, the tramp of the returning soldiers was heard, who were boasting of the great deeds of Keinohoomanawanui. The King, however, said: "I do not believe a word of your talk; when my cripple comes he will tell me the truth. I do not believe that Keinohoomanawanui is an athlete. Such is the opinion I have formed of him. But there is a powerful man, Kalelealuaka,--if he were to go into battle I am confident he would perform wonders. Such is the opinion I have formed of him, after careful study."

こうして妻たちが不平を言いつづけていると、やがて帰ってくる兵たちの足音が聞こえ、彼らはケイノホオマナワヌイの大手柄を誇っていた。けれども王は言った。「おまえたちの話はひと言も信じぬ。わが足の不自由な者が帰れば、本当のことを話してくれよう。ケイノホオマナワヌイが豪の者だとは思えぬ。わしはあの男をそう見ておる。だが力ある男がいる、カレレアルアカだ——もしあの者が戦に出たなら、必ずや不思議なことをやってのけると確信する。よくよく見たうえで、わしはあの者をそう見ておるのだ。」

So the King waited for the return of the cripple until night, and all night until nearly dawn. When finally the lame marshal arrived, the King prudently abstained from questioning him until he had rested a while and taken breath; then he obtained from him the whole story of this new hero from Waialua, whose name he did not know, but who, he declared, resembled the King's son-in-law, Kalelealuaka.

こうして王は夜になっても、さらに夜明け近くまで、足の不自由な者の帰りを待った。とうとう足の悪い差配が着くと、王は用心深く、彼がしばらく休んで息をつくまで問うのを控えた。それから、ワイアルアから来たというこの新しい英雄の話をすべて聞き出した。差配はその名を知らなかったが、王の婿カレレアルアカに似ていると言い切った。

Again, on a certain day, came the report of an attack by Kualii at Kulaokahua, and the battle was to be on the morrow. The cripple, as usual, started off the evening before. In the morning, Kalelealuaka called to his wives, and said: "Where are you? Wake up. I wish you to bake a fowl for me. Do it thus: Pluck it; do not cut it open, but remove the inwards through the opening behind; then stuff it with luau from the same end, and bake it; by no means cut it open, lest you spoil the taste of it."

またある日、クラオカフアでクアリイが攻めてくるとの報せがあり、戦は翌日と決まった。足の不自由な者はいつものように前の晩に発った。朝、カレレアルアカは妻たちに呼びかけて言った。「どこにいる。起きてくれ。鶏を一羽焼いてほしい。こうするのだ。羽をむしり、腹を切り開かずに、うしろの穴から内臓を抜き取る。それから同じ穴からルアウを詰めて焼くのだ。決して切り開くな、味が台なしになる。」

As soon as they had left the house he flew to Kahuku and adorned his neck with wreaths of the pandanus fruit and his head with the flowers of the sugar cane, thus entirely changing his appearance and making him look like a gray-haired old man. As on previous days, he paused behind the cripple and greeted him with a friendly slap on the back. Then he kindly lifted the lame man and set him down at Puowaina. In return for this act of kindness the cripple gave him the district of Koolau.

二人が家を出るやいなや、彼はカフクへ飛び、首にパンダヌスの実の花輪を、頭に砂糖きびの花を飾って、姿をすっかり変え、白髪の老人のように見せた。前の日々と同じように、足の不自由な者のうしろで足を止め、親しげにその背を叩いて挨拶した。それからこの足の悪い男を優しく抱え上げ、プオワイナに下ろした。この親切の返礼に、差配は彼にコオラウの地方を与えた。

In this battle he first slew those soldiers in Kakuhihewa's army who had spoken ill of him. Then he turned his hand against the warriors of Kualii, smiting them as with the stroke of lightning, and displaying miraculous powers. When he had reached the captain of Kualii's force, he killed him and despoiled his body of his feather cloak and helmet, taking also a little finger and toe. With these he flew to the cripple, whom he lifted and bore in his flight as far as Waipio, and there dropped him at a point just below where the water bursts forth at Waipahu.

この戦で彼はまず、カクヒヘワの軍のなかで自分を悪く言った兵たちを討った。それから手をクアリイの戦士たちに向け、稲妻の一撃のように打ちすえ、不思議な力を示した。クアリイの軍の将のところまで来ると、これを討ち、その体から羽根の外套と兜を剥ぎ取り、小指と足の指も取った。それらを持って足の不自由な者のもとへ飛び、彼を抱え上げてワイピオまで運び、ワイパフで水がわき出るすぐ下手のあたりに下ろした。

Arrived at his house, Kalelealuaka, after disposing of his spoils, lay down and slept. After he had slept several hours, his wives came along in none too pleased a mood and awoke him, saying his meat was cooked. Kalelealuaka merely answered that it was so late his appetite had gone, and he did not care to eat.

