Wai‘aha
Na Kumu Keala Ching
Kū Wai‘aha uka o Honua‘ula Lālau ka ‘Ōpua, Poli Hualālai La‘i maila ka ua, Ua ola Kona ‘Ike malu Luawai, La‘a Kālua ua Ala Pua‘a, Wai‘aha i Kahului I ka lae Pa‘akai, One o Wai‘aha A he laumakani ka ‘āina kamaha‘o Ha‘o ka pilina o nā lua laha ‘ole
Majestic Wai‘aha upon Honua‘ula Surround ‘Ōpua of Hualālai Calm is the rain, Living rain of Kona Source of Luawai, sacred Kālua ua Ahupua‘a o Pua‘a, Wai‘aha, Kahului At Pa‘akai point, Until Wai‘aha Honored wind of a wonderful land Surprised relationship of two sources
Hanohano Wai‘aha i ke kula la Lu‘ulu‘u ka ua pulu i ka ‘āina Na kekele uka, Na kekele kai Kahi kama‘āina, ola kō ke kai ē
Famous Wai‘aha shoreline dwellers Drenched by the rain upon the land Foundational source of Wai‘aha Child of the land, life of the sea
Eia Wai‘aha, Wai poli lua la Lālau ka ‘Ōpua, Poli Hualālai La‘i maila ka ua, Ua ola Kona ‘Ike malu Luawai, La‘a Kālua ua
Here Wai‘aha, two water source Surround ‘Ōpua of Hualālai Calm is the rain, Living rain of Kona Source of Luawai, sacred Kālua ua
Ma kahi ahupua‘a o Wai‘aha, ola mau nā ua o ka ‘āina ā ‘ike mau ka nele o ka ua ma ka ‘āina o Kona. ‘O Kālua Ua kahi hale Akua i ho‘omana nā kānaka i ka ua ma Kona ā aia kēia hale Akua ma Wai‘aha. ‘O Wai‘aha kahi hui ‘ia nā wai o ka ‘āina ‘o ia ho‘i nā ‘ike o ka wai ā nā ‘ike kai kekahi. He ola iā Wai‘aha!
Upon the beach of Wai‘aha, a relationship was (and still is) created between families, friends, and communities as noted within the second and third verses. Allow Wai‘aha to be this gathering place of waters (shared knowledge). Mahalo Tom Morey and Rex Honl!
For more information on Kumu Keala and Nä Wai Iwi Ola, visit: nawaiiwiola.org Painting of Wai ÿaha courtesy of Ginger Sandell
KeOlaMagazine.com | May – June 2022
At the land district of Wai‘aha, the rain nurtures the land and it is seen of the lost or lack of rain upon the land of Kona. Kālua Ua heiau is where prayers to the rain of Kona were conducted and Kālua Ua was located in Wai‘aha. Wai‘aha is the gathering place of the water, the knowledgeable source of the two water sources. Wai‘aha is alive!
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