From the Sunny Islands
FROM THE SUNNY ISLANDS_10
18 x 24 cm (7" x 9")
Acrylic/Canvas, 2006 "Hanau Kumulipo i ka po, he kane
Hanau Po' ele i ka po, he wahine
O kane ia Wai'ololi, O ka wahine ia Wai'olola
... Ua hanau-mano ko' akua...
... Hanau mano iloko o Hina-ia- 'ele'ele..." (i)
Born was Kumulipo in the night, a man,
born was Po'ele in the night, a woman,
Man for narrow waters, woman for wide waters...
born as a shark was my God...
born as a shark in the month of Hinaia'ele'ele...
FROM THE SUNNY ISLANDS_05
18 x 24 cm (7" x 9")
Acrylic/Canvas, 2006
The antipole to "From the Deep Blue". That drowned whaler, do you remember? Nothing is ever entirely over, and eventually he just came back onto land, born again ashore, different now, and yet somehow: just the same...
(i) From: Kumulipo, the Hawaiian Song of Creation, in a
new interpretation by Rubellite Kawena Johnson
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From the Sunny Islands
FROM THE SUNNY ISLANDS_13
18 x 24 cm (7" x 9")
Acrylic/Canvas, 2006 "Hanau Kumulipo i ka po, he kane
Hanau Po' ele i ka po, he wahine
O kane ia Wai'ololi, O ka wahine ia Wai'olola
... Ua hanau-mano ko' akua...
... Hanau mano iloko o Hina-ia- 'ele'ele..." (i)
Geboren ward Kumulipo in der Nacht, ein Mann,
Geboren ward Po'ele in der Nacht, eine Frau,
Mann für die schmalen Wasser, Frau für die weiten Wasser...
Geboren als Hai ward mein Gott...
Geboren als Hai im Monat Hinaia'ele'ele...
FROM THE SUNNY ISLANDS_11
18 x 24 cm (7" x 9")
Acrylic/Canvas, 2006
Der Gegenpool zur "From the Deep Blue". Der ertrunkene Seemann, erinnern Sie sich? Nichts ist je ganz zuende, und irgendwann ward er wieder an Land gespült, auf Land geboren, ein anderer jetzt, und doch noch irgendwie: der gleiche...
(i) Aus: Kumulipo, dem hawaiianischen Schöpfungsgesang,
neu interpretiert von Rubellite Kawena Johnson
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