Volume 6 / Part 2 — Kaao no Kana1ame Moi.
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Kaao no Kana1ame Moi.
Eia ka hewa o keia ’lii,
A ka makuakane o Kana.
Me ka laau palau.
Alaila o mai la ka lima o ua kanaka la,
I ka moe a’u a ke kahuna ma ke ao
Ua hiki ka la i ka mauna,
Hiki a mahina na maka. 25.
Me he maka no ka aloa ’la,
Ua malama ka honua,
Ka loi kalo aia i uka,
Ka loko i’a o Molokai ma ke alo,
Ka niu o Mauluku, o Mauluko, 35.
O Kaluaaha, o Kaluakanaka, o Kaluakahiko,
O Mapulehu, o Mapuna, o Pukoo, o Pukooiki, o Pukoonui,
Pau na Pukoo eha.
A make a hee auanei,
I moe lia ka oneanea
Ua ku wale hau oneanea.
Ina ike kehau aia i Molowekea. 50.
O ke kua ka i Helaniku,
O Hooilo keia malama 55.
Ua kuu hoi Mokapu; he huakai ike
aku la he kanaka.
I ke ano moe a ke kahuna,
Ke lia nei Haupu me he anu la,
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Kana, a very tall man, a fighter, a man of self elongating power. ↑Note 2 · Moi, a famous priest of Molokai, living at Koolau. ↑Note 3 · Kapeepee—given also as Kapepee—a warrior chief to whom Moi was chief priest. ↑Note 4 · Hoakalanileo, father of Kana and Niheu. ↑Note 5 · Slept in spirit, i.e., dreamed a dream. ↑Note 6 · Niheu, a brother of Kana; his war club was fathoms long, flat at the point. ↑Note 7 · Kuehu, to rustle or shake his mantle; not turning it. ↑Note 8 · I ka lani; Kana was so high that he was supposed to be in heaven. ↑Note 9 · Oia, like kena; command or direct. ↑Note 10 · Huli aku la; turned his robe the other side out (in a dream all this time). ↑Note 11 · Weliweli, to be possessed with fear: Moi dreaded the man of his vision. ↑Note 12 · Hilia mai; to throw or push down as a post standing upright, so Niheu pushed off Moi on the plain called Koolau, and left the mountain. ↑Note 13 · Alaila ala; then, or at which, he awoke, his dream was done. ↑Note 14 · Addresses the chief in a chant (paha). ↑Note 15 · Walana, like wanana; prophecy or prophetic warning. ↑Note 16 · Olelo huna, words of hidden meaning, sometimes called olelo nana, allegorical; what chief would be deaf thereto. ↑Note 17 · Koeleele, to be, or be thrown confused; put in disorder. ↑Note 18 · Haka ipu, the frame where calabashes were suspended as offerings to the gods. ↑Note 19 · Elaa, to assent to what one has denied or despised before; kuu pokii, an endearing term, i.e., to Kapeepee. ↑Note 20 · Na pahu, the drums of the temple, sacred. ↑Note 21 · Naunu, the heiau (temple) was called unu, here it applies to anything outside of the heiau. ↑Note 22 · Kaina, like kaikai, to lift up. ↑Note 23 · Ka moi, the chief idol in the row of images before the altar. ↑Note 24 · Palila, a famous fleet-footed banana eater. ↑Note 25 · I na maka hee; the commander of Kapeepee fled because he was looked at with such eyes. ↑Note 26 · Ua hakau, like hakaka, to fight; the fowls fought in the night made light by Kana’s eyes. ↑Note 27 · Kaialana, a large moving body, they conquered (lanakila) because they were pa (assisted) on one side. ↑Note 28 · Waiakua, the fact of being so great a multitude, they heated the earth. ↑Note 29 · Ka ulu niu, etc., the coconut grove moved seaward on account of the eyes of Kana, and the taro beds fled inland. ↑Note 30 · Kupeke, thrown together in confusion. ↑Note 31 · Nihoa was a land on Molokai to which the soldiers returned. ↑Note 32 · Kapeepee called them to lift Haupu and it became the highest point on Molokai. ↑Note 33 · Mai hookoa, etc., cease fighting above. ↑Note 34 · Kini o luna, the multitude above were killed. ↑Note 35 · Hilia, hili to twist; hilia to strike, to knock down all (oneanea). ↑Note 36 · Kulia, to rise up, as one lying down they all rose up; moe lia, to lie down, the lia is poetic, euphonic; they were all knocked down; all roNote 37 · Ka pau o ka oneaonea, a poetic phrase; they were all killed, none left. ↑Note 38 · Ina i kau, etc., this line is unintelligible. ↑Note 39 · Ka umauma, the bosom (i.e., of Kana) was at or on Kalawao. ↑Note 40 · Kana kicked with his foot the sand land of Kane (one lauena a Kane). The ancients thought that in the foreign country of Kane the very sand Note 41 · Pau aku la, the end of the dream. ↑Note 42 · Au, time of one’s life, synonymous with kingdom. In the reigning time of Nua the kingdom became his. ↑Note 43 · Ka manawa, the seat of fear; hopo, to decline fighting through fear; the heart once only felt cowardly. ↑Note 44 · O Moi,2 oia ke kahuna a Kapeepee,3Note 45 · O ka lawe ana i ka wahine a Hoakalanileo,4Note 46 · Alaila moe iho la o Moi i ka uhane,5 5.Note 47 · A ike aku la ia Niheu6 e hele mai ana.Note 48 · A kuehu7 mai la i ka ahu, aole i huli.Note 49 · Alaila kahea mai la o Kana i ka lani,8Note 50 · Oia9 hoi e hulia ’ku hoi e, 10.Note 51 · A huli aku10 la i ka ahu,Note 52 · Alaila weliweli11 iho la o Moi i keia kanaka,Note 53 · I ka hilia12 mai o ka mauna e keia kanakaNote 54 · Alaila ala13 ae la o Moi me ka haalulu 15.Note 55 · Alaila olelo aku la i ke ’lii, paha14 aku la.Note 56 · Moe ana i ola honua ka walana,15Note 57 · Owai ke ’lii kuli i ka olelo huna?16Note 58 · Hee ka aina koeleele17 ka haka ipu.18 20.Note 59 · E laa19 la e kuu pokii ke kulaina nei na pahu,20Note 60 · Ke aea nei na pa ke puhia nei na unu,21Note 61 · Ke kaina22 la ka moi23 ka haka lele maia a Palila,24Note 62 · I na maka no la, hee;25Note 63 · Ua hakau26 ka moa i ka po.Note 64 · Ka ohua Kaialana27 o ka lanakila e pa nei, 30.Note 65 · Waiakua28 a wela ka aina.Note 66 · Ka uluniu aia i kai29Note 67 · O kupeke30 kapekepeke ke au ia Hoakalanileo.Note 68 · He aina ka e hoi koa i Nihoa31 40.Note 69 · O Kapeepee32 koa o Haupu,Note 70 · Mai hookoa33 mai e luna.Note 71 · Pau ae la kini34 o luna.Note 72 · Ua hilia35 ka oneanea. 45.Note 73 · Kulia36 ka oneanea.Note 74 · Ka pau o ka oneanea.37Note 75 · Ina i kau38 ke kakaai kai Haupu,Note 76 · Ka umauma39 ka i Kalawao.Note 77 · Keehi kapuai o Kana40 i ke one lauena a Kane,Note 78 · Pau aku la41Note 79 · Huli ke au42 ia Nua,Note 80 · Akahi kaua i hopo’i i ka manawa43 60.