Aiai, Son of Ku-ula: Part Ii of the Legend of Ku-ula, the Fish God of Hawaii

After the death of the King of Hana, Aiai left the people of Haneoo catching hinalea and went to Kumaka, a place where fresh water springs out from the sand and rocks near the surf of Puhele, at Hamoa, where lay a large, long stone in the sea. This stone he raised upright and also placed others about the water spring, and said to his friend: "To-day I name this stone Ku-a-lanakila, for I have triumphed over my enemies; and I hereby declare that all fishes, crabs, and sea-moss shall return again in plenty throughout the seas of Hana, as in the days when my parents were living in the flesh at Lehoula."

ハナの王が死んだのち、アイアイはヒナレアを獲っているハネオオの人々のもとを離れ、クマカへ行った。そこはハモアのプヘレの波の近く、砂と岩から真水がわき出る場所で、海のなかに大きく長い石が横たわっていた。アイアイはこの石をまっすぐに立て、また泉のまわりにもほかの石を据えて、友に言った。「きょう、わたしはこの石をク・ア・ラナキラと名づける。わたしは敵に勝ったからだ。そしてここに宣する。両親がレホウラで肉の身をもって暮らしていたころのように、魚も蟹も海藻も、ハナの海じゅうにふたたび豊かに戻るであろう。」

From the time Aiai raised this stone, up to the present generation, the story of Ku-ula and Aiai is well preserved, and people have flocked to the place where the stone stands to see it and verify the tradition. Some kahunas advise their suffering patients to pay a visit to the stone, Ku-lanakila, with some offerings for relief from their sickness and also to bathe in the spring of Kumaka and the surf of Puhele. This was a favorite spot of the kings and chiefs of the olden times for bathing and surf-riding, and is often referred to in the stories and legends of Hawaii-nei. This was the first stone raised by Aiai and established as a ku-ula at Hamoa; and the old people of Hana attributed to its influence the return of the fish to their waters.

アイアイがこの石を立てたときから今の代に至るまで、クウラとアイアイの話はよく伝えられていて、人々はその石の立つ場所へ、それを見て言い伝えを確かめようと集まってきた。カフナのなかには、苦しむ病人に、供え物を携えてク・ラナキラの石を訪ね、病の癒やしを乞い、またクマカの泉とプヘレの波に身を浸すようにと勧める者もいる。ここはいにしえの王や首長たちが水浴びと波乗りを好んだ場所で、ハワイの物語や伝説にしばしば出てくる。これがアイアイがハモアで立て、クウラとして定めた最初の石であり、ハナの古老たちは、魚が自分たちの海に戻ってきたのはこの石の力によるとした。

After Aiai's practice of his father's instructions and the return of the fishes, his fame spread throughout the district, and the people made much of him during his stay with them.

アイアイが父の教えを実地に行い、魚が戻ってきてのち、その名声は地方じゅうに広まり、人々は彼が滞在するあいだ、たいそう厚くもてなした。

A great service wrought by Aiai during his boyhood was the teaching of his friend and his friend's parents how to make the various nets for all kinds of fishing. He also taught them to make the different kinds of fishing lines. When they were skilled in all these branches of knowledge pertaining to fishing, he called the people together, and in their presence declared his friend to be the head fisherman of Hana, with full control of all the stations (ko'a ia) he had established. This wonder-working power second to none, possessed by Aiai, he now conferred on his friend, whereby his own name would be perpetuated and his fame established all over the land.

少年時代のアイアイが果たした大きな務めは、友とその両親に、あらゆる漁のためのさまざまな網の作り方を教えたことである。またさまざまな釣り糸の作り方も教えた。彼らが漁に関わるこれらの知識のすべてに長けたとき、アイアイは人々を集め、その面前で、友をハナの漁頭とし、自分の定めたすべての漁場(コア・イア)を差配する権を与えると宣した。アイアイの持つ、並ぶもののないこの不思議な力を、彼は今や友に授けたのである。それによって自分の名も永く伝えられ、その誉れも国じゅうに打ち立てられるのであった。

The first ko'a ia (fishing ground, or station) where Aiai measured the depth of the sea is near Aleamai, his birthplace, and is called Kapukaulua, where he hooked and killed the eel Koona. It is a few miles from the shore to the southeast of the rocky islet called Alau. The second station he established was at a spot about a mile from Haneoo and Hamoa which was for the kala, palani, nanue, puhi, and ula. These varieties of fish are not caught by nets, or with the hook, but in baskets which are filled with bait and let down in the deep sea.

アイアイが海の深さを測った最初のコア・イア(漁場、すなわち漁のよりどころ)は、生まれ故郷アレアマイの近くにあり、カプカウルアと呼ばれる。彼が鰻コオナを釣り上げて殺した場所である。アラウという岩の小島の南東、岸から数マイルのところにある。二番目に定めた漁場は、ハネオオとハモアから一マイルほどの場所で、カラ、パラニ、ナヌエ、プヒ、ウラのためのものだった。これらの魚は網でも釣り針でも獲れず、餌を詰めたかごを深い海に沈めて獲る。

The third station, which he named Koauli, was located out in the deep sea for the deep sea fishes, the depth ranging about two hundred fathoms. This is the ko'a that fishermen have to locate by certain shore bearings, lest a mistake be made as to the exact spot and the bottom be found rocky and the hooks entangle in the coral. In all the stations Aiai located there are no coral ledges where the fisherman's hook would catch, or the line be entangled; and old Hawaiians commended the skill of such locations, believing that the success of Aiai's work was due to his father's influence as an ocean deity.

三番目の漁場は、彼がコアウリと名づけたもので、深い海の魚のために沖に定められ、深さは二百尋ほどである。ここは、漁師が陸の目印できちんと場所を定めねばならないコアで、さもないと場所を取り違え、底が岩だらけで珊瑚に針が引っかかってしまう。アイアイの定めた漁場には、漁師の針が引っかかったり糸がからまったりするような珊瑚の棚はどこにもない。古いハワイの人々はその場所選びの妙をほめ、アイアイの働きの首尾は、海の神である父の力によるものだと信じていた。

At one time Aiai went over to the bay of Wananalua, the present port of Hana, with its noted hill of Kauiki and the sandy beach of Pueokahi. Here he made and placed a ku-ula, and also placed a fish stone in the cliff of Kauiki whereon is the ko'a known as Makakiloia. And the people of Hana give credit to this stone for the frequent appearance of the akule, oio, moi, and other fishes in their waters.

