Aloha nâ `ahahui o nâ ali`i
Nâ `li`i mai nâ kûpuna mai
E pa`a i nâ `ôlelo kaulana
E hele a moe i ke ala
Hû wale a`e nâ ho`omana`o `ana
Nô nâ ali`i kaulana
Ua pau ua hala lâkou
A koe nô nâ pua
Ua pau, ua hala lâkou
A koe nô nâ pua
E lei i ka lei ha`aheo o Hawai`i
Ka wehi ho`i o nâ `li`i i hala
E pa`a ka mana`o me ka lôkâhi
E mau ke ea o ka `âina
i ka pono
He ali`i `o Kalani ua kaulana
Ka Nâpoliona o ka Pâkîpika
E lei i ka wehi ha`aheo
o Hawai`i
Nâ hulu mamo like `ole
E lei i ka wehi ha`aheo o Hawai`i
Nâ hulu mamo like `ole
`Imi nui `o Maleka o Lôli`i
Ka wehi ho`i o nâ `li`i i hala
`A`ole nô na`e e like aku
Me ka mea no`eau he kupuna
He ali`i o ka lani ua kaulana
Ke `ahi kananâ o ka Pâkîpika
Nânâ nô i ulupâ nâ pae
moku
A pau ma lalo ona
Nânâ nô i ulupâ nâ paemoku
A pau ma lalo ona
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Aloha to the assemblies of chiefs
The
chiefs from long lines of ancestors
Hold fast to the famous words
"To
go and sleep by the way"
Recalling of the fond recollections
Of the famous chiefs
It is finished. They have passed
Only their descendants remain
It is finished. They have passed
Only their descendants remain
Wear Hawai`i's lei of pride
The adornment of the chief now gone
Hold fast to the thought in unity
The life of the land is perpetuated in
righteousness
The heavenly one was a famous chief
The Napoleon of the Pacific
Wear Hawai`i's lei of pride
The many kinds of bird
feathers
Wear Hawai`i's lei of pride
The many kinds of bird feathers
Peaceful
America sought fully
To restore the beauties of the chiefs of old
But the cannot compare
With the things that your ancestors had
The heavenly one was a famous chief
The mighty warrior of the Pacific
He conquered all of the islands
And brought them under his rule
He conquered all of the islands
And brought them under his rule
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Source: King's Hawaiian Melodies Copyright
1930, 43 - This song is dedicated to the Order of Kamehameha. Verse
1, stanza 4 is from Kamehameha Nui's Law of the Spintered Paddle.
The 2nd verse incorporates the 1843 statement of Kamehameha III given
at
Kawaiaha`o
Church,
the
motto
of
Hawai`i. Translation by Donald Mitchell
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