Kapua: Mele Hoʻoipoipo
Ka Haku Mele • 4m 4s
Ua pulu i ka hunahuna kai
Kilihune i ka malu o Lēʻahi;
I ke ahe o ka ʻŌlauniu,
Niua i ka hana a ka ipo.
Kīpapa ko heʻe i ka lala
I ka ʻapa ihola a ke Kona
Hōʻōhū aʻe ana i ka muku
I ka nuku lā o Kapua.
ʻEu aku i ke kō a ko lima,
ʻŌlali i ka ʻili o ke kai;
Hoʻolaʻi mai nō i luna–
Luana i ka pae puʻe one.
Nū mai ka leo o ke kai
O Kaluāhole i ka huku ʻale;
ʻAleʻale ʻo Kāneloa
A poʻi nalu i kai o Waikīkī.
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English Translation:
Dampened by the sea spray
Which falls lightly below Lēʻahi;
Amidst the breeze of the ʻŌlauniu,
Dizzied by the lover’s acts.
You paddle prone upon the lala wave
As the Kona lingers offshore
Causing the muku wave to rise
Along the entrance there of Kapua.
Stirred into action by the stroke of your hand,
Gliding smoothly across the surface of the sea;
Poised aloft just above–
Finding joy as you come ashore.
The voice of Kaluāhole’s sea moans
As the billows swell;
Kāneloa ripples
Until waves break along the shore of Waikīkī
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