Kaha Ka Manu - Kawaikapuokalani K.Hewett

Kaha ka manu, paʻa ka lā
Pōʻele nā moku, pōuliuli

Halulu i ke kihi o ka mālama
Ka manu nāna i pani ka lā
He mele he inoa no ke aliʻi
Ke kau hiwa ʻōnohi maka o Lono

Ilihia au ke ʻike aku
Ka pō kupanaha i ulu iluna

Alo lua Hina me Kāne o ka lā
He pō kapu ʻia, hoʻāo nā akua

The bird soared up,the sun was shut out
The islands were dark, the eclipse

The bird that shut the light
From the sun
A name song for the chiefess
"Ke kau hiwa ʻōnohi maka o Lono"

My eyes were awed by what I beheld
The strange night that was growing above

Hina faced Kāne
It was a sacred night, the marriage of the gods

Source: Del Beazley CD "Night and Day