HE MELE NO LILIUOKALANI.
[Leo Mele,—”Hawaii Ponoi.”]
1—Hawaii Ponoi
Nana i kou Moi
Liliuokalani e
Ke alii
Hui—Moiwahine e
Loloku lani e
No Hawaii nei
E ola e
2—E ka Lahui e
E mililani pu
I ka makua mau
No kou Moi
3—E na haipule e
Iluna i ke ao
No kou Moi
Ke alii
4—E na Mana Lani
E maliu mai
I ka makou pule
No ko’u Moi.
A MELE FOR LILIUOKALANI.
[Tune,—”Hawaii Ponoi.”]
1—Hawaii’s Own
Look to your Sovereign
Liliuokalani
The alii
Chorus—Queen
Lolokulani
For Hawaii nei
Prevail
2—O Nation
Let us give praise
To the eternal father
For your Sovereign
3—O Pious ones
[Lift your voices] toward the clouds
For your Sovereign
The Alii
4—O Heavenly Powers
Do pay heed
To our prayer
For my Sovereign.
[The issue in which this mele appears cannot be found online. There in fact are many, many issues of Hawaii Holomua that are still not available anywhere online!]
(Hawaii Holomua Puka Pule, 6/23/1894, p. 3)
Kupaianaha kela, mahalo!