Iā ʻOe E Ka Lā E ʻAlohi Nei

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Iā ʻOe E Ka Lā E ʻAlohi Nei  (1881) 
Nāhinu

Iā ʻoe e ka lā e ʻalohi nei ʻeā
Ma nā welelau ma nā welelaua ʻo ka honua

Hōʻike aʻe ʻoe i kou nani ʻeā
I ka mālamalama, i ka mālamalama ʻoi kelakela

Nāu i nōiʻi nōwelo aku ʻeā
Pau nā pali paʻa, pau nā pali paʻa i ka ʻike ʻia

ʻIke ʻoe i ka nani aʻo Himela ʻeā
Ka hene wai ʻolu, ka hene wai ʻolu lawe mālie

Mauna i lohia me ke onaona ʻeā
Kaulana i ka nani, kaulana i ka nani me ke kiʻekiʻe

Kiʻekiʻe ʻo ka lani noho mai i luna ʻeā
Nau i aʻe nā, nau i aʻe nā kapu o Kahiki

Hehihehi kū ana i ka huku ʻale ʻeā
I ke kai hālaʻi, i ke kai hālaʻi lana mālie

Kiʻina ʻia aku nā pae moku ʻeā
I hoa kui lima, i hoa kui lima nou e Kalani

Ma ia mau alanui malihini ʻeā
Au i ʻōlali, au i ʻōlali hoʻokahi ai

O ka lama o ke ao kou kokua ʻeā
Hōkūloa no, hōkūloa no kou alakaʻi

Lilo i mea ʻole nā enemi ʻeā
Lehelehe ʻeuʻeu, lehelehe ʻeuʻeu hana loko ʻino

He ola ʻo Kalani a mau aku ʻeā
A kau i ke ao, a kau i ke ao mālamalama

Hea no wao ʻo mai ʻoe ʻeā
O ka lani Kawika, o ka lani Kawika kou inoa

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana ʻeā
No Kalākaua, no Kalākaua no he inoa


This work is published before January 1, 1929 and is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 100 years or less since publication.