
I Malaki e holoholo ana ka waa kaulua kaulana loa o Hokulea a hiki i ka moku o Palamila (Palmyra) i ka moana hema o Hawai`i nei. Ia lakou na mea waa e nee mai i ke one o kela moku, pono lakou e kahea aku i na mea noho ma laila. Haku ia keia oli na lakou e Ohukaniohia (o wau no hoi):
In March the famous double hulled voyaging canoe Hokulea will sail until it reaches the island of Palmyra, in the seas south of Hawaii nei. When they, the canoe crew, approach the sands of that island, it is proper for them to chant their arrival to the residents there. This chant was composed for them by Ohukaniohia (thatʻs me):
Nupanupa lipo ka ‘āpapa i ka la‘i e
‘O Palamila ho‘omalu i ka pohu loa
Ka‘apuni i ka nalu po‘ipū ka papa una‘oa o Kupa
Kūpa‘a ka holona no ke anahulu
Mai ka mauna kūnihi o Hawai‘i kuauli
Hiki mai nā mamo maka ‘ālohilohi
Hiki pū nō me ke aloha
E pae, e pae,
E ho‘oku‘u ku‘u mai. ‘Ae
Lush and deep green lies the island in the calm
‘Tis shaded Palmyra in the windless sea
Ringed by breaking waves is the coral flat of Cooper Island
We have held firm for the 10 day voyage
From the steep-sided mountains of dark-backed Hawai‘i
Here come the bright-eyed descendents
Arriving altogether finally, with aloha
To land, to come ashore,
Give us passage. Grant consent
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