Aia i ka wao akua o Wainiha, ma Kaua‘i o Manokalanipō, lawe mai ka ‘ohu i ka wai ho‘oulu i ka laua‘e maoli. Kaulana nō ‘o ua pala nei i ka ‘ōlelo no‘eau o Kaua‘i: "He laua‘e ‘a‘ala ko Makana." Me he maile nō ke kūpaoa hia‘ai o keia lei. No laila he meaulu i aloha nui ‘ia e ka Hawai‘i.There in the sacred uplands of Wainiha, on Kaua‘i, of the chief Manokalanipō, the mist brings the water that nurtures the native laua‘e fern. Famous indeed is this fern, as in the saying of Kaua‘i: "A fragrant laua‘e belongs to Makana." Like that of maile indeed [is] the intense desirable fragrance of this lei plant. Therefore it was a plant well-loved by Hawaiians.
‘O ke ‘ano o ka laua‘e maoli, me he lima paha ka nui, a me he peahi ka lau, no laila ‘o ia ka inoa ‘ē a‘e o ka laua‘e maoli: ‘o ka peahi no ho‘i.The form of this native laua‘e: about the size of a hand, and like a fan is the frond. So this is the other name of the native laua‘e: the peahi fern.
Ua hō ‘emi ka laua‘e maoli a kūka‘ikahi. ‘Oiai ‘ō‘ili ka laua‘e a mākou e ho‘okū ‘ike i keia mau lā, a ua ho‘olaha a‘e i nā moku ā pau.The native laua‘e has dwindled until it is rare. Meanwhile, a fern emerged that we recognize as laua‘e in these days, and it spread across all the islands.Ua like ke ‘ala o keia laua‘e hou me ka laua‘e maoli, no laila, hānai mākou iā ia, e hana i lei, a ua kapa ‘ia kū like loa: ‘o ka laua‘e.The scent of this new laua‘e is similar to that of the native, so, we adopted it to work into lei and it is called exactly the same: laua‘e fern.
He ‘iwakālua mau makahiki aku nei, ‘o Kumu John Keolamaka‘āinana Lake ka mea i puka ‘ūniki ai o ka Papa Laua‘e o Kumu Māiki Aiu Lake. I ka ‘ūniki ‘ana ā mākou, ua ho‘ohanohano nui ‘o Kumu Lake iā mākou i ka hea inoa o kā mākou papa ‘ūniki: ‘O mākou pū ka Papa Laua‘e.Twenty years ago, Kumu John Keolamaka‘āinana Lake was the one who was the graduate of the Laua‘e Class of Kumu Māiki Aiu Lake. In the 'ūniki process of ours, great honor Kumu Lake gave us by naming our ‘uniki class. We also are the "Laua‘e Class."Ha‘ina mai keia mo‘olelo pokole e pili ana o ka laua‘e. Me ka ha‘aha‘a, a me ka mahalo nui iā Kumu Lake. Aloha kākou!Told is this short tale about the laua‘e. With humbleness and great thanks to Kumu Lake.Aloha to us all!
Mahalo e Kamealoha no keia olelo wehewehe, ae, aia ka laua'e ma keia me kela awawa o Haena i ka wa kahiko, no laila, ma Makana hiki ke ohi, a ma Lumahai, a me Wainiha, a pela aku. I keia la, he hana ano paakiki paha ka ohi ana o ka lauae kahiko mai Makana mai. I uka loa o Wainiha i ke kumu o Hinalele, ulu a lau poo ole ka laua'e maoli i kapa ia ai ka pala peahi. A no ka o ahi ana mai na pali, he paani lealea no hoi. Makemake au e ike i kela hana i ka po lailai.
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´O kela ´olelo no´eau i palapala ´ia ma luna, ´A´ole ó Makana i Wainiha, aia ua wahi la´a nei ma Ha´ena ku´u one hanau. Ma laila i malama ´ia ai ka ´oahi a i mahalo ´ia me ka ´olelo ¨Ka poli laua´e ka´u aloha a Makana ho´i a e hi´i mai nei¨ (Na Wahinekeaouli Pa) Na ko´u mau kupuna ua hana oahi nei i hana. Ulu no ho´i ka peahi, ´o ia ka inoa hawai´i o ia palai, ma Wainiha aka na´e ma Ha´ena no kahi kaulana i ka laua´e.
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