Honesakala

Honesakala - by Thomas Lindsay

Ho`oheno kêia no ka honesakala
Ke `ala mua ho`i a`u i honi ai
Ho`opa`a ia ma ku`u pu`uwai
Me kahi pôkê a kâua i kui ai

Hui:
`Ike au i ka `ono o ka wai `oia pua
`Upu a`e ka mana`o e ki`i hou e `ako
`A`ohe kani leo na manu o `Ola`a
Ua la`ahia au me ka kuhi hewa

Ua waiho iho au i kahi lei ua mae
I ho`ailona nou e `ike iho ai
He `u`a keia ua hiki mai nei
Ke ahu mai nei kamaheu hele hewa

`A`ole no ku`u `ike `ana i ka nani
Wau a`e ka`ena wale a`e ai
He maka`u nui ko`u pulu i ka ua
O `elo`elo ho`i a loa`a i ke anu

This is a love song for the honeysuckle
Whose fragrance I first smelled
Held fast (our love) within my heart
With the flowers we strung together

Chorus:
I tasted the honey within the flower
And thought to pick some more
But the birds of `Ola`a no longer sing
For I found myself mistaken

I left my lei already wilted
As a token for you to see
A worthless person had already come
The signs of the mischief maker lie all about

It isn't because of the beauty I saw
That I make idle boasts
But I was afraid of being wet in the rain
And the drenching will give me a cold

Source: Clyde Kindey Sproat - Translated by Mary Puku'i - Composer Thomas Lindsey, a young Waimea cowboy from Parker Ranch, was in love with a lady from Kohala. He rode through Kawaihae uka where stonewalls along the way were laden with honeysuckle. He fashioned leis and bouquets of honeysuckle whenever he visited her. Parker Ranch selected him to go for higher education on the mainland; so he went to visit his lady with the usual leis. While there, he proposed to her and she accepted. Upon his return, after two years, he saddled up and hastily rode down with his leis for her. Arriving at her home, he saw a dried lei and someone's boots where his ought to be. Leaving his lei of honeysuckle at her doorstep, he rode away for the last time. Not long after this song was published, Lindsey, while working the cattle up on Hualalai, was thrown from his horse and died of head injuries sustained in the accident. He was 23 years old.

Honesakala - by Thomas Lindsay
Ho`oheno kêia no ka honesakala Ke `ala mua ho`i a`u i honi ai Ho`opa`a ia ma ku`u pu`uwai Me kahi pôkê a kâua i kui ai Hui: `Ike au i ka `ono o ka wai `oia pua `Upu a`e ka mana`o e ki`i hou e `ako `A`ohe kani leo na manu o `Ola`a Ua la`ahia au me ka kuhi hewa Ua waiho iho au i kahi lei ua mae I ho`ailona nou e `ike iho ai He `u`a keia ua hiki mai nei Ke ahu mai nei kamaheu hele hewa `A`ole no ku`u `ike `ana i ka nani Wau a`e ka`ena wale a`e ai He maka`u nui ko`u pulu i ka ua O `elo`elo ho`i a loa`a i ke anu	This is a love song for the honeysuckle Whose fragrance I first smelled Held fast (our love) within my heart With the flowers we strung together Chorus: I tasted the honey within the flower And thought to pick some more But the birds of `Ola`a no longer sing For I found myself mistaken I left my lei already wilted As a token for you to see A worthless person had already come The signs of the mischief maker lie all about It isn't because of the beauty I saw That I make idle boasts But I was afraid of being wet in the rain And the drenching will give me a cold

Source: Clyde Kindey Sproat - Translated by Mary Puku'i - Composer Thomas Lindsey, a young Waimea cowboy from Parker Ranch, was in love with a lady from Kohala. He rode through Kawaihae uka where stonewalls along the way were laden with honeysuckle. He fashioned leis and bouquets of honeysuckle whenever he visited her. Parker Ranch selected him to go for higher education on the mainland; so he went to visit his lady with the usual leis. While there, he proposed to her and she accepted. Upon his return, after two years, he saddled up and hastily rode down with his leis for her. Arriving at her home, he saw a dried lei and someone's boots where his ought to be. Leaving his lei of honeysuckle at her doorstep, he rode away for the last time. Not long after this song was published, Lindsey, while working the cattle up on Hualalai, was thrown from his horse and died of head injuries sustained in the accident. He was 23 years old.