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| He aloha moku o Keawe `Aina a ka nani me ka maluhia Ho`okuku wau me Kaleponi Hawai`i ka `oi o na `ailana Na ka Aukekulia i kono mai ia`u E naue i ka `aina malihini `Aina kamaha`o i ka`u `ike Ua uhi pa`a pu `ia e ka noe `Ike i ka hau ho`okuakea `ili Ho`opumehana i kahi kapuahi Ka `iniki a ke anu mehe ipo ala E koi mai ana ia`u e ho`i I laila huli hope ko`u mana`o A he kaukani mile ko`u mamao Hu mai ke aloha no ka `aina No ka poi `uo'uo kaohi pu`u Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana Ke aloha `âina ku`u lei ia | Beloved is the land of
Keawe Land of beauty and peace I make a comparison with California And find Hawai`i the better land It was Australia which invited me To visit this foreign land This is a wonderful land in my opinion Ever enveloped by fogs I know the snow that bleaches the skin That makes one warm oneself at a fireplace The cold pinches like a lover And urges me to go home Then my mind goes wandering back Though I am thousands of miles away Love wells up for my homeland And the smooth poi that soothes the throat This ends my song The love of my homeland is my wreath |
Source: Na Mele Welo, Translated by Mary Puku'i - Emalia was a hula dancer in the court of King Kalâkaua. She visited America, did not like it because of the cold weather and returned to Hawaii, her first love. This mele was composed in 1894, when she was in San Francisco. The Australia in line #5 is the name of a ship. She is the Sweet Emalia in the song Hilo One. | |