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

Nani Wale Ka Lau Oliva

 (The Beautiful Olive Leaf)

by Johnny Lum Ho

 

 

Ua pio mai lā o ke ānuenue

Ua pau ka ʻino hoʻēmi ka wai

Hulali mai ka lā he au hō ia

I ʻoluʻolu iʻo no

 

Nani wale ka ʻikena ka hō ai lona

E pā mai ana ka makani

Aheahe ʻolu

 

ʻAkahi hoʻi a ʻike maka i kahi mamao

Kīkaha mālie ka manu ʻehakō

Hūlalilali mai ʻoe

 

*Piha me ka ʻuhane lā

Hemolele e ka ʻehakō

 

Hoʻomaha iho i ke kumu o ka oliva

Ua ʻako ʻia ka lālā

Oliva hiwahiwa

 

Haʻina mai ka puana

Ka manu ʻehakō

Ua hiʻilawe mai ka oliva

Lālā laʻa loa

 

*repeat

 

E hoʻi mai ʻoe e ka ʻehakō

E ka manu kaulana i ka wā kahiko

E hoʻi mai ʻoe e ka ʻehakō

Nani wale hiwahiwa ka oliva

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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