E Pili Mai (Come To
Me) -
Words by Larry Lindsey Kimura, Music by Cyril Pahinui |
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| `Auhea wale ana `oe Ku`u lei o ka pô Pô anu ho`okahi nô au Sweetheart mine E pili mai Inâ `o `oe a `o au `Ike i ke ahi o Makana He makana ia na ke aloha No nâ kau a kau `O `oe a`o au Sweetheart mine E pili mai |
Where are you My sweetheart of the night The night is cold and I am alone Sweetheart mine Come to me If you and I are together We'll know the fires of Makana It would be a gift given of love For all time You and I Sweetheart mine Come to me |
| Source: Ke`alaokamaile CD by Keali`i Reichel, nominated for 2004 Grammy Award. Verse 2, Stanza 2, Fires of Makana references the famed cliff in Hâ`ena, Kaua`i, where firebrands were hurled at night. The firebrands were made of small logs of hau or pâpala wood, wrapped and entwinted, carried up the cliff, set on fire and thrown from the cliff. The firebrands, supported by wind currents, would swirl over the ocean leaving trails of embers. The sport entailed catching a firebrand before it touched the ground and burning the arm with it, as proof of going to Kaua’i and/or confessing love for someone, verse 2, stanza 3. | |