No ka lani ali`i
Ka elele kaulana
I Wakinekona
Ua `imi `ia e `oe
Me ke ahonui
I kahua kupa`a
No na `oiwi Hawai`i
Nâ `âina ho`opulapula
No kona lahui aloha
Na ewe o ka `aina
Au i mana`o nui ai
A`ole makou e poina
I kau hana maika`i
E ola kou inoa
Ka`elele i Wakinekona
Ha`ina mai ka inoa
Ke ali`i lokomaika`i
E mau ka ho`omana`o
O Kalaniana`ole
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana`ole
in prison uniform
- (This is) A loving
recollection
- Of our royal prince
- The famous delegate
- To Washington
You have sought- With much patience
- To seek a solid foundation
- For the native Hawaiians
- Of our royal prince
- Homestead lands
- For your beloved people
- The natives of the land
- Whom you thought much of
We shall never forget- Your good deeds
- Long live your name
- The delegate to congress
This is our song's conclusion- About the kind-hearted prince
- May his name be long remembered
- (The name) Of Kalaniana`ole
- The natives of the land
Source: Aarona-Kepilino Collection, Peter Ahia's CD Peter Sings - This mele honors Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole born at Hoai, Kualu in the Koloa district of Kaua`i. He was the great grandson of Kaumuali`i, the last king of Kaua`i, educated at Iolani School (formerly St. Alban's College), Punahou, St. Matthew's School (San Mateo CA) and the Royal Agriculture College in Cirencester, England. When his aunt, Queen Lili`uokalani was deposed, he joined the revolutionaries, tried to restore the monarchy, was arrested, charged with treason, imprisoned and pardoned. He married Elizabeth Kahanu Kaauwai in 1896, daughter of a Maui chief, and was Hawai`i's elected delegate to congress, serving from 1903-1921. He died at his Waikiki Beach home of heart disease, January 7, 1922, at age 50, the last Hawaiian, by birth right and designation who could have claimed the throne of Hawai`i. Copyright Val Kepilino