I Love this song!!!Kaulana Nâ Pua (Famous Are The Flowers) - Ellen Keho`ohiwaokalani Wright PrendergastKaulana nâ pua a`o Hawai`iKûpa`a ma hope o ka `âinaHiki mai ka `elele o ka loko `inoPalapala `ânunu me ka pâkahaPane mai Hawai`i moku o KeaweKôkua nâ Hono a`o Pi`ilaniKâko`o mai Kaua`i o ManoPa`apû me ke one Kâkuhihewa`A`ole a`e kau i ka pûlimaMa luna o ka pepa o ka `ênemiHo`ohui `âina kû`ai hewaI ka pono sivila a`o ke kanaka`A`ole mâkou a`e minaminaI ka pu`u kâlâ o ke aupuniUa lawa mâkou i ka pôhakuI ka `ai kamaha`o o ka `âinaMa hope mâkou o Lili`ulaniA loa`a ê ka pono o ka `âina*(A kau hou `ia e ke kalaunu)Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puanaKa po`e i aloha i ka `âina*Alternate StanzaFamous are the children of Hawai`iEver loyal to the landWhen the evil-hearted messenger comesWith his greedy document of extortionHawai`i, land of Keawe answersPi`ilani's bays helpMano's Kaua`i lends supportAnd so do the sands of KakuhihewaNo one will fix a signatureTo the paper of the enemyWith its sin of annexationAnd sale of native civil rightsWe do not valueThe government's sums of moneyWe are satisfied with the stonesAstonishing food of the landWe back Lili`ulaniWho has won the rights of the land*(She will be crowned again)Tell the storyOf the people who love their land*Alternate StanzaSource: Na Mele o Hawai`i Nei by Elbert & Mahoe - Written Jan. 1893, published in 1895, this himeni opposed the annexation of Hawai`i to the United States. The original title was Mele `Ai Pohaku or The Stone-eating Song, and was also known as Mele Aloha `Aina or the Patriot's Song. This song was composed as Ellen Wright Prendergast was sitting in the garden of her father's house in Kapalama. Members of the Royal Hawaiian Band visited her and voiced their unhappiness at the takeover of the Hawaiian Kingdom. They begged her to put their feelings of rebellion to music.Ellen Keho`ohiwaokalani Wright Prendergast
Welina mai!
Yes, I love this song too. I have felt some special things in connection with it, and I will never forget holding the hand of my sweetheart (before he was my sweetheart) and watching tears roll down his face as this song was being sung by the Kapalakiko Hawaiian Band.
Then about a year and a half ago, I found myself listening to it over and over one day, crying too. Very emotional. Didn't know why. Turns out a woman on a Hawaiian Independence group had died, and I didn't know it. I felt her very strongly when I was listening to that song, and I feel that she was telling me that "eating the stones of the land" held a particular kaona, a little beyond that normally acknowledged. I think I "sense" what she was telling me, but full knowingness is probably gonna pounce when I least expect it, and in the right circumstances.
Anyway, I love so much that you shared the lyrics here.
Amy
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Yes, I love this song too. I have felt some special things in connection with it, and I will never forget holding the hand of my sweetheart (before he was my sweetheart) and watching tears roll down his face as this song was being sung by the Kapalakiko Hawaiian Band.
Then about a year and a half ago, I found myself listening to it over and over one day, crying too. Very emotional. Didn't know why. Turns out a woman on a Hawaiian Independence group had died, and I didn't know it. I felt her very strongly when I was listening to that song, and I feel that she was telling me that "eating the stones of the land" held a particular kaona, a little beyond that normally acknowledged. I think I "sense" what she was telling me, but full knowingness is probably gonna pounce when I least expect it, and in the right circumstances.
Anyway, I love so much that you shared the lyrics here.
Amy