Note 1 — A Wakea Creation Chant.
Reading edition
The first canto depicts as already past, the state of the district and the people of Kau, on Hawaii, though the opening lines refer to all the districts.
Haui ka lani, fallen is the chief; that is, Keoua, chief of Kau. This prophecy was uttered eight years before Keoua was conquered. Haui is the ancient and poetical word for haule. ↑