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

Līhau

words by Kīhei de Silva, music by Moe Keale

 

Ke Līhau mai nei nō ʻoe

I ka ʻoliliko wai a ka ua

Ua kāua mai ʻoe iaʻu

E noho a liʻu me ʻoe

 

Noe wale mai nei ke aloha

He Līhau i ka welelau pali

E ukali mai ana ka laʻi

Ka hilinaʻi a Makanikeoe

 

Eia lā ʻo Makanikeoe

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 "Līhau."

Kīhei de Silva and Moe Keale collaborated on this wedding song for their friends Mary Faurot and Damon Pescaia.  Their old-sounding waltz explains how love has settled on bride and groom like a soft mist, a cooling Līhau rain at the pali's highest point.  The mele then invokes Makanikeoe, a guardian-god of peace and love.  "E ukali mai ana ka la'i / Ka hilina'i a Makanikeoe / Eia lā 'o Makanikeoe" -- Contentment will soon attend you, the abiding trust of Makanikeoe; yes, here it is, the love of Makanikeoe.

 

 

 

 

 

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