[Found under: “La Hanau o ka Moi ma Honolulu.”]
1 Hawaii Ponoi
Nana i kou Moi
Ka Lani Alii
Ke ‘Lii.
Hui:—Makua Lani e
KAMEHAMEHA e
Na kaua i pale
Me ka Ihe. Continue reading
Mele and moolelo and variants, 1874.
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Eo, e Liliuonamoku! 2018.
HE INOA NO LILIUONAMOKU.
Kahiko ka nani i na kuahiwi,
Ka ohu halii i na pali,
He pali kapu kukilakila,
Mapu ke ala me ke onaona.
Hui:—He alii he wohi hoi keia,
A e hiipoi ia nei e ka Hui Nihoa,
Kohu wai mapunapuna,
E pua ae nei i ka puuwai.
Ianei pu mai kaua,
I ke kui lei pua alii,
I wilia pu ia me ke aloha,
Ka hoapili o ke kai Nihoa.
Hui Nihoa.
[A Name Song for Liliuonamoku.
Beauty adorns the mountains,
Mist blanketing the cliffs,
A sacred cliff standing aloft,
Where fragrance and perfume afloat.
Chorus:—’Tis an alii, a wohi,
Held dear by the Nihoa Society,
Like a bubbling spring,
Coming forth from the heart.
Let us be here together,
Stringing lei of royal blossoms,
Entwined with aloha,
The intimates of the sea of Nihoa.
Nihoa Society.]
[The Hui Nihoa, or Nihoa Society, consisted of members from the group which included the then Princess Liliuokalani who went to Nihoa in 1886.]
(Elele, 9/25/1886, p. 1)
Ka Nupepa Elele, Buke VIII, Helu 13, Aoao 1. Sepatemaba 25, 1886.
On Keaweikekahialiiokamoku and his kaai, 1869.
[Found under: “KA MOOLELO HAWAII. NA S. M. KAMAKAU. HELU 4.]
O Keaweikekahialiiokamoku ke alii. O Manawainapoo ka aha, o Kahuluiaikukaholo ka aha maloko, o Kaolemaiheeluukia, o Luukia ka aha lanalana o ke kapu mawaho, paa ai o Keaweikekahialiiokamoku a ku i kaai. Continue reading
“Most loathsome and indecent publication,” 1883.
[Found under: “THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.”]
The Papa Kuhikuhi, or programme, of the hulas published by order of the Coronation Committee consists of twelve pages, printed on one side, and is the most loathsome and indecent publication that has ever been issued from the press of this country. Continue reading
Mele by Hiiaka upon leaving Halemaumau, 1894.
[Found under: “He Kaao Hoonaue Puuwai no Puakaohelo”]
Ke ku nei au e hele e
A noho e na wahine o ka lua
O ka poe ino o lakou nei
E mana ka ia’u e hele e
E hele no wau e Continue reading
I wonder if this ever happened, and if it did, if the recordings are still around, 1934.
Genuine Hulas to Be Preserved In Series of Motion Pictures
Aid of modern motion pictures and phonographs will be enlisted to preserve the Hawaiian hula as it was danced in Kalakaua’s days, so that burlesque innovations will not cause the dance to degenerate in years to come, it was announced Monday when Akoni Mika, 68-year-old hula master, arrived here from his home at Keaukaha, Hilo. Continue reading
Mele for Kamehameha IV, 1863.
[Found under: “NO IOLANI KAMAKA O IOULI KAMEHAMEHA IV.”]
He Oki.
Kahu ka ena ka imu kaikoo,
Hanau ahi loa mai Kaena no a Waialua,
A oi pilia ka lae o Kahuku,
Ka aukuku nalu kai a ke Koolau,
I Waialua no ka po ana mai,
O ka leo kai kai o Ewa e, hoolono e—e, Continue reading
More on Kapo in the verdure, 1905.
[Found under: “Ka Moolelo o Hiiaka-i-ka-poli-o=pele”]
[Hiiaka and Wahineomao folks come upon a halau filled with men, women, and children, at Wailua Iki. The activity within the halau was hula.]
While they were standing, those inside were dancing hula. The hula being performed at that time was a hula olapa. When they were at a break, Hiiaka chanted, for she saw her cousin, Kapokulani, sitting amongst the verdure. Kapo saw their young alii and her tears began to flow.
THIRTY-FIFTH CHANT OF HIIAKA.
1. Kanikanihia Hikapaloa—e,
2. O ka lai o Wailua-iki,
3. Lai malino a Kapo i noho ai,
4. I noho nanea no i ka lai o Kona,
5. Alo—ha,
6. O kanaenae aloha iho la no ia la,
7. O ka leo,
8. O ka leo ka mea aloha—e,
9. Noho ana Kapo i ka ulu-wehiwehi, Continue reading
Victorious Iaukea, 1906.
LANAKILA IAUKEA.
He aloha aina,
Puuwai o ka onipaa,
Kukilakila no ka lahui,
Na ewe o Hawaii,
A kau i ka lanakila,
E ka moho Iaukea. Continue reading
“Noho ana Kapo i ka uluwehiwehi…” 1885.
[Found under: “HE MOOLELO KAAO NO KEAOMELEMELE.”]
“Noho ana Kapo i ka uluwehiwehi,
Ku ana iluna o Maohelaia,
Ohia ku i Maunaloa,
Aloha mai Kaulanau—la, Continue reading
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