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

Ka Mea Hana ʻĀpiki

by Kuana Torres Kahehe

 

E kolo ana

I ka wao nāhelehele

Kuʻu pete manakuke lā

Ka mea hana ʻāpiki

 

A he nānaina nani

Mai ke poʻo a ka wēlau

ʻAuē! Ka huelo!

He huelo kupakeʻe

 

Uluhua wale au

I ka ʻimi hana

ʻAi kepa i ka ʻōpala

A puehu ʻia i ka māla

 

Holohiʻa, holo hele lā

Kuʻu manakuke

Pakele aku i ka ʻumiki ʻana

A nalowale hoʻi ʻoe!

 

Holo hele, e holohiʻa ana

Kuʻu manakuke , mea hana ʻāpiki

I ka nāpoʻopoʻo ʻana a ka lā

E lilo auaneʻi mai ana ʻoe

 

Ei nei, mai hana ʻāpiki

Ei nei, a huli hoʻi mai

Ei nei, e pili kāua

Pōʻieʻie hoʻi au!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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