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Aloha nâ `ahahui o nâ ali`i
Nâ ali`i mai nâ kûpuna mai
E pa`a i nâ `ôlelo kaulana
E hele a moe i ke ala
- Hû wale a`e nâ ho`omana`o `ana
- Nô nâ ali`i kaulana
- Ua pau, ua hala lâkou
- A koe nô nâ pua
- Ua pau, ua hala lâkou
- A koe nô nâ pua
E lei i ka lei ha`aheo o Hawai`i
- Ka wehi ho`i o nâ ali`i i hala
- E pa`a ka mana`o me ka lôkahi
- E mau ke ea o ka `âina i ka pono
- He ali`i `o ka lani, ua kaulana
- Ka Napoliona o ka Pâkîpika
- E lei i ka wehi ha`aheo o Hawai`i
- Nâ hulu mamo like `ole
- E lei i ka wehi ha`aheo o Hawai`i
- Nâ hulu mamo like `ole
- `Imi nui `o Maleka a lôli`i
- Ka wehi ho`i o nâ ali`i i hala
- `A`ole nô na`e e like aku
- Me ka mea no`eau ke kupuna
He ali`i `o ka lani ua kaulana
- Ke `ahi kananâ o ka Pâkîpika
- Nânâ nô i ulupâ nâ pae moku
- A pau malalo ona
- Nânâ nô i ulupâ n pae moku
- A pau malalo ona
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- Hail societies of chieftains
- Chieftains from our ancestors
- Remember the famous saying
- Go and sleep upon the byways
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- Memories come
Of the famous chiefs
They are gone, they have passed
And their flowers survive
They are gone, they have passed
And their flowers survive
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- Wear the cherished leis of Hawaii
- Adornment of departed chiefs
- May all unite in recalling
- The life of the land is perpetuated in
righteousness
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- Royal chief, famous
- Napoleon of the Pacific
- Wear the cherished adornments of Hawaii
- The mamo feather leis
- Wear the cherished adornments of Hawaii
- The mamo feather leis
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- America seeks our welfare
- The adornment of departed chiefs
- Not the same
- As the ancestors' wisdom
Chief royal and famous
- Fierce tuna of the Pacific
- When he struck the island group
- All were subdued
- When he struck the island group
- All were subdued
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Source: Nâ Mele o Hawai`i Nei by Elbert
& Mahoe. This song, an expression of love and respect
for our Hawaiian heritage, especially honors the departed
chiefs. The 2nd verse incorporates the 1843 statement of
Kamehameha III given at Kawaiaha`o Church, the motto of
Hawai`i
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