あるときアイアイは、今のハナの港であるワナナルアの湾へ行った。そこには名高いカウイキの丘と、プエオカヒの砂浜がある。ここで彼はクウラを作って据え、またカウイキの崖にも魚の石を据えた。その上にあるのがマカキロイアとして知られるコアである。ハナの人々は、アクレ、オイオ、モイなどの魚がしばしば自分たちの海に現れるのを、この石のおかげとしている。

Aiai's good work did not stop at this point; proceeding to Honomaele he picked up three pebbles at the shore and, going into the sea, out beyond the breaking surf, he placed them there. In due time these three pebbles gathered others together and made a regular ridge; and when this was accomplished, the aweoweo gathered from the far ocean to this ridge of pebbles for rest; whereupon the people came with net, hook, and line, and caught them as they desired. The writer witnessed this in 1845 with his own eyes. This ko'a for aweoweo is still there, but difficult to locate, from the fact that all the old residents are gone--either dead or moved away.

アイアイのよい働きはここで止まらなかった。ホノマエレへ進むと、浜で小石を三つ拾い、海に入って砕け波の外まで行き、そこにそれを据えた。やがてこの三つの小石はほかの石を集めて、ひとつながりの瀬をなした。それができあがると、アウェオウェオがはるかな沖からこの小石の瀬へ休みにやって来るようになった。そこで人々は網と針と糸を持って来て、思うままに獲った。これを書いている者は 1845 年にそれをこの目で見た。アウェオウェオのためのこのコアは今もそこにあるが、古い住人がみないなくなり——死んだか、よそへ移ったかして——場所を突きとめるのは難しい。

He next went over to Waiohue, Koolau, where he placed a stone on a sharp rocky islet, called Paka, whereon a few puhala grow. It is claimed that during the season of the kala, they come in from the ocean, attracted to this locality by the power of this stone. They continue on to Mokumana, a cape between Keanae and Wailuanui. They come in gradually for two days, and on the third day of their reaching the coast, at the pali of Ohea, is the time and place to surround them with nets. In olden times while the fishermen were hauling in their nets full of kala into the canoes, the akule and oio also came in numbers at the same time, making it impossible to catch all in one day; and as there were so many gathered in the net it took them a day and a night before they could care for their draught, which yielded so many more than could be made use of that they were fed to the pigs and dogs. The kala of Ohea is noted for its fatness and fine flavor. Few people are now living there, and the people who knew all about this are dead; but the stone that Aiai placed on that little island at Waiohue is still there.

彼は次にコオラウのワイオフエへ行き、パカと呼ばれる鋭くとがった岩の小島に石を据えた。そこにはプハラが数本生えている。カラの季節には、この石の力に引かれて沖から魚がやって来ると言われる。それはケアナエとワイルアヌイのあいだの岬モクマナまで進む。二日かけて次第に岸へ寄り、岸に着いて三日目、オヘアのパリのところが、網で囲むべき時と場所である。いにしえには、漁師がカラで満ちた網を舟に引き上げているあいだに、アクレとオイオも同時に群れをなして来るので、一日で全部を獲ることはできなかった。網に集まった魚があまりに多く、その獲物を始末するのに一日一晩かかり、使い切れないほど多く獲れたので、豚や犬に食わせたほどである。オヘアのカラは脂が乗って味がよいことで名高い。今そこに住む人は少なく、このことをよく知っていた人々は亡くなっている。けれどもアイアイがワイオフエのあの小さな島に据えた石は今もそこにある。

Aiai stayed there a few days and then returned to Hana and lived at his birthplace quite a length of time till he was a man grown. During this period he was teaching his art of fishing in all its forms; and when he was satisfied the people were proficient, he prepared to visit other places for like service. But before leaving, Aiai told his friend to go and kill the big hee kupua (wonderful octopus) in the deep sea, right out of Wailuanui, Koolau, and he consented.

アイアイは数日そこにとどまり、それからハナへ戻って、生まれ故郷にかなり長いあいだ暮らし、やがて一人前の男になった。このあいだ彼は、漁の技のあらゆる形を教えていた。そして人々が十分に身につけたと満足すると、同じ務めのためによその土地を訪ねる支度をした。けれども去る前に、アイアイは友に、コオラウのワイルアヌイのすぐ沖の深い海にいる大きなヘエ・クプア(不思議な蛸)を殺しに行けと告げ、友は承知した。

When the canoes were made ready and drawn to the beach and the people came prepared to start, Aiai brought the hokeo (fishing gourd), where the leho (kauri shell) that Ku-ula his father gave him was kept, and gave it to his friend. This shell is called lehoula, and the locality at Hana of that name was called after it.

舟の支度が整って浜へ引き出され、人々が出発の用意をして集まると、アイアイはホケオ(漁の瓢箪)を持ってきた。そのなかには父クウラから授かったレホ(宝貝)が収められていた。彼はそれを友に渡した。この貝はレホウラと呼ばれ、ハナのその名の土地は、これにちなんで名づけられたのである。

Then the canoes and people sailed away till they got out along the palis near Kopiliula, where they rested. Aiai was not with the party, but overlooked their operations from the pali of Puhiai. While they rested, preparation for the lowering of the leho was being made, and when ready, Aiai's friend called on Ku-ula and Hina for the assistance of their wonderful powers. When he was through, he took off the covering of the gourd and took out the leho, which had rich beautiful colors like the rainbow, and attaching it to the line, he lowered it into the sea, where it sent out rays of a fiery light. The hee was so attracted by its radiance that it came out of its hole and with its great arms, which were as long and large as a full-grown cocoanut tree, came up to the surface of the water and stood there like a cocoanut grove. The men were frightened, for it approached and went right into the canoes with the intention of destroying them and the men and capturing the leho; but it failed, because Aiai's friend, with his skill and power, had provided himself with a stone, which, at the proper time, he shoved into the head of the squid; and the weight of the stone drew it down to the bottom of the sea and kept it there, and being powerless to remove the stone, it died. The men seized and cut off one of the arms, which was so big that it loaded the canoes down so that they returned to Hana. When the squid died, it turned to stone. It is pointed out to-day just outside of Wailuanui, where a stone formation resembles the body of a squid and the arms, with one missing.

それから舟と人々は漕ぎ出し、コピリウラの近くの崖のあたりまで来て休んだ。アイアイはその一行にはおらず、プヒアイの崖の上からその働きを見下ろしていた。人々が休むあいだにレホを沈める支度が整えられ、用意ができると、アイアイの友はクウラとヒナに、その不思議な力の助けを乞うた。唱え終えると、瓢箪の覆いを取ってレホを取り出した。それは虹のように豊かで美しい色をしていた。それを糸に結びつけて海へ沈めると、そこから火のような光の筋が放たれた。ヘエはその輝きに引かれて穴から出てきた。十分に育った椰子の木ほども長く太い腕を持ち、水の面まで上がってきて、椰子の木立のようにそこに立った。人々は恐れた。それは近づいてきて、舟と人を滅ぼしレホを奪おうと、そのまま舟のなかへ入ってきたからである。けれどもそれは果たせなかった。アイアイの友は、その技と力によって石を用意しておき、頃合いを見てそれを蛸の頭に押し込んだのである。石の重みで蛸は海の底へ引き下ろされ、そこに留められ、石を取り除く力もなくて死んだ。人々は腕を一本つかんで切り落としたが、それはあまりに大きかったので舟が沈むほどになり、一行はハナへ戻った。蛸は死ぬと石に変わった。それは今日、ワイルアヌイのすぐ沖で指し示されていて、そこの岩の形は蛸の胴と腕にそっくりで、腕が一本欠けている。

When Aiai saw from the pali that his friend was successful in killing the hee, he returned to Hana unseen, and in a short while the canoes arrived with its arm, which was divided among the people according to the directions of Aiai.

