I usually don’t repost old posts, although sometimes I forget and put up an article I have already put up. Today, I just felt like restating that “mūheʻe” or squid (not octopus) is one of the worse epithets a person can receive and for good reason. Don’t be a mūheʻe.
MELE NO KA PUNI LILELILE
Eia e ka lono ua hiki mai,
I lawea mai e ka makani Kona,
Ike ia ai na hana poholalo,
A na muhee o ka Aina,
Puni wale i ka mali leo panai,
Kuai i ke Ola me ka Uhane,
Ua paa na maka i ke Kala,
I ka mea lilelile a ka haole,
Ua like me Iuda kumakaia,
Hoomaewaewa i kona Haku,
Aloha ole i kona onehanau;
A i puka mai ai i keia Ao,
Ike ai i ka la he mea mehana;
Hanu ai i ke Ea o ka Aina,
Haina ia mai ana ka puana,
No ka poe puni wale i ka lilelile.
Maluihikoloheikahuaneneakapoeowaolani.
[There are not only patriotic compositions that laud and encourage, but there are also those like this one here which ridicule and disparage. This one goes something like:]
A SONG FOR THOSE WHO COVET SHINY THINGS.
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