家に着くと、カレレアルアカは分捕り品を始末してから横になって眠った。何時間か眠ったころ、妻たちがまるで機嫌のよくない様子でやって来て彼を起こし、肉が焼けましたと言った。カレレアルアカはただ、遅くなりすぎて食欲が失せたから食べる気はない、と答えた。

At this slight his wives said: "Well, now, do you think we are accustomed to work? We ought to live without work, like a king's daughters, and when the men have prepared the food then we should go and eat it."

この仕打ちに妻たちは言った。「まあ、わたしたちが働きに慣れているとでもお思いですか。わたしたちは王の娘らしく、働かずに暮らすべきなのです。そして男たちが食べ物を用意したら、それを食べに行くべきなのです。」

The women were still muttering over their grievance, when along came the soldiers, boasting of the powers of Keinohoomanawanui, and as they passed Kalelealuaka's door they said it were well if the two wives of this fellow, who lounges at home in time of war, were given to such a brave and noble warrior as Keinohoomanawanui.

妻たちがなおも不平をつぶやいていると、そこへ兵たちが通りかかり、ケイノホオマナワヌイの力を誇っていた。そしてカレレアルアカの戸口を過ぎるとき、戦の最中に家でごろごろしているこの男の二人の妻は、ケイノホオマナワヌイのような勇敢で気高い戦士にこそ与えられるべきだ、と言った。

The sun was just sinking below the ocean when the footsteps of the cripple were heard at the King's door, which he entered, sitting down within. After a short time the King asked him about the battle. "The valor and prowess of this third man were even greater than those of the previous ones; yet all three resemble each other. This day, however, he first avenged himself by slaying those who had spoken ill of him. He killed the captain of Kualii's army and took his feather cloak and helmet. On my return he lifted me as far as Waipahu."

日がちょうど海に沈もうとするころ、足の不自由な者の足音が王の戸口に聞こえ、彼は中に入って座った。しばらくして王が戦のことを尋ねた。「この三人目の男の勇気と武勇は、前の二人のものよりもさらに大きなものでした。それでいて三人とも互いによく似ております。けれども今日は、まず自分を悪く言った者たちを討って仕返しをしました。クアリイの軍の将を討ち、その羽根の外套と兜を奪いました。帰りには、わたしをワイパフまで運んでくれました。」

In a few days again came a report that Kualii had an army at a place called Kahapaakai, in Nuuanu. Maliuhaaino immediately marshalled his forces and started for the scene of battle the same evening.

数日のうちに、またクアリイがヌウアヌのカハパアカイという場所に軍を置いたとの報せがあった。マリウハアイノはただちに兵をまとめ、その晩のうちに戦場へ発った。

Early the next morning Kalelealuaka awakened his wives, and said to them: "Let us breakfast, but do you two eat quietly in your own house, and I in my house with the dogs; and do not come until I call you." So they did, and the two women went and breakfasted by themselves. At his own house Kalelealuaka ordered Kaluhe to stir up the dogs and keep them barking until his return. Then he sprang away and lighted at Kapakakolea, where he overtook the cripple, whom, after the usual interchange of greetings, he lifted, and set down at a place called Waolani.

翌朝早く、カレレアルアカは妻たちを起こして言った。「朝食にしよう。だがおまえたち二人は自分たちの家で静かに食べ、わたしは自分の家で犬たちと食べる。呼ぶまで来てはならぬ。」二人はそのとおりにして、自分たちだけで朝食をとった。カレレアルアカは自分の家でカルヘに、自分が帰るまで犬をけしかけて吠えさせておけと命じた。それから跳び去って、カパカコレアに降り立ち、そこで足の不自由な者に追いついた。いつもの挨拶を交わしてから彼を抱え上げ、ワオラニという場所に下ろした。

On this day his first action was to smite and slay those who had reviled him at his own door. That done, he made a great slaughter among the soldiers of Kualii; then, turning, he seized Keinohoomanawanui, threw him down and asked him how he became blinded in one eye.

この日の最初の働きは、自分の戸口で自分をののしった者たちを打ち殺すことだった。それが済むと、クアリイの兵たちのあいだで大殺戮を行った。それから向き直ってケイノホオマナワヌイをつかみ、投げ倒して、どうして片目が見えなくなったのかと尋ねた。

"It was lost," said the Sloven, "from the thrust of a spear, in a combat with Olopana."