アイアイは崖の上から、友がヘエを殺すのに成功したのを見ると、人知れずハナへ戻った。まもなく舟がその腕を積んで着き、アイアイの指図に従って人々に分けられた。

When Aiai saw that his friend and others of Hana were skilled in all the art of fishing, he decided to leave his birthplace and journey elsewhere. So he called a council of his friends and told them of his intended departure, to establish other fishing stations and instruct the people with all the knowledge thereof in conformity with the injunction of Ku-ula his father. They approved of the course contemplated and expressed their indebtedness to him for all the benefits he had shown them.

アイアイは、友もハナのほかの者たちも漁の技のすべてに長けたのを見て、生まれ故郷を離れ、よそへ旅立とうと決めた。そこで友人たちを集めて、旅立つ意向を告げ、父クウラの言いつけに従って、ほかにも漁場を定め、その知識のすべてを人々に教えるのだと語った。人々はその考えをよしとし、彼から受けたすべての恵みへの感謝を述べた。

On leaving Aleamai he took with him the fish-hook, manaiaakalani, and the fish pearl, Kahuoi, for aku from the little cave where he had lodged on the hill of Kaiwiopele, and then disappeared in the mysterious manner of his parents. He established ku-ulas and ko'a aina, by placing three fish stones at various points as far as Kipahulu. At the streams of Kikoo and Maulili there stands a stone to-day, which was thrown by Aiai and dropped at a bend in the waters, unmoved by the many freshets that have swept the valleys since that time.

アレアマイを去るにあたり、アイアイはカイウィオペレの丘にあった、かつて身を寄せた小さな洞穴から、釣り針マナイアアカラニと、アク(鰹)のための魚の真珠カフオイを携えていった。そして両親と同じ不思議なやり方で姿を消した。彼はキパフルまでの各地に三つの魚の石を据え、クウラとコア・アイナを定めた。キコオとマウリリの流れのところには今日も石が立っていて、それはアイアイが投げて水の曲がりに落ちたもので、その後この谷を洗った幾多の増水にも動かされていない。

Out in the sea of Maulili is a famous station known as Koanui. It is about a mile from the shore and marks the boundary of the sea of Maulili, and the fish that appear periodically and are caught within its limits have been subject to a division between the fishermen and the landowner ever since. This is a station where the fisherman's hook shall not return without a fish except the hook be lost, or the line cut.

マウリリの沖には、コアヌイとして知られる名高い漁場がある。岸から一マイルほどのところで、マウリリの海の境をなし、その内で季節ごとに現れて獲られる魚は、それ以来ずっと漁師と地主とで分けることになっている。ここは、針を失うか糸を切られるかしないかぎり、漁師の針が魚をつけずに戻ってくることのない漁場である。

The first time that Aiai tested this station and caught a fish with his noted hook, he saw a fisherman in his canoe drifting idly, without success. When he saw Aiai, this fisherman, called Kanemakua, paddled till he came close to where Aiai was floating on an improvised canoe, a wiliwili log, without an outrigger,--which much surprised him. Before the fisherman reached him, Aiai felt a tug at his line and knew that he had caught a fish and began pulling it in. When Kanemakua came within speaking distance Aiai greeted him and gave him the fish, putting it into his canoe. Kanemakua was made happy and thanked Aiai for his generosity. While putting it in the canoe Aiai said:

アイアイが初めてこの漁場を試し、名高い針で魚を釣ったとき、彼は一人の漁師が舟のなかで何も獲れずにぼんやり漂っているのを見た。カネマクアというその漁師は、アイアイを見ると、アイアイが間に合わせの舟——アウトリガーのないウィリウィリの丸太——に乗って浮かんでいるすぐ近くまで漕いできた。それにはたいそう驚いた。漁師がたどり着く前に、アイアイは糸が引かれるのを感じて魚がかかったと知り、手繰り寄せはじめた。カネマクアが声の届くところまで来ると、アイアイは挨拶して、その魚を与え、彼の舟に入れてやった。カネマクアは喜んで、アイアイの気前よさに礼を述べた。魚を舟に入れながら、アイアイは言った。

"This is the first time I have fished in these waters to locate (or found) this station, and as you are the first man I meet I give you the first fish caught. I also give you charge of this ko'a; but take my advice. When you come here to fish and see a man meeting you in a canoe and floating alongside of you, if at that time you have caught a fish, then give it to him as I have done to you, without regret, and thus get a good name and be known as a generous man. If you observe this, great benefits will come to you and those related to you."

「この海で漁をしてこの漁場を定めたのは、これが初めてです。そしてあなたが最初に出会った人ですから、最初に釣れた魚をあなたに差し上げます。またこのコアを守る役目もあなたに授けます。けれどもわたしの言うことをお聞きなさい。ここへ漁に来て、舟で来て脇に漂う人に出会ったとき、そのときすでに魚が釣れていたなら、わたしがあなたにしたように、惜しまずその人に与えなさい。そうすればよい名を得て、気前のよい人として知られましょう。これを守るなら、あなたにも、あなたに連なる人々にも、大きな恵みが訪れます。」

As Aiai finished speaking he suddenly disappeared, and Kanemakua could hardly realize that he had not been dreaming but for the assurance he had in the great fish lying in his canoe. He returned to the shore with his prize, which was so large and heavy that it required the help of two others to carry it to the house, where it was cut up and the oven made hot for its baking. When it was cooked he took the eyes of the fish and offered them up as a thanksgiving sacrifice. Then the family, friends, and neighbors around came to the feast and ate freely. During all this time Kanemakua was thinking of the words spoken by the young man, which he duly observed. The first ku-ula established in Maulili, Maui, was named after him, and from that time its fish have been given out freely without restriction or division.

