Mele Hoʻopulapula, Vol. 2
The legacy of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole is a living one. As we look back at a century of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, we must not forget its future that we represent today. It is a future marked by younger generations who stand on the shoulders of those before them – always connected to the piko that grounds them to their ʻohana and to their ʻāina. Kalanianaʻole’s vision is made real.
In the same spirit of intergenerational legacy, this collection of mele builds upon those in the first volume of Mele Hoʻopulapula – in which mele written for ʻāina hoʻopulapula resurfaced for a centennial celebration. Mele Hoʻopulapula, Vol. 2 features 10 new compositions for ʻāina hoʻopulapula across Hawaiʻi. Each composition was a product of a haku mele mentor and mentee – both having meaningful connections to the ʻāina for which they offer their honorific mele. In some cases, the haku mele duo consisted of mother and daughter; older and younger siblings; kumu and haumāna. In all cases, the indispensable value of pilina – relationships – brought these new adorations to life, to voice, and to our Lāhui.
Just as these relationships carry forth Kalanianaʻole’s legacy, may these new mele for Panaʻewa, Kealakehe, Paukūkalo, Hoʻolehua, Pālaʻau, Papakōlea, Kalāwahine, Kewalo Uka, Kapolei, Nānākuli, Waiʻanae, and Anahola strengthen our relationship to our ʻāina hoʻopulpaula and thus, to each other. Ola nā pulapula iā Kalanianaʻole!
“After extensive investigation and survey on the part of various organizations organized to rehabilitate the Hawaiian race, it was found that the only method in which to rehabilitate the race was to place them back upon the soil.” - Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole to U.S. Senators prior to the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.
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Ke Aliʻi Hoʻopulapula
Mele ʻia e Manu Boyd, Kaulana Vares, Kupuʻeu Dalire-Naʻauao & Robert Cazimero
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Panaʻewa i ka noe a ka Wailehua
ʻĀina uluwehi i ka moku o KeaweWaiehu i ka ʻiniki a ka Hōʻehaʻili
ʻĀina kaulana o NāwaiʻehāMahalo me ke aloha e ke aliʻi hoʻopulapula
Ua ola Hawaiʻi kulāiwi iā ʻoe, e Kalanianaʻole... -
He Aloha Nānākuli
Haʻaheo ka nohona o ke kamaʻāina
I ka poli pōʻai kualono o ka uka
Palikea i ka malu ulu o ke kīawe
Lau holu i ka pua ahe WaikōloaHui:
He aloha Nānākuli kuʻu home ē
ʻĀina nani ʻoe o nā ʻōiwi ē
He pono wai e ola ai nā pulapula ē
E ō Kalanianaʻole ēLuana he nanea i ka holu a ke kai
ʻOlu ai ke on... -
He Mele no Kahanu Aliʻi Wahine
Ahuwale e ka uʻi o Kalani
Kahanu aliʻi wahine
Milimili a Kaleiwohi
Lei o KeaweaheuluLaʻi ka nohona hoʻopulapula
I ka malu kiawe
Koʻiawe ua Nāulu
A i LualualeiLoa ka piʻina kakahiaka
Heleakalā hiehie
I hoa Puʻuohulu
Me ka Inuwai o MikiluaLohe ka hoene a ke kai
ʻO kaʻu e liʻa nei
Pā kāhea kam... -
Māhuahua Ke Aloha
ʻAuhea ʻoe e kuʻu ipo
Pumehana mau i ko poli
Kilakila Kalalea
Me ka makani NihiaumoeHiki mai ka lā ua kakahiaka
E luana ana i kahaone
Lae Kāhala ʻau i ke kai
Kai kuaʻau o AnaholaHui:
Kei ka nani o ka pua ʻula
Pua aloalo o ka ʻohana
Ka hanu ʻaʻala o ka mēlia
I kui ʻia a lawa kuʻu leiMāhuahua...
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Aloha Kapolei i ka Lā Loa o Makaliʻi
ʻOhuʻohu Oʻahu me ka lei ʻōpua
ʻAʻala ka hau o Kaʻala i ka ʻUlalena
ʻEnaʻena ke kula maʻo o ʻEwa
I ke kai manauea aʻo HonouliuliUliuli Palikea me ka pā lehua
Lei popohe haʻa i ka Māunuunu
Nani Pālailai ka hoa puʻu o Kapo
Lei kui na Wahine i ka malu o ka ʻōhaiKilo ihola i ka lae loa ʻo ʻEwa
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Nā ʻĀina Hoʻolehua
Hiʻipoi Hoʻolehua lei wehi kamaʻāina
ʻĀina hoʻopulapula na KalanianaʻoleHiehie Moʻomomi pahu kai no nā ʻōiwi
Hoʻolono leo kupuna o kālaina wāwaeHoʻoheno Mahana kula ʻuala Lanikeha
Kau keha Keʻieʻie he waihona pule oʻoKau aku ka manaʻo no Pālāʻau
Kahi hoʻolehua nā koa KamehamehaPuana ʻia k...
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Paukūkalo
Ohaoha wale ka nohona
I ka malu o Pihanakalani–
Hiaʻai i ka makani Lawe Mālie,
Kauaehahe iā Kaʻehuakamōʻī.Hui:
Hanohano mai nō ʻo Paukūkalo, eō!
Ehuehu i ka poli o Haumea, ʻeā?
Mahola ka lau o ke aloha
Kupuohi i ka piko o kuʻu kulāiwi.Uluwehi Mauna o ʻEʻeka–
Kilakila mai ʻo Mauna Kāne
Me nā l... -
Hanohano ʻo Laʻiʻōpua
Hanohano ʻo Laʻiʻōpua
I ka malu o Hualālai
Kuahiwi kilakila
Ahuwale i nā Kona
He aloha ka ʻikena
O ke kai ʻānapanapa
Pili ana me ka pali
ʻEhuʻehu aʻo Noio
Uhi wale ke aloha
Kamahaʻo o nā pua
Lamalama i ke ana
ʻŌnohi o ka ‘āina
Kui ʻia nā lima ʻōiwi
O ke kulāiwi maikaʻi
Ua... -
Kuʻu ʻĀina ʻo Papakōlea
He aloha kuʻu ʻāina ‘o Papakōlea
I ka malu o ʻUalakaʻa me Puʻu ʻŌhiʻa
Uluwehiwehi ʻoe i ka pua melia
A he lei poina ʻole no nā kupa ʻāinaHe aloha kuʻu ʻāina ‘o Kalāwahine
Ke kiaʻi no ke kukui o Kamoʻopili
ʻO ka ua Lanipili e iho mau ana
I ka nani hiehie aʻo KauhulinoaHe aloha kuʻu ʻāina ‘o Ke...
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Home Uluwehiwehi
Kaulana ka inoa ʻo Panaʻewa
Home uluwehiwehi o ka lehua
Paipai ka lehua lā i luna
No ka lei mikioi, pili a paʻaA he nani ka ʻōiwi a ka noʻeau
Naʻu nō e lei no nā kau a kauʻOhuʻohu Hilo i ka moku lehua
Pōhai ke aloha i ka hoʻopulapulaʻIke ʻia i ka nani ʻo Panaʻewa
Home uluwehiwehi o ka leh...
