TRANSLATION

Ka-moho-alii turned his canoe

To rescue lad Kane from Nihoa.

Anon the craft lies off Nihoa’s coast;

They shout to the lad, to Kane-apua,

Come aboard, rest with us on the pola.[4]

Ka-moho-alii turns now his prow,

He will steer for the fertile Niihau.

He sets out the wizard staff Paoa,

To test if Kauai’s to be their home;