言い終えるとアイアイは突然姿を消し、カネマクアは、舟に横たわる大きな魚という確かな証がなければ、夢を見ていたのではないと思えないほどだった。彼はその獲物を持って岸へ戻ったが、それはあまりに大きく重かったので、家まで運ぶのに二人の手を借りねばならなかった。家では魚が切り分けられ、焼くために竈が熱された。焼き上がると、彼は魚の目を取って感謝の供え物として捧げた。それから家族と友人と近所の人々が宴に集まり、存分に食べた。そのあいだじゅうカネマクアは、あの若者の語った言葉を思い返していて、それをきちんと守った。マウイのマウリリに定められた最初のクウラは彼にちなんで名づけられ、そのときから、そこの魚は制限も分配もなく惜しみなく分け与えられている。

After establishing the different ku-ula stations along the coast from Hana to Kipahulu, Aiai went to Kaupo and other places. A noted station and ku-ula is at Kahikinui. All the stations of this place are in the deep sea, where they use nets of three kinds; there is also fishing with poles, and ulua fishing, because this part of the island faces the wind; but the ku-ulas are located on the seashore, as is also the one at Honuaula, where it is covered over by the lava flow.

ハナからキパフルまでの海岸沿いにさまざまなクウラの漁場を定めたのち、アイアイはカウポやほかの土地へ行った。名高い漁場とクウラがカヒキヌイにある。この土地の漁場はみな深い海にあって、三種類の網を使う。竿を使う漁やウルア漁もある。島のこちら側は風に面しているからである。けれどもクウラは海辺に置かれていて、ホヌアウラのものも同じだが、そちらは溶岩の流れに覆われてしまった。

Thus was performed the good work of Aiai in establishing ku-ula stations and fish stones continued all around the island of Maui. It is also said that he visited Kahoolawe and established a ku-ula at Hakioawa, though it differs from the others, being built on a high bluff overlooking the sea, somewhat like a temple, by placing stones in the form of a square, in the middle of which was left a space wherein the fishermen of that island laid their first fish caught, as a thank offering. Awa and kapa were also placed there as offerings to the fish deities.

こうしてマウイ島じゅうにクウラの漁場と魚の石を定めるという、アイアイのよい働きが続けられた。彼はカホオラウェも訪れ、ハキオアワにクウラを定めたとも言われる。ただしそれはほかのものとは違い、海を見下ろす高い断崖の上に、いくらか神殿に似た形で、石を四角く並べて築かれていた。そのまんなかは空けてあって、その島の漁師たちは最初に獲った魚を感謝の供え物としてそこに置いた。アヴァとカパもまた魚の神々への供え物として置かれた。

An idea prevails with some people that the ko'a of Kamohoalii, the king shark of Kahoolawe, is on this island, but if all the stories told of it be examined there will be found no reference to a ko'a of his on this island.

カホオラウェの鮫の王カモホアリイのコアがこの島にあるという考えを持つ人もあるが、それについて語られる話をすべて調べても、この島にそのコアがあるという言及は見あたらない。

From Kahoolawe, Aiai next went to Lanai, where he started fishing for aku (bonito) at Cape Kaunolu, using his pearl Kahuoi. This is the first case known of fishing for aku with pearl from the land, as it is a well known fact that this fish is caught only in deep sea, far from shore. In the story of Kaneapua it is shown that he is the only one who had fished for aku at the Cape of Kaunolu, where it was started by Aiai.

カホオラウェから、アイアイは次にラナイへ行き、カウノル岬でアク(鰹)を釣りはじめた。真珠のカフオイを使ってである。陸から真珠を使ってアクを釣った例はこれが初めてとされる。この魚は岸から遠い深い海でしか獲れないのがよく知られた事実だからである。カネアプアの話のなかでも、カウノル岬でアクを釣ったのは彼ただ一人だと示されていて、それはアイアイが始めたことなのである。

From Kaunolu, Aiai went to Kaena Cape, where at a place close to Paomai, was a little sandy beach now known as Polihua. Here he took a stone and carved a figure on it, then carried and placed it on the sandy beach, and called on his parents. While making his incantations the stone moved toward the sea and disappeared under the water. His incantations finished, the stone reappeared and moved toward him till it reached the place where it had been laid; whereupon it was transformed into a turtle, and gave the name of Polihua to that beach. This work of Aiai on the island of Lanai was the first introduction of the turtle in the seas of Hawaii, and also originated the habit of the turtle of going up the beach to lay its eggs, then returning to the sea.

カウノルから、アイアイはカエナ岬へ行った。そこのパオマイに近い場所に、今ポリフアとして知られる小さな砂浜があった。ここで彼は石を取ってそれに像を彫り、砂浜へ運んで据え、両親に呼びかけた。まじないを唱えているあいだに、石は海のほうへ動いて水の下に消えた。唱え終えると、石はふたたび現れて彼のほうへ動き、置かれていた場所まで戻った。するとそれは亀に変わり、その浜にポリフアの名を与えた。ラナイ島でのアイアイのこの働きが、ハワイの海に亀を持ち込んだ最初であり、また亀が浜へ上がって卵を産み、それから海へ帰るという習性の起こりでもある。

After making the circuit of Lanai he went over to Molokai, landing at Punakou and travelled along the shore till he reached Kaunakakau. At this place he saw spawns of mullet, called Puai-i, right near the shore, which he kicked with his foot, landing them on the sand. This practice of kicking fish with the feet is carried on to this time, but only at that locality. Aiai continued on along the Kona side of Molokai, examining its fishing grounds and establishing ku-ulas till he got to Halawa. At the Koolau side of the island he stopped at Wailau and saw the cave of the eel Koona that went to Hana and stole the fish from his father's pond, and the cause of all the trouble that befell his parents and himself.

ラナイを一巡したのち、彼はモロカイへ渡り、プナコウに上陸して、岸沿いにカウナカカウまで進んだ。この場所で彼は、プアイイと呼ばれる鯔の稚魚が岸のすぐ近くにいるのを見て、足で蹴り、砂の上へ打ち上げた。足で魚を蹴るこのやり方は今日まで続いているが、その土地でだけである。アイアイはモロカイのコナ側を進み、漁場を調べてクウラを定めながらハラワまで行った。島のコオラウ側ではワイラウに立ち寄り、ハナへ行って父の池から魚を盗み、両親と自分に降りかかったすべての災いのもととなった、鰻コオナの洞穴を見た。

When Aiai landed at Wailau he saw that both sides of the valley were covered with men, women, and children engaged in closing up the stream and diverting its water to another course, whereby they would be enabled to catch oopu and opae. The water being low, the gourds of some of the people were full from their catch.

ワイラウに上陸すると、アイアイは谷の両側が男も女も子どもも人でいっぱいで、流れをせき止めてその水を別の道へ引き、オオプとオパエを獲ろうとしているのを見た。水が引いて、獲物で瓢箪をいっぱいにしている者もいた。

Aiai noticed their wanton method of fishing, whereby all oopus and opaes were caught without thought of any reservation for their propagation; therefore he called on his parents to take them all away. The prayer was granted, for suddenly they all disappeared; those in the water went up the stream to a place called Koki, while those in the gourds were turned to lizards which scampered out and ran all over the rocks. The people were much surprised at this change and felt sorely disappointed at the loss of their food supply.

