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Just another place that posts random articles from the Hawaiian Newspapers! It would be awesome if this should become a space where open discussions happen on all topics written about in those papers!! And please note that these are definitely not polished translations, but are just drafts!!! [This blog is not affiliated with any organization and receives no funding. Statements made here should in now way be seen as a reflection on other organizations or people. All errors in interpretation are my own.]

A Mele for Queen Kapiolani composed by Mrs. Kala, 1893.

HE INOA NO NAPELAKAPU.

He inoa keia no Kapiolani
Napelakapu i ka Wekiu
He kuini hoi oe no Hawaii
Puuwai hamama no ka lahui
Imia ana hoi oe me ka noeau
I ka pono kau like a o Hawaii
Lohea kou leo e pae ana
Hooulu lahui ko’u makia
Hea mai ka leo Napelakapu
Me ka nawali hoi me ka nanahe
Nahenahe ko leo i pae mai
I kaui ana mai pehea wau Continue reading

A mele for Princess Kaiulani composed by Mrs. Kala, 1893.

HE LEI NO KAIULANI.

He lei keia no Kaiulani
Papahi Kalaunu a o Hawaii
Ola o ka Laninuiahilapalapa
O ka wohi ku kahi a ka Lahui
Ua hui lokahi a o Europa
Kaohi i ka Ea a o Hawaii
Walohia e ka leo o Kaiulani
Ua hewa anei au e Amerika
Hoole ia ai Ko’u kuleana
I ka noho Kalaunu a o Hawaii
Aia i ka nua Hale Keokeo
Ka Hale alii i Wakinekona
E noi ana hoi me ka hopo ole
I ka ea aloha o Hawaii nei Continue reading

A mele for Queen Liliuokalani by Mrs. Nahaukapu, 1894.

He Lei No Liliuokalani

He lei he wehi nou e Kalani
O Liliu i ka walu o na lani
Aia i Hawaii ko lei alii
Ka onohi kaimana o ke aupuni
Mai puni oe i ka mali a ka u’a
A ka ili puakea o Maleka
Huli mai ko alo kapu e Kalani
E aloha i ke kupa o ka aina
Aia i ka poho o ko lima
Ke ola o ka lahui Hawaii
Ua ike Makalii me Kaelo
Ua lohe ka uwila ka pae opua
A he pua o Kalani aia iluna
Ke kiekie no i Halealii
Haina ka wohi nona ka lei
O Liliu i ka walu o na lani.

Aia i Maui ko lei alii
Ka luna kiekie Haleakala
Alawa iho oe o Waialeale
Ka popohe a ka pua o ka ohelo
A he pua nani loa helu ekahi
Ua like me ka lauae o Makana
He makana lei momi nou e Kalani
Na ke Kuini mai o Pelekane
Haina ka wohi nona ka lei
O Liliu i ka walu o na lani. Continue reading

A mele for Queen Kapiolani by the Kawaihau Glee Club, 1879.

HE LEI NO KAPIOLANI

[Composed by the Kawaihau Glee Club, Kapaa, Kauai]

1

E aha ana Moikeha
I ka lihi-kai o Puna?
E ana ana i ka loa,
I ka laula o Kapaa.

Cho.—O ka pa kolonahe a ke Kiu,
Hoolale waianuhea,
Kilikilihune mai ana,
I ka liko lehua a Pane [apane]. Continue reading

The winds of Haena, Kauai and beyond, 1906.

[Found under: “KA MOOLELO o Hiiaka-i-ka-poli-o-Pele.”]

A Kalahale is the wind of Haena

A Limahuli is the wind of Haena

A Kolokini is the surfing wind of Kahuanui and Lohiauipo in Haena

A Unukupua is the voice-carrying wind of Lohiauipo in Haena

A Kanaenae is the fragrance-carrying wind of Lohiauipo in Haena

A Kilauea is the love-snatching wind of Lohiau in Haena

A Leoikua is the love-carrying wind of Lohiau in Haena

A Iponoenoelauae is the woman-fetching wind of Lohiauipo in Haena

Much aloha for Lohiauipo, my lover in Haena Continue reading

Winds and rains of Hana, Maui, 1877.

[Found under: “No Hana me ko laila noho ana.”]

The winds.—There are two places where the wind constantly blows, from the ocean, and from the land. There are two names of the winds from the ocean, the Koholapehu and the Koholalele. The Koholapehu is the rainy wind from the ocean; and the Koholalele is the calm wind from the ocean that has no rain, it is a rain that fans the clouds allowing you to clearly see the sheer cliffs of Hawaii. The Lauawa is the cold wind upland of the land which blows softly atop Kaihuakala and comes lovingly together with the waves of Keanini; that is the wind that carries the sweet fragrance of the pandanus of Kahalaowaka, having it intermingle with the waters of Punahoa. Continue reading

Names of the channels between the islands, 1909.

[Found under: “NA MEA ANO NUI O KE AO NEI: NA KAI ME NA KOWA AME NA KAIKUONO AME NA PUALI.”]

The places where the ocean [moana] meet with the land, and nearly surround the land, or are on the sides of lands, they are called seas [kai], like the Caribbean Sea [kai Karibiana], Black Sea [kai Eleele], White Sea [kai Keokeo], Mediterranean Sea [kai Waenahonua], Red Sea [kai Ula]. Along with the sea of Alenuihaha between Hawaii and Maui, Continue reading

Church and weather news from Halawa, Molokai, 1866.

From Halawa, Molokai.

Our Church is no longer lacking for a church building at this time. The works of the Lord Jesus Christ is strengthening amongst the brethren. It is fine associating with them. Opened up once again are the Churches from Halawa to Wailua, and in the future perhaps too at Pelekunu. These days have been days of strong wind, maybe the lid of “Laamaomao” has been opened by that Kuapakaa.

S. W. Nueku.

Dec. 20, 1865.

(Kuokoa, 1/13/1866, p. 4)

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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke V, Helu 2, Aoao 4. Ianuari 13, 1866.

 

Hawaiian translation of A. F. Grant’s “Loyal Ned on the last cruise of the Alabama,” 1888.

NED NIXON

the

Steel-Hearted and the Unforgettable Executor of Orders;

and the

The Final Siege

of the

“ALABAMA,”

the

Fierce Fighter and Fire Breather of the Atlantic Ocean.

“There are two wondrous ones of the sea,
Feared by the Whalers;
The Alabama and the Shenandoah,
Chasing in the distance.” Continue reading