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Mele

Latitū

Performed By Natalie Ai Kamauu

 

Wehewehe

Aia kēia mele i ka puke He Mele Aloha ma ka ʻaoʻao 146.

“Harry Swinton’s famously kolohe kaona as a sailor laments his lover’s fickle nature–many and numerous are the pilots of her port.” (He Mele Aloha, pg. 146)

Hoʻokani

This version performed by Natalie Ai Kamauu via Soundcloud.

Lyrics

Kainō a ʻo au wale nō ka i ʻike
I nā latitū aʻo ia aupuni
A eia kā he nui loa a he lehulehu
Nā pailaka o ia awa kū moku ē
Loko ʻino maoli nō hoʻi ʻoe e ke hoa
Ko lilo ʻana i ka ulaia
Aloha ʻole nō hoʻi ʻoe i nei kupuʻeu
E ʻau kū hele nei i ka moana
E kuhi ana paha ʻoe a e nalo ana
Kāu hana hōʻehaʻeha naʻau
I ka nalo ana aʻe o kuʻu maka
Lawa pono iho ai ko makemake
Aia i mua kuʻu nui kino
Aia i hope kuʻu hoʻoilina
I ʻaneʻi hoʻi au ʻeha ka manaʻo
I ka lohe ʻana mai ua heo ʻoe
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