アイアイは、その勝手な漁のやり方に目をとめた。オオプもオパエも、殖えるぶんを残すことなど考えずに獲り尽くされていたのである。そこで彼は両親に、それらをみな取り去ってくださいと呼びかけた。願いはかなえられ、たちまちすべてが消えた。水のなかにいたものはコキという場所まで流れをさかのぼり、瓢箪のなかにいたものは蜥蜴に変わって、飛び出して岩じゅうを走り回った。人々はこの変わりように驚き、食べ物を失ってひどく気落ちした。

On account of his regard for a certain lad of that place, named Kahiwa, he showed him the place of the opaes to be up the precipitous cliff, Koki. The youth was attentive to the direction of Aiai and going there he found the oopus and opaes as stated, as they are to this day. That is what established the noted saying of the old people of that land: "Kokio of Wailau is the ladder of the opae." It is also known as the "Pali of Kahiwa."

その土地のカヒワという少年を気に入っていたので、アイアイは彼に、オパエのいる場所は切り立った崖コキの上だと教えた。少年はアイアイの言いつけをよく守り、そこへ行ってみると、言われたとおりオオプとオパエがいた。今日でもそうである。これが、その土地の古老たちの名高い言葉「ワイラウのコキオはオパエの梯子」のもとになった。そこはまた「カヒワのパリ」としても知られる。

When Aiai left Wailau he showed this lad the ku-ula and the fish station in the sea he had located there, at the same distance as that rocky island known as Mokapu. He went also to Pelekunu, Waikolu and Kalawao, even to Kalaupapa, the present home of the lepers. At the latter place he left a certain fish stone. That is the reason fish constantly gather there even to this day. He also went to Hoolehua and so on as far as Ka lae o ka ilio (the dog's forehead) and Ka lae o ka laau. Between these two capes in the sea is a station established by Aiai, where a tree grew out from under a rock, Ekaha by name. It is a hardwood tree, but the trunk and also the branches are without leaves. This place is a great haunt for fishermen with their hooks.

ワイラウを去るとき、アイアイはこの少年に、そこに定めたクウラと海の漁場を示した。それはモカプとして知られるあの岩の島と同じ距離のところであった。彼はペレクヌ、ワイコル、カラワオへも行き、今はハンセン病の人々の住まいであるカラウパパまで行った。この最後の場所には、ある魚の石を残した。そのために今日でも、そこには魚がたえず集まる。彼はホオレフアへも行き、さらにカ・ラエ・オ・カ・イリオ(犬の額)とカ・ラエ・オ・カ・ラアウまで進んだ。この二つの岬のあいだの海には、アイアイの定めた漁場があって、そこでは岩の下から木が生えている。エカハという名である。堅い木だが、幹にも枝にも葉がない。ここは針を持つ漁師たちの大いに集まる場所である。

Aiai then came to Oahu, first landing at Makapuu, in Koolau, where he founded a pohaku-ia (fish stone) for red fish and for speckled fish, and called it Malei. This was a female rock, and the fish of that place is the uhu. It is referred to in the mele of Hiiaka, thus:

それからアイアイはオアフへ来て、まずコオラウのマカプウに上陸し、そこに赤い魚と斑の魚のためのポハク・イア(魚の石)を定め、マレイと名づけた。これは雌の岩で、その土地の魚はウフである。ヒイアカのメレにこう歌われている。

"I will not go to the stormy capes of Koolau, The sea-cliffs of Moeaau. The woman watching uhu of Makapuu Dwells on the ledge of Kamakani At Koolau. The living Offers grass-twined sacrifices, O Malie!"

「わたしは行くまい、コオラウの荒れた岬へ、モエアアウの海の崖へ。マカプウのウフを見守る女は、コオラウのカマカニの棚に住む。生ける者は草を編んだ供え物を捧げる、おおマリエよ!」

From the time Aiai founded that spawning-place until the present, its fish have been the uhu, extending to Hanauma. There were also several gathering-places for fish established outside of Kawaihoa. Aiai next moved to Maunalua, then to Waialae and Kahalaia. At Kaalawai he placed a white and brown rock. There in that place is a hole filled with aholehole, therefore the name of the land is Kaluahole. Right outside of Kahuahui there is a station where Aiai placed a large round sandstone that is surrounded by spawning-places for fish; Ponahakeone is its name.

アイアイがその産卵の場を定めたときから今日まで、そこの魚はウフであって、ハナウマにまで及んでいる。カワイホアの沖にも、魚の集まる場所がいくつか定められた。アイアイは次にマウナルアへ移り、それからワイアラエとカハライアへ行った。カアラワイでは白と茶の岩を据えた。その場所にはアホレホレの詰まった穴があり、それゆえその土地の名はカルアホレという。カフアフイのすぐ沖には漁場があって、アイアイはそこに大きな丸い砂岩を据えた。そのまわりを魚の産卵の場が取り巻いている。ポナハケオネがその名である。

In ancient times the chiefs selected a very secret place wherein to hide the dead bodies of their greatly beloved, lest some one should steal their bones to make fish-hooks, or arrows to shoot mice with. For that reason the ancients referred to Ponahakeone as "He Lualoa no Na'lii"--a deep pit for the chiefs.

いにしえには、首長たちはたいそう深く愛した者の亡骸を隠すのに、ごく秘密の場所を選んだ。誰かがその骨を盗んで釣り針や、鼠を射る矢を作ってしまわぬようにである。そのため、いにしえの人々はポナハケオネを「ヘ・ルアロア・ノ・ナリイ」——首長たちの深い穴——と呼んだ。

Aiai came to Kalia and so on to Kakaako. Here he was befriended by a man named Apua, with whom he remained several days, observing and listening to the murmurs of the chief named Kou. This chief was a skilful hiaku fisherman, his grounds being outside of Mamala until you came to Moanalua. There was none so skilled as he, and generous withal, giving akus to the people throughout the district.

