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Hāmākua : Mele





E ala, e ala, ua ao, ua malamalama,

Ke hoolale mai nei ke keiki makani,

O kaikamahine makani a Malanai,

A Malanai, a Ku, a Haehae,

Pai nahe ka la i ka makani,

O Kaulua, O Hinaiaeleele,

O na malama ino o ka moku la—e,

E ala, e ala e Hamakua,

Ka aina ia Wanua.




Arise, arise, it is light, it is day,

The child of the winds is urging you
A daughter wind of Malanai,
Of Malanai, of Ku, of Haehae,
The sun gently urges on the wind,
Kaulua, Hinaiaelele,
The stormy months of the district,
Arise, arise oh Hāmākua,
The land of Wanua.
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E ala e Hāmākua - Maunakea, Kaʻohe, Hāmākua - Photo by N. Peralto. (c) 2012.
* Nakuina, Moses. Moolelo Hawaii no Pakaa me Kuapakaa. 1902. pg. 90-91.

A Hāmākua Au

 
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Kūkaʻiau, Hāmākua - Photo by K. Wong, 2014.
A Hāmākua Au, performed by Hula Hālau o Kou Lima Nani E, Merrie Monarch 2017.
A Hamakua au,
Noho i ka ulu hala.
Malihini au i ka hiki ana,
I ka ua peʻepeʻe pōhaku.
Noho ʻoe a liʻuliʻu,
A luliluli mālie iho.
He keiki akamai ko ia pali,
ʻElima nō pua i ka lima.
Kui ʻoe a lawa
I lei no kuʻu aloha;
Mālama mālie ʻoe i ka makemake,
I lei hoʻoheno no ke aloha ʻole.
Moe ʻoe a ala mai;
Nānā iho ʻoe i kou pono.
Hāʻina ʻia ka puana;
Keiki noho pali o Hāmākua;
A wakawaka, a wakawaka.
At Hāmākua I am,
Sitting in the hala grove.
I am a stranger at the arrival,
Of the Peʻepeʻe pōhaku rain.
You sit and remained a while,
Shifting and swaying about.
There is an intelligent child of the cliff,
With five flowers in hand.
You string together until complete,
A lei for my aloha;
You calmly care for the desires,
A cherished lei for the one without aloha.
Rest, you, and arise;
And look upon the good you have done.
The story is told;
Of the child who sits upon the Hāmākua cliffs
Sheer and sharp.
* Emerson, Nathaniel. Unwritten Literature of Hawaiʻi. 1998. pg. 122-3.

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