- Ke welina mai nei ke kini o lalo
- Na hoa i ka uka nahele o Puna
- Akahi ko noho a ka ua i Kaukahi
- Noho o Kane i ka papa i lohia
- A lau o Kalohelani o Pi`ilani
- (Halau e Kalohelani e Pi`ikea)
- La ea, ea, ea
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- Alo neia poe i ka maanu lai
- Na ka manu i kai o Halulu
- Hano o ka lani i ka papa ni'oni 'o
- Ni'oni 'o aia la e mimiki ke kai
- Eia a ahuwale e ka papa
- La ea, ea, ea
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- Ua maona o Kane i ka awa
- Ua kau ke keha i ka uluna
- Ke hiolani la i ka moena
- Kipi'i ke kapa a ka noe
- O ka hoopaa kai a Kinilau
- La ea, ea, ea
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- He kaele ka olohe lua
- Elua pua a ke akua
- O ka puku'i o ka lalani
- O kini e o ka mano akua
- Hano a lele, a lele wale hoi
- La ea, ea, ea
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- Greetings to the host
below
- To the companions of the
uplands of Puna
- Yonder gathers the rain at
Kaukahi
- Kane dwells with his
supernatural ones
- The multitude of Kalohelani,
offspring of Pi`ilani
- (House of Kalohelani at
Pi`ikea)
- Tra la la la
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- They wander in the calm
- The bird at the shore of
Halulu
- Soars heavenward to the
vari-colored sky
- Reflecting below in the
receding sea
- Till the floor is laid
bare
- Tra la la la
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- Kane is satisfied with his
drink of awa
- He has placed his head on the
pillow
- And fallen asleep on the
mat
- Covered by a blanket of
mist
- Hiding from view the sea of
Kinilau
- Tra la la la
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- A multitude of beings dwell
with him
- Two blossoms has he, the
god
- The counsel of gods, the rows
of gods
- The forty thousand, the four
hundred thousand
- Revered beings, our prayers fly
to you, fly
- Tra la la la
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Source: Fornander Volume VI - Above
Waipio Valley at Hoku-ula lived Kane and a multitude of
supernatural folks. The mele starts with a greeting to those
below. These people dwell in the fertile valley that was
once the home of Hawaii's mighty ali`is', Liloa and his son,
Umi
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