アイアイはカリアへ来て、それからカカアコへ行った。ここで彼はアプアという名の男に親しくされ、その家に数日とどまって、コウという名の首長についてのつぶやきを見聞きした。この首長はアク漁の名手で、その漁場はママラの沖からモアナルアに至るまでであった。彼ほどの腕を持つ者はなく、そのうえ気前もよくて、地方じゅうの人々にアクを分け与えていた。

As Aiai was dwelling with his friend Apua at Kakaako, he meandered off one day along the shore of Kulolia, and so on to Pakaka and Kapapoko. But he did not return to the house of his friend, for he met a young woman gathering limu (sea-moss) and fishing for crabs. This young woman, whose name was Puiwa, lived at Hanakaialama and was a virgin, never having had a husband. She herself, as the people would say, was forward to ask Aiai to be her husband; but he listened to her voice, and they went up together to her home and saw the parents and relatives, and forthwith were married. After living with this young woman some time a son was born to them, whom Aiai named Puniaiki. During those days was the distribution of aku which were sent up from Honolulu to the different dwellings; but while others were given a whole fish, they got but a portion from some neighbor. For this reason the woman was angry, and told Aiai to go to the brook and get some oopus fit to eat, as well as opae. Aiai listened to the voice of his wife. He dug a ditch and constructed a dam so as to lead the water of the brook into some pits, and thus be able to catch the oopu and opae. He labored some days at this work, and the fish and shrimps were hung up to dry.

アイアイがカカアコで友のアプアのもとに暮らしていたころ、ある日、彼はクロリアの岸沿いをぶらぶらと歩き、さらにパカカとカパポコまで行った。けれども友の家には戻らなかった。リム(海藻)を採り、蟹を獲っている若い女に出会ったからである。プイワという名のこの若い女はハナカイアラマに住み、まだ夫を持ったことのない生娘であった。人が言うところによれば、アイアイに夫になってくれと申し出たのは女のほうから進んでのことだったという。けれどもアイアイはその声に耳を傾け、二人は連れ立って女の家へ上がり、両親と親族に会って、そのまま夫婦になった。この若い女としばらく暮らすと、二人のあいだに男の子が生まれ、アイアイはその子をプニアイキと名づけた。そのころは、ホノルルから送られてくるアクをあちこちの家に配ることが行われていた。ところがほかの者は丸ごと一匹もらうのに、二人は誰か近所の者から分け前をもらうだけだった。それで女は腹を立て、アイアイに、川へ行って食べごろのオオプとオパエを獲ってきてくれと言った。アイアイは妻の言葉に従った。溝を掘り、堰を作って川の水をいくつかの穴へ導き、オオプとオパエを獲れるようにした。この仕事に何日か骨を折り、魚と海老は干すために吊るされた。

On a certain day following, Aiai and his wife went with their child to the brook. She left her son upon the bank of the stream while she engaged herself in catching opae and oopu from the pits. But it was not long before the child began to cry; and as he cried, Aiai told his wife to leave her fishing, but she talked saucily to him. So Aiai called upon the names of his ancestors. Immediately a dark and lowering cloud drew near and poured out a flood of water upon the stream, and in a short time the dam was broken by the freshet and all the oopu and opae, together with the child, were swept toward the sea. But the woman was not taken by the flood. Aiai then rose up and departed, without thought of his wife.

それから幾日かのちのある日、アイアイと妻は子を連れて川へ行った。妻は子を岸に置いて、穴からオパエとオオプを獲るのに励んだ。ところがまもなく子が泣きはじめた。子が泣くので、アイアイは妻に漁をやめるように言ったが、妻は生意気な口をきいた。そこでアイアイは先祖の名を呼んだ。たちまち暗く垂れこめた雲が近づいてきて、流れに大水を注いだ。まもなく堰はその増水で壊れ、オオプもオパエも、そして子もろとも、みな海のほうへ押し流された。けれども女は流されなかった。アイアイはそれから立ち上がって去り、妻のことは気にもかけなかった。

He went down from the valley to Kaumakapili, and as he was standing there he saw some women fishing for oopu on the banks of the stream, the daughter of the chief Kikihale being with them. At that time, behold, there was caught by the female guardian of the daughter of Kikihale a very large oopu. This oopu she showed to her protegee, who told her to put it into a large calabash with water and feed it with limu, so that it might become a pet fish. This was done and the oopu was tended very carefully night and day.

彼は谷からカウマカピリへ下っていった。そしてそこに立っていると、何人かの女が流れの岸でオオプを獲っているのが見え、首長キキハレの娘もそのなかにいた。そのとき、なんと、キキハレの娘の世話役の女が、たいそう大きなオオプを獲った。このオオプを世話役は自分の預かる姫に見せ、姫は、それを水を張った大きな瓢箪に入れてリムを食わせ、飼い魚にしなさいと言った。そのとおりにされ、オオプは夜も昼もたいそう大事に世話された。

Aiai stood by and saw the fish lifted out of the brook, and recognized it at the same time as his own child, changed from a human being into an oopu.

アイアイはそばに立ってその魚が流れから引き上げられるのを見ていて、同時にそれが自分の子であり、人から姿を変えてオオプになったのだと気づいた。

(At this point the story of Aiai gives place to that of his child.)

(ここでアイアイの話は、その子の話に移る。)

When the oopu was placed in a large calabash with water, it was carefully tended and fed with sea-moss for some time, but one day in seeing to this duty the guardian of the chieftainess, on reaching the calabash, was startled to behold therein a human child, looking with its eyes. And the water in the calabash had disappeared. She was greatly surprised and seized with a dark foreboding, and a trembling fear possessed her as she looked upon this miraculous child.

オオプが水を張った大きな瓢箪に入れられてから、しばらくのあいだ大事に世話され、海藻を与えられていたが、ある日、この務めのために瓢箪のところへ来た姫の世話役は、そのなかに人の子がいて目を開けてこちらを見ているのを見て、ぎょっとした。そして瓢箪の水は消えていた。女はたいそう驚き、暗い予感に襲われて、この奇跡の子を見ながら震えおののいた。

This woman went and told the chieftainess of this child they knew to have had the form of an oopu, and as Kikihale heard the story of her guardian she went quickly, with grave doubts, however, of this her report; but there, on reaching the calabash, as she looked she saw indeed a child therein. She immediately put forth her hands toward the child and lifting it, carefully examined its form and noted its agreeable features. As the thought quickly possessed this girl, she said: "Now, my guardian, you and your husband take and rear this child till he is grown, then I will be his wife."

この女は姫のところへ行って、オオプの姿をしていたはずのこの子のことを話した。キキハレは世話役の話を聞くと、その報せを大いに疑いながらも急いで行った。けれども瓢箪のところに着いてのぞくと、まことに子がそこにいた。彼女はすぐさま子に手を伸ばして抱き上げ、その体を丁寧に調べて、その愛らしい顔だちに目をとめた。そしてたちまちある考えに取りつかれて言った。「さあ、世話役よ、おまえと夫とでこの子を大きくなるまで育てておくれ。そうしたらわたしがこの子の妻になろう。」

The guardian answered her: "When this child becomes grown you will be old; that is, your days will be in the evening of life, while his place will be in the early morn. Will you not thereby have lasting cause for dissatisfaction and contention between you in the future?"

