Kalani Käwika (King David) - J. Kealoha

 

Eia nö Kawika e
O ka heke a`o nä pua e

Ka uwila ma ka hikina e
Mälamalama Hawai`i e

Ku`i e ka lono Pelekani e
A lohe ke ku`ini `o Palani e

Na wai e ka pua i luna e
Na Kapa`akea he makua e

Ha`ina `ia mai ka puana e
Kalani Käwika he inoa e

King Käwika Kaläkaua

 

 
This is David
The greatest of all flowers

(He is) the lightning in the east
That brightens Hawai`i|

News reached England
Also heard by the French queen

Who is this flower of high rank?
Kapa`akea is his father


Tell the refrain
King David, is his name

Analea Keohokalole

 

Caesar Kapa`akea

 

 

Source: King's Hawaiian Melodies Copyright 1930, 43 - This mele inoa for King David Kaläkaua (1836-1891) relates how he appealed to England and France for financial aid for Hawai`i. He was refused. The people of Hawai`i are called flowers. Caesar Kapa`akea, a great grandson of Chief Kame`eiamoku was the father of King Kaläkaua and High Chiefess, Analea Keohokalole, a counselor to King Kamehameha III, was his mother. Kaläkaua ruled from 1874-1891. The sign of the Kalakaua dynasty was the noonday sun symbolized by a flaming torch at midday