Honesakala

Honesakala - Words by Thomas Lindsay, music by David Nape

Hoʻoheno kēia no ka honesakala
Ke ʻala mua hoʻi aʻu i honi ai
Hoʻopaʻa ia ma kuʻu puʻuwai
Me kahi pōkē a kāua i kui ai

Hui:
ʻIke au i ka ʻono o ka wai ʻoia pua
ʻUpu aʻe ka manaʻo e kiʻi hou e ʻako
ʻAʻohe kani leo na manu o ʻOlaʻa
Ua laʻahia au me ka kuhi hewa

Ua waiho iho au i kahi lei ua mae
I hoʻailona nou e ʻike iho ai
He ʻuʻa kēia ua hiki mai nei
Ke ahu mai nei kamaheu hele hewa

ʻAʻole no kuʻu ʻike ʻana i ka nani
Wau aʻe kaʻena wale aʻe ai
He makaʻu nui koʻu pulu i ka ua
O ʻeloʻelo hoʻi a loaʻa i ke anu

This is a love song for the honeysuckle
Whose fragrance I first smelled
Held fast (our love) within my heart
With the flowers we strung together

Chorus:
I tasted the honey within the flower
And thought to pick some more
But the birds of ʻOlaʻa no longer sing
For I found myself mistaken

I left my lei already wilted
As a token for you to see
A worthless person had already come
The signs of the mischief maker lie all about

It isn't because of the beauty I saw
That I make idle boasts
But I was afraid of being wet in the rain
And the drenching will give me a cold

Source: Clyde Kindey Sproat - Composer Thomas Lindsey, a young Waimea cowboy from Parker Ranch, was in love with a lady from Kohala. He rode through Kawaihae uka where stonewalls along the way were laden with honeysuckle. He fashioned leis and bouquets of honeysuckle whenever he visited her. Parker Ranch selected him to go for higher education on the mainland; so he went to visit his lady with the usual leis. While there, he proposed to her and she accepted. Upon his return, after two years, he saddled up and hastily rode down with his leis for her. Arriving at her home, he saw a dried lei and someone's boots where his ought to be. Leaving his lei of honeysuckle at her doorstep, he rode away for the last time. Not long after this song was published, Lindsey, while working the cattle up on Hualalai, was thrown from his horse and died of head injuries sustained in the accident. He was 23 years old. Translated by Mary Pukui

Honesakala - Words by Thomas Lindsay, music by David Nape
Hoʻoheno kēia no ka honesakala Ke ʻala mua hoʻi aʻu i honi ai Hoʻopaʻa ia ma kuʻu puʻuwai Me kahi pōkē a kāua i kui ai Hui: ʻIke au i ka ʻono o ka wai ʻoia pua ʻUpu aʻe ka manaʻo e kiʻi hou e ʻako ʻAʻohe kani leo na manu o ʻOlaʻa Ua laʻahia au me ka kuhi hewa Ua waiho iho au i kahi lei ua mae I hoʻailona nou e ʻike iho ai He ʻuʻa kēia ua hiki mai nei Ke ahu mai nei kamaheu hele hewa ʻAʻole no kuʻu ʻike ʻana i ka nani Wau aʻe kaʻena wale aʻe ai He makaʻu nui koʻu pulu i ka ua O ʻeloʻelo hoʻi a loaʻa i ke anu	This is a love song for the honeysuckle Whose fragrance I first smelled Held fast (our love) within my heart With the flowers we strung together Chorus: I tasted the honey within the flower And thought to pick some more But the birds of ʻOlaʻa no longer sing For I found myself mistaken I left my lei already wilted As a token for you to see A worthless person had already come The signs of the mischief maker lie all about It isn't because of the beauty I saw That I make idle boasts But I was afraid of being wet in the rain And the drenching will give me a cold

Source: Clyde Kindey Sproat - Composer Thomas Lindsey, a young Waimea cowboy from Parker Ranch, was in love with a lady from Kohala. He rode through Kawaihae uka where stonewalls along the way were laden with honeysuckle. He fashioned leis and bouquets of honeysuckle whenever he visited her. Parker Ranch selected him to go for higher education on the mainland; so he went to visit his lady with the usual leis. While there, he proposed to her and she accepted. Upon his return, after two years, he saddled up and hastily rode down with his leis for her. Arriving at her home, he saw a dried lei and someone's boots where his ought to be. Leaving his lei of honeysuckle at her doorstep, he rode away for the last time. Not long after this song was published, Lindsey, while working the cattle up on Hualalai, was thrown from his horse and died of head injuries sustained in the accident. He was 23 years old. Translated by Mary Pukui