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`Eleu Mikimiki (Step
Lively) - by Charles E. King
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| Kâu hana mau nô ia `O ka milimili `apa Hala `ê ka wâ kûpono `O ka milimili `apa Hala `ê ka wâ kûpono Hui: E kala nô`oe a I a`o mua `ia ai Na ka `eleu mikimiki Nânâ ê ka lawe lilo Na ka `eleu mikimiki Nânâ ê ka lawe lilo `A`ole nô a he lua A e like ai me `oe Ma ka ho`ohemahema A e like ai me `oe Ma ka ho`ohemahema Kâpae ka hilahila E wake up mai ho`i `oe A laila `aka `oe No ka mea `o `oe ka best A laila `aka `oe No ka mea `o `oe ka best Ua `ike maka nô `oe I ka nani lua `ole O ka lei hulu mamo I ka nani lua `ole O ka lei hulu mamo `O ka puana kâu E ho`olohe mai Na ka `eleu mikimiki Nana ê ka lawe lilo Na ka eleu mikimiki Nana ê ka lawe lilo |
That is always your way To be so slow And let opportune time go To be so slow And let opportune time go Chorus: You were told A long time ago That it is the lively one, the one on the spot That takes the prize That it is the lively one, the one on the spot That takes the prize There's no other one Just like you In being negligent Just like you In being negligent Set aside your bashfulness And wake up Then you will laugh Because you are the best Then you will laugh Because you are the best You have seen for yourself The incomparable beauty Of the lei of mamo feathers The incomparable beauty Of the lei of mamo feathers
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Source: Translation by Mary Pukui. Recorded by Ida Keli`i Chun "Memories of Old Hawai`i". Copyright 1930, 1943 by Charles E. King. Music clip by Lani Lee | |