Mâlama `Ia Me `Oe -
Music by Oscar Strauss |
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| Mâlama `ia me `oe Ke aloha e lei a`i Hîpu`u `ia me `oe Ke ko`i`i koi a loko Kâhiko `ia me `oe Ka `i`ini a ka pu`uwai Pâpahi pa`a me `oe Ka wehi a mau loa |
Cared for with you, is The love that is as a neck lei Fastened to you is The desire insistent within Adorned with you is The heart’s desire An honor lasting with you An ornament forever |
| Source: Charles K.L Davis Album - Henri Berger was the Royal Hawaiian Bandmaster under King Kalâkaua in 1872. He kept abreast of music from his home in Austria and when the Strauss operetta “Gypsy Baron was produced in Vienna, 1885, Berger arranged the music for the Royal Hawaiian Band. The Hawaiian lyrics were added soon after. Translator unknown | |