世話役は答えた。「この子が大人になるころには、あなたさまは年老いておいででしょう。つまり、あなたさまの日々は生の夕暮れにあり、この子の日々は早い朝にあるのです。そうなれば、のちのちお二人のあいだに、いつまでも不満と諍いの種が残るのではありませんか。」

Kikihale answering her guardian said: "You are not to blame; these things are mine to consider, for the reason that the desire is mine, not yours, my guardian."

キキハレは世話役に答えて言った。「おまえに咎はない。これはわたしが考えることだ。望んでいるのはわたしであって、おまえではないのだからね。」

After this talking the child was quickly known of among the chiefs and attendants. He was nourished and brought up to adult age, when Kikihale took him for her husband as she had said; and for a time they dwelt together as man and wife without disagreement between them. But during these days Kikihale saw plainly that her husband was not disposed to do anything for their support; therefore she mourned over it continually and angrily reproved him, finally, saying:

この話のあと、子のことはたちまち首長たちと従者たちに知れ渡った。子は養われ、大人になるまで育てられ、そのときキキハレは言ったとおり彼を夫とした。そしてしばらくのあいだ、二人は夫婦として諍いもなく暮らした。けれどもそのあいだにキキハレは、夫が二人の暮らしのために何もする気がないことをはっきりと知り、そのことをたえず嘆き、怒って責め、とうとうこう言った。

"O my husband, can you not go forth also, as others, to assist our father and the attendants in the duties of fishing, instead of eating till you are satisfied, then rolling over with face upward to the ridge-pole of the house and counting the ahos? It may do while my father is alive; but if he should die, whence would come our support?" Thus she spoke reproachingly from day to day, and the words stung Puniaiki's heart with much pain.

「おお夫よ、あなたもほかの人のように出かけていって、父上と従者たちの漁の務めを助けることができないのですか。満ち足りるまで食べては、仰向けに寝転がって家の棟木を見上げ、垂木を数えているばかりで。父上が生きておられるうちはそれでもよいでしょう。けれどももし父上が亡くなったら、わたしたちの暮らしはどこから来るのですか。」こうして彼女は日ごとに責める言葉を口にし、その言葉はプニアイキの心をひどく刺した。

And this is what he said to his wife one day: "It is unpleasant to hear you constantly talking thus. Not as wild animals is the catching of fish in the sea; they are obedient if called, and you may eat wastefully of my fish when procured. I have authority over fish, men, pigs, and dogs. If you are a favorite of your father then go to him for double canoes, with their fishing appurtenances, and men to paddle them."

そしてある日、彼は妻にこう言った。「そうたえず言われるのは聞いていて心地よくない。海の魚を獲るのは、野の獣を獲るのとは違う。呼べば従うものなのだ。そして獲ってきたなら、わたしの魚を捨てるほど食べればよい。わたしは魚にも人にも豚にも犬にも権を持っている。おまえが父上のお気に入りなら、父上のもとへ行って、漁の道具を積んだ双胴の舟と、それを漕ぐ男たちをもらってきなさい。」

When Kikihale heard these words of her husband she hastened to Kou, her father, and told him all that Puniaiki had said, and the request was promptly executed. Kikihale returned to her husband and told him all she had done.

キキハレはこの夫の言葉を聞くと、急いで父コウのところへ行き、プニアイキの言ったことをすべて話した。願いはすぐにかなえられた。キキハレは夫のもとへ戻って、してきたことをすべて話した。

On Puniaiki's going down to the canoe place he found the men were making ready the canoes with the nets, rods, lines, and the pearl fish-hooks. Here he lit a fire and burned up the pearl fish-hooks, at which his wife was much angered and cried loudly for the hiaku pearl hooks of her father. She went and told Kou of this mischievous action of her husband, but he answered her not a word at this act of his son-in-law, though he had supplied five gourds filled with them, a thousand in number, and the strangest thing was, that all were burned up save two only which Kou had reserved.

プニアイキが舟の置き場へ下りていくと、男たちが網と竿と糸と真珠の釣り針を積んで舟の支度をしていた。ここで彼は火を焚いて真珠の釣り針を焼いてしまった。妻はこれにたいそう怒り、父のアク釣りの真珠の針を惜しんで大声で泣いた。彼女は行って、夫のこのふるまいをコウに訴えたが、コウは婿のこの仕打ちにひと言も答えなかった。コウは瓢箪五つに詰めた、千本にのぼる針を与えていたのだが、いちばん不思議なのは、コウが取り置いていた二本だけを残して、すべて焼かれてしまったことである。

That night Puniaiki slept apart from his wife, and he told the canoe paddlers to sleep in the canoe sheds, not to go to their homes that night; and they obeyed his voice.

その夜、プニアイキは妻と離れて眠り、舟の漕ぎ手たちには、その夜は家に帰らず舟小屋で眠れと言った。彼らはその言葉に従った。

It was Kou's habit to rouse his men before break of day to sail in the malaus for aku fishing at the mouth of the harbor, for that was their feeding-time, not after the sun had risen. Thus would the canoes enter the schools of aku and this chief became famous thereby as a most successful fisherman. But on this day was seen the sorcerer's work of this child of Aiai.

コウの習いでは、夜明け前に男たちを起こして、港の口でアクを獲るためにマラウへ漕ぎ出した。そこがアクの餌をあさる時であって、日が昇ってからではないのである。こうして舟はアクの群れのなかへ入っていき、この首長はそれによって、このうえなく漁の上手な者として名高くなったのである。けれどもこの日には、アイアイのこの子の呪術の業が示された。

As Kou with his men set out always before dawn, here was this Puniaiki above at his place at sunrise. At this time on his awaking from sleep he turned his face mountainward, and looking at Kaumakapili he saw a rainbow and its reddish mist spread out at that place, wherein was standing a human form. He felt conscious that it was Aiai his father, therefore he went there and Aiai showed him the place of the pa (fish-hook) called Kahuai, and he said to his son: "Here will I stay till you return; be quick."

コウが男たちとつねに夜明け前に出発するのに対して、このプニアイキは日の出になってもまだ上手の自分の場所にいた。このとき彼は眠りから覚めて山のほうへ顔を向け、カウマカピリを見ると、そこに虹とその赤みを帯びた霧が広がっていて、そのなかに人の姿が立っていた。彼はそれが父アイアイだと直感して、そこへ行った。するとアイアイはカフアイという名のパ(釣り針)のある場所を示して、息子に言った。「おまえが戻るまでここにいる。急げ。」

Upon Puniaiki reaching the landing the canoes were quickly made ready to depart, and as they reached Kapapoko and Pakaka, at the sea of Kuloloia, they went on to Ulukua, now the lighthouse location of Honolulu harbor. At this place Puniaiki asked the paddlers: "What is the name of that surf cresting beneath the prow of our canoes?"

