Nani Haili Pō i ka Lehua   Sheet Music: Hopkins Aloha Collection of Hawaiian Songs 1899, 1928)   69


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E ō e Liliʻu i ko inoa
Nani Haili pō i ka lehua
Noho ia ʻala i ke onaona
Honi ke kupa i ke ʻala

Hui:
Waiho ʻē nō i ka poli o ka ipo hīnano
Nānā aku he nani wale nō ka nahele
Ilihia ʻoko`a i ka maikaʻi o ka pua
I kui au a hoʻolawa i ko aloha

E ō e Liliʻu i ko inoa
Nani Kīlauea paʻa i ka noe
Pō luna o Uēkahuna i ke ʻala
Nalo akula nā lehua neʻe i ka papa

Hui:
ʻIke ʻole au i nā hala o Halaaniani
I ke ālai ʻia mai e ka ua Nahunahu
E ake au e hoʻi mai ka Puʻulena e pili
E moe aloha māua me ka moani

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Answer O Liliʻu to your name song
Beautiful Haili, dense with lehua blossoms
Place that is filled with their fragrance
All who go there know their sweetness

Chorus:
You, I have left in the bosom of the beloved hinano
You look and see nothing but beauty in the forest
Thrilled with the beauty of the flower
The flowers I picked and strung with love for you

Answer, O Liliʻu to your name song
Beautiful is Kilauea screened by the mist
Heavy with fragrance is the top of Uwēkahuna
And the lehua bushes that creep on the lava bed are hidden out of sight

Chorus:
I did not see the big grove of Halaaniani
For it was hidden out of sight by the pelting rain
I was eager to have the Puʻulena breeze return again
That I may lovingly sleep in the moani breeze
Orthography/Translation: Puakea Nogelmeier
via huapala.org

Hua ‘ōlelo: huapala.org: Konia
Leo:  Charles A.K. Hopkins (sic)
KBMH pg. 145 KHHH

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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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