HALE AO by JIMBO, Shigeru Visual Image, Hawaiian Culture and Music

He Mele No Kāne

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He ui, he nīnau

 

E ui aku ana au iā ʻoe

Aia i hea ka wai a Kāne?

   Aia i ka hikina a ka lā

   Puka i Haʻehaʻe

   Aia i laila ka wai a Kāne

 

E ui aku ana au iā ʻoe

Aia i hea ka wai a Kāne?

   Aia i Kaulanakalā

   I ka pae ʻōpua i ke kai

   Ea mai ana ma Nihoa

   Ma ka mole mai o Lehua

   Aia i laila ka wai a Kāne

 

E ui aku ana au iā ʻoe

Aia i hea ka wai a Kāne?

   Aia i ke kuahiwi, i ke kualono

   I ke awāwa, i ke kahawai

   Aia i laila ka wai Kāne

 

E ui aku ana au iā ʻoe

Aia i hea ka wai a Kāne?

   Aia i kai, i ka moana

   I ke Kualau, i ke ānuenue

   I ka pūnohu, i ka uakoko

   I ka ʻālewalewa

   Aia i laila ka wai a Kāne

 

E ui aku ana au iā ʻoe

Aia i hea ka wai a Kāne?

   Aia i luna ka wai a Kāne

   I ke ao ouli, i ke ao ʻeleʻele

   I ke ao panopano

   I ke ao pōpolohua mea a Kāne lā ē

   Aia i laila ka wai a Kāne

 

E ui aku ana au iā ʻoe

Aia i hea ka wai a Kāne?

   Aia i lalo, i ka honua, i ka wai hū

   I ka wai kau a Kāne me Kanaloa

   He waipuna, he wai e inu

   He wai e mana, he wai e ola

   E ola nō ʻeā

 

 

 

 

 

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