プニアイキが舟着き場に着くと、舟はたちまち出発の支度を整えた。そしてクロロイアの海のカパポコとパカカまで来ると、一行はウルクア——今のホノルル港の灯台のある場所——へ進んだ。ここでプニアイキは漕ぎ手たちに尋ねた。「わたしたちの舟の舳先の下で砕けているあの波の名は何という。」

"Puuiki," replied the men.

「プウイキです」と男たちは答えた。

He then said to them: "Point straight the prow of the canoes and paddle with strength." At these words of Puniaiki their minds were in doubt, because there were probably no akus at that place in the surf; but that was none of their business. As they neared the breakers of Puuiki, below the mouth of Mamala, Puniaiki said to his men: "Turn the canoes around and go shorewards." And in returning he said quickly, "Paddle strong, for here we are on the top of a school of akus." But strange to say, as the men looked in the water they saw no fish swimming about, but on reaching Ulakua Puniaiki opened up the fish-hook, Kahuai, from its wrapping in the gourd and held it in his hand.

すると彼は言った。「舟の舳先をまっすぐに向けて、力をこめて漕げ。」プニアイキのこの言葉に男たちは疑いを抱いた。あの波のあたりにアクなどいるはずがなかったからである。けれどもそれは彼らの知ったことではない。ママラの口の下手のプウイキの砕け波に近づくと、プニアイキは男たちに言った。「舟を回して岸のほうへ向けろ。」そして戻りながら、すばやくこう言った。「力をこめて漕げ。今わたしたちはアクの群れの真上にいる。」ところが不思議なことに、男たちが水を見ても、泳ぐ魚は一匹も見えなかった。けれどもウラクアに着くと、プニアイキは瓢箪の包みから釣り針カフアイを取り出し、手に持った。

At this the akus, unprecedented in number, fairly leaped into the canoes. They became so filled with the fish, without labor, that they sank in the water as they reached Kapuukolo, and the men jumped overboard to float them to the beach. The canoe men wondered greatly at this work of the son-in-law of Kou the chief; and the shore people shouted as the akus which filled the harbor swam toward the fishpond of Kuwili and on to the mouth of Leleo stream.

すると、かつてないほどの数のアクが、まさに舟へと跳び込んできた。骨を折るまでもなく舟は魚で満たされ、カプウコロに着くころには水に沈むほどになって、男たちは水に跳び込んで舟を浜まで浮かせて運んだ。舟の男たちは、首長コウの婿のこの業に大いに驚き、岸の人々は、港を埋めるアクがクウィリの養魚池へ、さらにレレオ川の口へと泳いでいくのを見て歓声をあげた。

When the canoes touched shore Puniaiki seized two fishes in his hands and went to join his father where he was staying, and Aiai directed him to take them up to where his mother lived. These akus were not gifts for her, but an offering to Ku-ula at a ko'a established just above Kahuailanawai. Puniaiki obeyed the instructions of his father, and on returning to him he was sent back to his mother, Puiwa, with a supply of akus. She was greatly surprised that this handsome young man, with his gift of akus for her to eat, was her own son, and these were the first fruits of his labor.

舟が岸に着くと、プニアイキは両手に魚を二匹つかんで、父のいる場所へ合流しに行った。アイアイは、それを母の住むところへ持っていけと指図した。このアクは母への贈り物ではなく、カフアイラナワイのすぐ上手に定めたコアでクウラに捧げる供え物であった。プニアイキは父の言いつけに従い、戻ってくると、こんどはアクを携えて母プイワのもとへ遣わされた。母は、自分の食べるアクを携えてきたこの美しい若者が自分の子であることにたいそう驚いた。そしてこれが、その働きの初穂であった。

The people marvelled at the quantity of fish throughout the harbor, so that even the stream at Kikihale was also full of akus, and Puniaiki commanded the people to take of them day and night; and the news of this visit of akus went all around Oahu. This unequalled haul of akus was a great humiliation to Kou, affecting his fame as a fisherman; but he was neither jealous of his son-in-law nor angry,--he just sat silent. He thought much on the subject but with kindly feelings, resulting in turning over this employment to him who could prosecute it without worry.

人々は港じゅうの魚の多さに驚き、キキハレの流れまでアクで満ちるほどだった。プニアイキは人々に、昼も夜もそれを獲れと命じた。このアクの訪れの知らせはオアフじゅうに広まった。この並ぶもののないアクの大漁は、コウにとっては漁師としての名声に関わる大きな屈辱であった。けれども彼は婿を妬みも怒りもせず、ただ黙って座っていた。この件について深く考えたが、その思いは温かいもので、結局は、心を煩わせずにやり遂げられる者にこの務めを譲ることにしたのである。

Shortly afterwards Aiai arranged with Puniaiki for the establishing of ku-ulas, ko'as, and fish stones around the island of Oahu, which were as follows:

まもなくアイアイはプニアイキと語り合って、オアフ島じゅうにクウラとコアと魚の石を定めた。それは次のとおりである。

The Kou stone was for Honolulu and Kaumakapili; a ku-ula at Kupahu; a fish stone at Hanapouli, Ewa. Ahuena was the ku-ula for Waipio; two were assigned for Honouliuli. Hani-o was the name of the ko'a outside of Kalaeloa; Kua and Maunalahilahi for Waianae; Kamalino for Waimea; and Kaihukuuna for Laiemaloo, Koolau.

コウの石はホノルルとカウマカピリのため。クパフにクウラひとつ。エワのハナポウリに魚の石ひとつ。アフエナはワイピオのためのクウラ、ホノウリウリには二つが割り当てられた。ハニ・オはカラエロアの沖のコアの名。クアとマウナラヒラヒはワイアナエのため。カマリノはワイメアのため。カイフククナはコオラウのライエマロオのためであった。

Aiai and his son also visited Kauai and Niihau on this work, then they turned and went together to Hawaii. The principal or most noted fishing-grounds there are: Poo-a, Kahaka, and Olelomoana at Kona; Kalae at Kau; Kupakea at Puna, and I at Hilo.

アイアイと息子はこの務めのためにカウアイとニイハウも訪れ、それから二人でハワイ島へ渡った。そこの主な、あるいは最も名高い漁場は次のとおりである。コナのポオ・ア、カハカ、オレロモアナ。カウのカラエ。プナのクパケア、そしてヒロのイである。

In former times at most of these fishing-grounds were seen multitudes and varieties of fish, all around the islands, and occasionally deep sea kinds came close in shore, but in this new era there are not so many. Some people say it is on account of the change of the times.

かつてはこれらの漁場のほとんどで、島々のどこでも、おびただしい数とさまざまな種類の魚が見られ、ときには深い海の魚が岸の近くまで来ることもあった。けれどもこの新しい時代には、それほど多くはない。時代が変わったせいだと言う人もある。