ʻO ka manawa e laulima ai i kēia manawa

I ka makahiki 1919, i ka hopena huikau o ke Kaua Honua Honua, ua kākau ʻo William Butler Yeats i kekahi o nā mele nui o ke kenekulia 20, "The Second Coming." Ke wehewehe nei i ka metaphorically i nā pūʻali koa extremist i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēlā manawa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka mele me kēia mau laina hoʻomanaʻo ʻole.

Ke huli a huli nei i ka gyre ākea

ʻAʻole hiki i ka falcon ke lohe i ka falconer;

Haule nā ​​mea; ʻaʻole hiki i ke kikowaena ke hoʻopaʻa.

I kēia lā, hoʻokahi kenekulia ma hope mai, i kahi manawa a ka poʻe ʻAmelika e noho ai i ka hilinaʻi ʻole o ka ʻohana i kekahi a me kekahi, ua pili hou kēia manaʻo.

Hoʻopili ʻia e ke alakaʻi alakaʻi pelekikena nāna i hoʻokūpaʻa i nā ʻokoʻa ma mua o nā mea maʻamau, a me ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka ʻahaʻōlelo nui i hōʻeha ʻia e nā makahiki he nui o ka ʻawaʻawa nui, ke manaʻo nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka liʻiliʻi o ka hui ma mua o kaʻu i ʻike ai i koʻu wā e ola nei.

ʻO ka hoʻopunipuni o ke kūkulu ʻana i kime

Inā ua aʻo wau i hoʻokahi mea i loko o ʻehā mau makahiki i ka limahana, ʻo ia i loko o kahi hui o kēlā me kēia nui ka liʻiliʻi o ka waiwai e hoʻokō wale ʻia. ʻO kaʻu hoʻoholo hoʻokele ponoʻī nā limahana waiwai nui a me nā luna ʻoi loa ʻoi loa he mau mea laulima ikaika. Ua kuikahi lākou. Ua kūkulu lākou i ka manaʻo kuʻikahi. Ua hana maikaʻi lākou a pāʻani maikaʻi me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻike lākou i ka hana ʻana i nā mea.

Hoʻomaopopo mau wau i kahi hōʻike hoʻokele aʻu i lohe ai mai kahi CEO nui loa o OppenheimerFunds, kahi hui kālā nui. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e wehewehe kikoʻī i nā mea āpau āna.

"ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole wau he loea hoʻopukapuka." (Ua loaʻa ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu, ʻoiai ʻo ia, ke poʻomanaʻo i kahi ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka.)

"ʻAʻole wau he loea huahana.

"ʻAʻole wau he loea lawelawe mea kūʻai aku.

"ʻAʻole wau he ʻōnaehana a kanaka hana paha."

Hoʻomaha ʻo ia; malie ka lumi. "Akā, e haʻi aku wau iā ʻoe iaʻu," i ʻōlelo malū ʻo ia. "Ma mua o nā mea āpau, he mea kūkulu kime wau."

ʻO ka laina lalo, ʻo ia kahi mea laulima, a me kahi maikaʻi. "He nui ka poʻe o ʻoukou e ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i kēlā mau mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kaʻu. ʻAʻohe kānalua no ia mea. Akā hoʻokahi mea hiki iaʻu ke hana, hiki iaʻu ke hana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka poʻe - ʻo ia kahi mea aʻu e maopopo ai."

ʻAʻole wau poina i ka leka: ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i kime kahi heck o ke ʻano alakaʻi koʻikoʻi.

He alahaka e kokoke ana i kahi hohonu

I kēia lā maʻAmelika ʻike mākou iā mākou iho ma kahi alahaka kokoke i kahi hohonu. Hoʻoweliweli ʻia nā tempers a me ke ahonui. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao he daimonio kekahi. ʻOiai kahi maʻi ahulau, ka mea e manaʻo ai he hiki ke hoʻohui i kahi lāhui me ka pahuhopu maʻamau o ka lanakila ʻana, ua politika ʻia ia. ʻAʻole i lilo ka uhi mask i mea hoʻohui akā i ka laina hewa. Inā loaʻa kekahi mea e kūlike ʻole ai, e ʻike mākou i kahi ala e kūlike ʻole ai.

E like me kā mākou i ʻōlelo ai ma ka ʻoihana, ʻaʻole kēia kahi ala e holo ai kahi mokulele. ʻAʻohe ala e mālama ai i kahi kaiāulu. Kāhea mai iaʻu ʻo Pollyanna-ish, akā makemake wau i ka mea a ka Pelekikena Pelekikena Biden i kamaʻilio ai no ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i nā mokuʻāina ʻulaʻula a me nā mokuʻāina polū akā ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

Me he mea lā he pono mākou āpau e hana i ka hanu hui a neʻe i kahi mau kapuwai i waenakonu. ʻIke ʻia he manawa no ka laulima ʻana, ka laulima ʻana, kahi ʻimi no ka maʻamau. ʻO ka koho ʻē aʻe, ke ala hele i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole ia he ala leʻaleʻa.

E nānā kāua i ka mele holoʻokoʻa aʻu i hoʻomaka ai me Yeats (pōkole, 22 mau laina presetia wale nō).

Ke huli a huli nei i ka gyre ākea

ʻAʻole hiki i ka falcon ke lohe i ka falconer;

Haule nā ​​mea; ʻaʻole hiki i ke kikowaena ke hoʻopaʻa;

Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka anarchy ma luna o ka honua,

Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kai hoʻoliʻiliʻi koko, a ma nā wahi āpau

Ua piholo ka hana o ka hala ʻole;

ʻO ka mea ʻoi loa e nele i nā kūpaʻa āpau, ʻoiai ka mea ʻoi loa

Piha piha i ka ikaika kuko.

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ʻOiaʻiʻo ua kokoke mai kekahi mau hōʻike;

ʻOiai ua kokoke mai ka hiki ʻalua.

ʻO ka hiki hou ʻana ʻelua! ʻAʻohe paʻakikī i waho o kēlā mau ʻōlelo

Ke kiʻi nui ʻia mai ʻO Spiritus Mundi

Hoʻopilikia i kaʻu ʻike: ma kahi o ke one o ka wao akua

ʻO kahi kinona me ke kino liona a me ke poʻo o ke kāne,

ʻO kahi nānā e hakahaka a lua ʻole e like me ka lā,

Ke neʻe nei i kāna mau ʻūhā lohi, ʻoiai nā mea āpau e pili ana iā ia

ʻO nā aka Reel o nā manu wao akua huhū.

E heleleʻi hou ka pouli, akā i kēia manawa ʻike wau

ʻO kēlā mau makahiki he iwakālua o ka hiamoe pōhaku

Ua hele a weliweli i kahi moe lūlū,

A he holoholona aha lā, ua hele mai kona hola i hope,

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Akā ʻo kaʻu kumu ma aneʻi ʻaʻole e haʻi i kēia ʻōlelo nani. Nui a hewahewa nā loiloi aʻo e nānā i ka manaʻo o ka mele a me ka hōʻailona ma mua o ka hiki iaʻu. E ʻōlelo wale kākou i kēia manawa i ka manawa pono ka falconer e kaohi i ka falcon darn. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka launa pū ʻana a me ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi a hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā mahana. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi no nā mea āpau no ke kikowaena e paʻa ai.