「あれは」とずぼらは言った。「オロパナとの戦いで、槍に突かれて失ったのだ。」

"Yes, to be sure," said Kalelealuaka, "while you and I were living together at Wailuku, you being on one side of the stream and I on the other, a kukui nut burst in the fire, and that was the spear that put out your eye."

「なるほど、そのとおりだ」とカレレアルアカは言った。「おまえとわたしがワイルクで一緒に暮らしていたころ、おまえは流れのこちら側、わたしは向こう側にいた。そのとき火のなかでククイの実がはぜた。それがおまえの目をつぶした槍だ。」

When the Sloven heard this, he hung his head. Then Kalelealuaka seized him to put him to death, when the spear of the Sloven pierced the fleshy part of Kalelealuaka's left arm, and in plucking it out the spear-head remained in the wound.

ずぼらはこれを聞いて頭を垂れた。それからカレレアルアカは彼を殺そうとつかみかかったが、そのときずぼらの槍がカレレアルアカの左腕の肉の部分を貫き、引き抜くときに穂先が傷のなかに残った。

Kalelealuaka killed Keinohoomanawanui and beheaded him, and, running to the cripple, laid the trophy at his feet with the words: "I present you, Maliuhaaino, with the head of Keinohoomanawanui." This done, he returned to the battle, and went on slaying until he had advanced to the captain of Kualii's forces, whom he killed and spoiled of his feather cloak and helmet.

カレレアルアカはケイノホオマナワヌイを殺してその首を刎ね、足の不自由な者のもとへ走って、その足もとに証を置いてこう言った。「マリウハアイノよ、ケイノホオマナワヌイの首を進呈する。」それが済むと戦に戻り、殺しつづけて、とうとうクアリイの軍の将のところまで進み、これを討ってその羽根の外套と兜を剥ぎ取った。

When Kualii saw that his chief captain, the bulwark of his power, was slain, he retreated and fled up Nuuanu Valley, pursued by Kalelealuaka, who overtook him at the head of the valley. Here Kualii surrendered himself, saying: "Spare my life. The land shall all go to Kakuhihewa, and I will dwell on it as a loyal subject under him and create no disturbance as long as I live."

クアリイは、自分の力の支えである筆頭の将が討たれたのを見ると、退いてヌウアヌの谷を逃げ上った。カレレアルアカが追い、谷の奥で追いついた。ここでクアリイは降参して言った。「命を助けてくれ。この地はすべてカクヒヘワのものとなり、わたしはその忠実な臣としてそこに住み、生きているかぎり騒ぎを起こさぬ。」

To this the hero replied: "Well said! I spare your life on these terms. But if you at any time foment a rebellion, I will take your life! So, then, return, and live quietly at home and do not stir up any war in Koolau." Thus warned, Kaulii set out to return to the "deep blue palis of Koolau."

これに英雄は答えた。「よく言った! その条件で命は助けよう。だがもしいつか反乱を企てたなら、そのときは命をもらう! さあ帰って、家で静かに暮らし、コオラウで戦を起こすな。」こう戒められて、クアリイは「コオラウの深く青いパリ」へ帰っていった。

While the lame marshal was trudging homeward, bearing the head of the Sloven, Kalelealuaka alighted from his flight at his house, and having disposed in his usual manner of his spoils, immediately called to his wives to rejoin him at his own house.

足の悪い差配がずぼらの首を携えてとぼとぼと家路をたどっているあいだに、カレレアルアカは飛翔を終えて自分の家に降り立ち、いつものやり方で分捕り品を始末して、すぐに妻たちを自分の家へ呼び戻した。

The next morning, after the sun was warm, the cripple arrived at the house of the King in a state of great excitement, and was immediately questioned by him as to the issue of the battle, "The battle was altogether successful," said the marshal, "but Keinohoomanawanui was killed. I brought his head along with me and placed it on the altar mauka of Kalawao. But I would advise you to send at once your fleetest runners through Kona and Koolau, commanding everybody to assemble in one place, that I may review them and pick out and vaunt as the bravest that one whom I shall recognize by certain marks--for I have noted him well: he is wounded in the left arm."

翌朝、日が暖かくなったころ、足の不自由な者がたいそう興奮した様子で王の家に着き、ただちに戦の結末を問われた。「戦はまったくの勝利でした」と差配は言った。「けれどもケイノホオマナワヌイが討たれました。その首を持ち帰って、カラワオのマウカの祭壇に置いてまいりました。けれども、いますぐいちばん足の速い走者をコナとコオラウへ送り、みなを一か所に集めるよう命じることをお勧めします。わたしがそれを見分して、あるしるしで見分けられる一人を、最も勇ましい者として選び出し、称えられるように。よく見ておいたのです。その者は左腕に傷を負っております。」

Now, Kakuhihewa's two swiftest runners (kukini) were Keakealani and Kuhelemoana. They were so fleet that they could compass Oahu six times in a forenoon, or twelve times in a whole day. These two were sent to call together all the men of the King's domain. The men of Waianae came that same day and stood in review on the sandy plains of Puuloa. But among them all was not one who bore the marks sought for. Then came the men of Kona, of Waialua, and of Koolau, but the man was not found.

