This key: F Solfege: ref. SSSdrmfmrLr
Honesakala Sheet Music: Hopkins Aloha Collection of Hawaiian Songs 1899, 1928) 76
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1. Ho‘o-
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heno kē-
|
ia no ka
|
honesaka-
¦
la
Ke | ‘ala mua | ho‘i a‘u | i honi | ai Ua | ho‘opa‘a | ‘ia ma | ko‘u pu‘u- | wai Me | kahi pōkē ¦ pua a kā- | ua i kui | ai *1
HUI
Li‘a | au i ka | ‘ono o ka | wai o ia | pua *2 ‘Upu | a‘e ka ma- | na‘o e | ki‘i hou e | ako ‘A- | ‘ohe kani | leo o nā | manu o ‘Ō- | la‘a *3 Ua | la‘ahia | au me | Kākuhi- | hewa *4 2. I ¦ waiho iho | au i kahi | lei ua | mae I | hō‘ailona | nou e | ‘ike iho | ai A he | ‘u‘a kē- | ia ua | hiki iho | nei *5 Ke | ahu mai | nei ka me-| heu hele | hewa *6 3. ‘A- ¦ ‘ole no ¦ ku‘u ‘ike ¦ ‘ana i ka ¦ nani [v.3 fr. KBMH] Wau e ka- ¦ ena ¦ wale a‘e ¦ ai He ma-¦ ka‘u nui ¦ ko‘u o ¦ pulu i ka ¦ ua O ¦ ‘elo‘elo ¦ ho‘i a lo- ¦ a‘a i ke ¦ anu *1 Me kahi poke a kaua i kui ai [ sic; ACHS] *2 oia pua [ sic; ACHS, KBMH] *3 leo a na manu [ sic; KBMH] *4 Ua laahia au me ke ka kuhihewa [ sic; ACHS]
*5
A he u-a
[
sic; KBMH]
*6 ka maheu [sic; ACHS] |
This is a cherished song for the honeysuckle
The first fragrance that I inhaled It is bound within my heart With the bouquet that you and I fashioned I yearn for the sweet nectar of that flower
Thoughts well up to pluck it anew
There is no encouraging voice of the birds of ‘Ōla‘a I am cursed by illusion, like Kākuhihewa I leave a lei that has faded As a sign for you to see This worthless one has come in vain The straying footsteps are apparent (word-play with boots on the steps)
It's not my knowledge of beauty
That causes me to boast I am fearful of being soaked in the rain Drenched, and falling prey to the cold
[Nogelmeier, 2004]
from Noe Mahoe's book: *Tom
Lindsey
(in KBMH, Lindsay) was a hapa-haole with a sweetheart. One morning the both of them made a honeysuckle lei and then he went to work. He returned unexpectedly and saw a horse in front of his sweetheart's house. When he looked in he saw his beloved wife in the arms of his uncle. Heartbroken, he left the lei on the door knob. He composed this song in grief and died a few months later (Told by Mrs. Pukui) |
Hua ‘ōlelo: Lindsey, Thomas; ca. 1897 (
sic
Tom Lindsay, dedicated to Hattie, in KBMH)
Leo: ibid. or Nape (sic)
KBMH pg. 124
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Bibliography: KBMH
Ka Buke Mele o na Himeni Hawaii Holstein 1897 (Bishop Museum 2003)
KHHH Ka Hoonanea o na Home Hawaii Keakaokalani & Bright 1888
ACHS Aloha Collection of Hawaiian Songs Wall, Nichols Co. 1899,
1928
NMHN Nā Mele o Hawaiʻi Nei, Elbert & Mahoe; University
of Hawai‘i Press; Honolulu, 1970
QS The Queen's Songbook,
Hui Hānai; Honolulu, 1999
HMA He Mele Aloha Wilcox, Hussey,
Hollinger & Nogelmeier; Honolulu, 2003
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