Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Hamau E Na Kanaka)
by Charles Wesley & Felix Mendelssohn

Hamau `e na kanaka
Mele mai na `anela
Eia ke `Li`i hanau hou
E ho`onani a`e `oukou
Malu no ko lalo nei
E hau`oli ho`omaika`i
Ke Akua ko ke ao
Ku`ikahi pu lakou
Ke Akua ko ke ao
Ku`ikahi pu lakou

Oli a`e na `aina apau
Oli pu me kela ao
E ha`i a`e mai `o a `o
Iesu ke `Li`i no kakou
Hele mai ka lani mai
Hanau `ia no ma`ane`i
No kakou i hanau hou
A loa`a ke ola mau
No kakou i hanau hou
A loa`a ke ola mau

E aloha ke `Li`i mau
Ke `Li`i pono no kakou
Lama ola malu no
No ko keia ao apau
Mele `e na kanaka
Mele me na `anela
Eia ke `Li`i hanau hou
Pomaika`i a malu mau
Eia ke `Li`i hanau hou
Pomaika`i a malu mau
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new born King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic hosts proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new born King
 
Christ by highest heaven adored
Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time
Behold Him come
Offspring of the Virgins's womb
Veiled in flesh
The Godhead see
Hail the incarnate Deity
Pleased on earth with us to dwell
Jesus our Emmanuel

Hail the heaven born
Prince of peace
Hail the son of
Righteousness
Light and life to all He brings
Risen with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that we no more may die
Born to raise us from the earth
Born to give us second birth

 

Source: Hawaiian lyrics by Laiana. The words were written in 1739 and set to a Mendelssohn cantata in 1854