Green Lantern Hula - by John Piʻilani Watkins

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Aia i ka nani lā i Māʻili
ʻO ka ipu kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo

Hoʻolohe aku au i ke ahiahi
ʻO ke kani honi mai leo o ka manu

ʻO ka pā kōnane a ka mahina
ʻIke ʻia aʻo Māʻili nō ē ka ʻoi

Me ke kai nehe mai i ka puʻe one
E hulali hele mai i ka ʻae kai

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
ʻO ka ipu kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo
There in the calm of Māʻili
Is the Green Lantern

I have heard in the evening
The sweet call of the birds' voices

On a bright moonlight night
I saw Māʻili, the best

As the tide rolls in, the waves swell
It glistens and shimmers on the shore

Tell the refrain
Of the Green Lantern


Source: Pao Collection - The Green Lantern was a favorite neighborhood bar in Maʻili on the Waiʻanae Coast. Music clip by Lani Lee, Hawaiian Text edited by Puakea Nogelmeier