さて、カクヒヘワのいちばん足の速い二人の走者(クキニ)はケアケアラニとクヘレモアナであった。二人は、午前のうちにオアフを六周、まる一日なら十二周できるほど速かった。この二人が遣わされて、王の領内の男たちをみな呼び集めた。ワイアナエの男たちはその日のうちに来て、プウロアの砂の平原に並んだ。けれどもそのなかに、求めるしるしを持つ者は一人もいなかった。それからコナの男たちが、ワイアルアの男たちが、コオラウの男たちが来たが、その男は見つからなかった。

Then the lame marshal came and stood before the King and said: "Your bones shall rest in peace, Kalani. You had better send now and summon your son-in-law to come and stand before me; for he is the man." Then Kakuhihewa arose and went himself to the house of his son-in-law, and called to his daughters that he had come to get their husband to go and stand before Maliuhaaino.

そこで足の悪い差配が王の前に立って言った。「あなたの骨は安らかに憩うでしょう、カラニよ。婿どのを呼んで、わたしの前に立たせてください。その者こそあの男です。」するとカクヒヘワは立ち上がって自ら婿の家へ行き、娘たちに、夫をマリウハアイノの前に立たせに来てもらいに来た、と告げた。

Then Kalelealuaka lifted up the mats of his bed and took out the feather cloaks and the helmets and arrayed his two wives, and Kaluhe, and himself. Putting them in line, he stationed the elder of his wives first, next to her the younger, and third Kaluhe, and placing himself at the rear of the file, he gave the order to march, and thus accompanied he went forth to obey the King's command.

そこでカレレアルアカは寝床の敷物を持ち上げて羽根の外套と兜を取り出し、二人の妻と、カルヘと、自分自身を装わせた。一列に並べて、姉の妻を先頭に、その次に妹を、三番目にカルヘを立たせ、自分は列のいちばんうしろに立って、進めと号令し、こうして連れ立って王の命に応じに出かけた。

The lame marshal saw them coming, and in ecstasy he prostrated himself and rolled over in the dust, "The feather cloak and the helmet on your elder daughter are the ones taken from the captain of Kualii's army in the first day's fight; those on your second daughter from the captain of the second day's fight; while those on Kalelealuaka himself are from the captain killed in the battle on the fourth day. You will live, but perhaps I shall die, since he is weary of carrying me."

足の悪い差配は一行が来るのを見て、恍惚として身を伏し、塵のなかを転げ回った。「上のお嬢さまの羽根の外套と兜は、最初の日の戦でクアリイの軍の将から奪ったもの。二番目のお嬢さまのものは二日目の戦の将から。そしてカレレアルアカ自身のものは、四日目の戦で討たれた将のものです。あなたは生き永らえましょう。けれどもわたしは死ぬかもしれません。この者はわたしを運ぶのに飽いておりますから。」

The lame marshal went on praising and eulogizing Kalelealuaka as he drew near. Then addressing the hero, he said: "I recognize you, having met you before. Now show your left arm to the King and to this whole assembly, that they may see where you were wounded by the spear."

足の悪い差配は、近づきながらカレレアルアカを称えたたえつづけた。それから英雄に向かって言った。「あなたが誰か分かります。前にお会いしましたから。さあ、左腕を王とこの集まりすべてに見せてください。槍で傷を負ったところを、みなが見られるように。」

Then Kalelealuaka bared his left arm and displayed his wound to the astonished multitude. Thereupon Kakuhihewa said: "Kalelealuaka and my daughters, do you take charge of the kingdom, and I will pass into the ranks of the common people under you."

そこでカレレアルアカは左腕をあらわにし、驚く人々にその傷を示した。するとカクヒヘワは言った。「カレレアルアカと、わが娘たちよ、この国を治めよ。わしはおまえたちの下の、ただの民の列に加わろう。」

After this a new arrangement of the lands was made, and the country had peace until the death of Kakuhihewa; Kalelealuaka also lived peacefully until death took him.

このあと土地の割り当てが新たに定められ、国はカクヒヘワの死まで平穏であった。カレレアルアカもまた、死が訪れるまで安らかに暮らした。