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

Mele ʻOhana

by Damon Williams

translated to Hawaiʻi by Charles Kaʻupu

 

Ke hāpai nei ka leo i kuʻu ‘ohana

Na ke aloha e kau ka lei i kuʻu poli

Nāu kuʻu makana aloha

Ma kēia ‘āina e pūlama mai

I loko o kuʻu naʻau

Na ke akua e mālama mau

Eia kuʻu aloha iā ‘oukou

 

I lift my voice up to my family

Whose love I wear upon my chest

This is my gift of love for you

From the land that has nurtured me

It remains here in my heart

Cared forever by god

Here is my love for all of you

 

Na ke akua e mālama mau

Eia kuʻu aloha iā ‘oukou

Here is my love for all of you

 

All of you

 

I loko o kuʻu naʻau

Na ke akua e mālama mau

Here is my love

Eia kuʻu aloha

Here is my love

For all of you

All of you

You

 

 

 

 

 

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