Ipo Kaʻupu: Mele Hoʻālohaloha
Ka Haku Mele • 4m 8s
ʻAuhea wale ana ʻoe,
E kuʻu ipo kaʻupu?
Aia i ka moana ākea
I ka hehi ʻale mai;
Eia iho nō wau
E kali aku nei
I ko hoʻi mai
A pumehana hou kāua.
Mea ʻole ē ka hao mai
A ka makani Ulumano
I kūʻululū iho ai
ʻO Kuaihelani;
Hō mai ko ihu aloha
I ʻolu hoʻi kāua,
A nāueue pū
I ka ulu a ke kīkīao.
He aha nō lā kāu ahna
E palai nei i ko maka?
E hālō mai hoʻi ʻoe,
E peʻe poli nei;
Eia iho i ka pihe a manu,
E pukukuʻi like kāua,
He pūnana nō, he aloha–
E ke aloha, ua hoʻi mai.
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English Translation:
Where could you be,
My sweetheart who is like the kaʻupu bird?
You are out over the great ocean
Treading forth upon the billows;
I am here
Awaiting
Your return
So we two might once again know warmth.
Trivial is the galing
Of the Ulumano wind
Which chills
Kuaihelani;
Grant me your affectionate nose
That we two might know pleasure,
And sway back and forth together
As the sudden gust rises.
What are you doing
Bashfully hiding your face?
Peek here at me,
You who hides within the bosom?
Right here amidst the din of birds,
Let us nestle together,
It is a nest, a love–
My love, you have returned.
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