Maui Nani E - Words & music by: Keali`ikaleo`olaeanuikaumanamana VIII Blaisdell
Aloha ku`u `âina `O Maui, nani e `Aina kaulana i ka nani Heaku no wau e ô mai `oe E ô mai e Maui Kêia `âina i aloha ai E Maui `âina kaulana Piha i ka nani kamaha`o Heaku no wau e ô mai `oe E ô mai e Maui Pu`uhonua nani a maika`i He wahi mehameha nô ia He momi no ka Pakipika Heaku no wau e ô mai `oe E ô mai e Maui Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana `O Maui, nani e `Aina kaulana i ka nani Heaku no wau e ô mai `oe E ô mai e Maui	Love for my land, Beautiful Maui Land famed for its beauty When I call to you, please answer Respond O Maui! This land that I love Maui, famous land You are filled with wondrous beauty When I call to you, please answer Respond O Maui! A place of refuge, beautiful and good A place of solitude A pearl of the Pacific When I call to you, please answer Respond O Maui! Told now is the song Beautiful Maui Land famed for its beauty When I call to you, please answer Respond O Maui!
Source: Keali`i Blaisdell's CD "Malumaluakua". This haku mele, written 09-02-08, is about the changes of Maui due to the over development and over crowding of foreigners. Maui, a once beautiful island and capitol of the Hawaiian Kingdom, is now overrun with tourists, illegal immigrants and over development that is pushing out the kanaka maoli from their homes and lands. Keali’i is crying out to Maui to protect her kanaka maoli people in this mele. Translated by Keali`i Blaisdell. Copyright 2008, Keali`i Blaisdell