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Me `oe ka `ano`i e ka `âhihi
- Ka lei milika`a a ka`u aloha
He aloha makamae kai hiki mai
- He `ala honehone i ka pu`uwai
He waiwai `oe i ka`u `ike
- Ua kehakeha i luna a`o Lanihuli
Huli mai nô `oe `olu kâua
- I mehana ho`i au a`i ko poli
Ha`ina ka puana no ku`u lei
- Ka pua `âhihi a`o Lanihuli
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With you is my desire, o
`âhihi
- The lei caressed over and over
by my love
- It is a precious love, that
comes to me
- A fragrance teasing the
heart
- You are of great value in my
sight
- High above Lanihuli
- Turn to me, let us comfort one
another
- Let me be warmed by your
bosom
- The story is told for my
lei
- The `âhihi blossom of
Lanihuli
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Source: Maddy Lam composed
this song for Kahauanu Lake, as a gift to Maiki Aiu. This was first
danced
by April Peeples Chock and presented as a ho`okupu to Maiki.
She loved the mele and it became the signature song of her halau.
This mele compares a sweetheart to the beautiful
`âhihi blossom. The ahihi, a low spreading shrub-like
bush with a twisted trunk (Metrosiderous) is a form of
lehua. Lanihuli is the peak west of the Nu`uanu pali gap
where the `âhihi grows profusely. Music clip by Tonya Ferris Copyright
Criterion Music Corp
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