Kaulana nā pua aʻo Hawaiʻi Kūpaʻa mahope o ka ʻāina Hiki mai ka ʻelele o ka loko ʻino Palapala ʻānunu me ka pākaha | Famous are the flowers of Hawaiʻi Ever loyal to the land When the evil-hearted messenger comes With his greedy document of extortion |
Pane mai Hawaiʻi moku o Keawe Kōkua nā Hono aʻo Piʻilani Kākoʻo mai Kauaʻi o Mano Paʻapū me ke one Kākuhihewa | Hawaiʻi, land of Keawe answers The bays of Piʻilani help Kauaʻi of Mano lends support All are united by the sands of Kākuhihewa |
ʻAʻole aʻe kau i ka pūlima Maluna o ka pepa o ka ʻenemi Hoʻohui ʻāina kūʻai hewa I ka pono sivila aʻo ke kanaka | Do not fix a signature To the paper of the enemy With its sin of annexation And sale of the civil rights of the people |
ʻAʻole mākou aʻe minamina I ka puʻukālā a ke aupuni Ua lawa mākou i ka pōhaku I ka ʻai kamahaʻo o ka ʻāina | We do not value The government's hills of money We are satisfied with the rocks The wondrous food of the land |
Mahope mākou o Liliʻulani A loaʻa e ka pono o ka ʻāina [alternate stanza: A kau hou ʻia e ke kalaunu] Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana Ka poʻe i aloha i ka ʻāina | We support Liliʻuokalani Who has won the rights of the land [alternate stanza: She will be crowned again] The story is told Of the people who love the land |
Monday, January 11, 2010
Makaha Sons, "Kaulana na Pua o Hawai'i" (Famous are the Flowers of Hawai'i
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