- Ha`aheo Hawai`i i na Kona
- Ka wai kau i ka maka ka `öpua
- Hualalai kau mai i luna
- Ka heke ia o na Kona
He `äina wela i`o o na Kona
- E ka makani ahe olu wai
- `O ka pa konane ahe kehau
- I ka ili o ka malihini
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- Hui:
- Hanohano
- `O Kona kai `öpua i ka la`i
- `O pua hinano i ka mâlie
- Wai na lai
- Ka mako a `öpua
- `A`ole no ahe lua a`e like aku ia
- Me Kona kai `öpua
- Ke kai ma`oki`oki
- Ke kai malino a`o Kona`
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- Kona kai `öpua i ka la`i
- `O pua hinano i ka mälie
- Holo na wai a ke kehau
- Ke na`u wai la nä kamali`i
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- Käohi ana i ke kukuna lä
- Ku`u la kolili i ka`ili kai
- Pumehana wale ho`i ia `äina
- Aloha no kini a`o Ho`olulu
`A`ohe lua ia `oe ke aloha
- O ku`u puni o ka mea `owa
- Ha`ina ka inoa o ku`u lani
- No Liholiho no la inoa
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- Kahea: He Inoa No Liholiho
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- Kalaninui
Liholiho,
- Kamehameha
II
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- Proud is Kona of Hawaii
- The waters and thick
clouds
- Hualalai, the majestic mountain
is high above
- Kona is the best
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- This warm land
- With the refreshing wind
- The bright moonlight
that
- Beckons the visitors
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- Chorus:
- Proud
- The cloud banks over Kona's
peaceful sea
- Like the hinano flower
- In the peaceful sea
- The cloudbanks of Kona
- Are incomparable, second to
none
- The cloudbanks of Kona
- The streaked sea
- The peaceful sea of Kona
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- The cloud bank over Kona's
peaceful sea
- Like the hinano flower in the
calm
- Where dusk descends with
evening dew
- The na'u is chanted by the
playful children
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- Hold back the rays of the
sun
- The sun rays reflecting on the
surface of the sea
- Very warm is the land
- Very loving the Ho`olulu
progeny
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- Nothing compares to the
love
- O my beloved companion of all
time
- For my lovely chief, my last
refrain
- Liholiho, I praise your
name
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- Call: The
Name Of Liholiho
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- Source: Stanich Collection - This
mele tells of a love affair between Liholiho (Kamehameha
II) and a woman of rank. It sings of the places and
activities of Kona and compares them to the deep emotions
of love. Known as Kona of the tranquil seas, the opua or
pink cumulus cloud formations that hang low, are regarded
as omens of good fortune and good weather. Hinano is the
blossom of the male pandanus tree and was used as an
aphrodisiac. Na`u is a game of Kona where the children
chant "na`u" and hold their breath until the sun
disappears. Ho'olulu was an ancient chief of Kona.
Kalaninui Liholiho (Heaven's Great Glowing) was the child
of Kamehameha I and Keopuolani, the most sacred and
highest born of his wives. Trained to be king, he
inherited the throne at an early age and co-ruled with
Kaahumanu, the Kuhina Nui. Liholiho's third and favorite
wife was Kamamalu, his half sister. Nov. 27, 1823, the
King and Kamamalu boarded the English ship L'Aigle, the
first of the Hawaiian Royals to travel abroad. This
tragic state visit with King George of England was to
gain political and commercial knowledge to better enable
Liholiho to govern his kingdom that had attracted many
foreigners. When the royal party arrived in England 6
months later, it was discovered that more that half of
the $25,000 they carried had been stolen. Before they had
an audience with the English Monarch, the Hawaiians were
struck with measles. Queen Kamamalu died July 8, 1824
followed by the death of King Liholiho, July 14. Like all
Hawaiians, they had no immunity to diseases.
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