- Kaulana ka inoa o Kahoʻolawe lā
- Lei ana i ka pua o ka hinahina
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ʻOlelo kauoha no kuʻu aloha
Hina wau ika hewa mamuli oʻu
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Mahea eke ala hiki aku ai
Ko ae eke au i Kahoʻolawe
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Ike ana ika nani oʻia ʻāina
Meke kai hone mai maka paia
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Noho aku hoi wau la hoʻolono
I kani hone mai leo o ka manu
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Heaku no wau e ō mai ʻoe
Lei ana i ka pua o ka hinahina
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- Famous is the name of
Kahoʻolawe
- And the lei of hinahina
flowers
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It commands my love
For you, engulfing me
everafter
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From whence comes this
fragrance
It comes to me from
Kahoʻolawe
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I see the beauty of this
land
Encompassed by sweetness from
the surrounding sea
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I will go to sit and
listen
To the pleasant chirping of the
birds
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When I call to you, please
answer
Lei of the hinahina
flowers
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Source: Miriam Kekaulouhi, premier under
Kamehameha III, established a penal colony for men on
Kahoʻolawe in 1839. Women convicts were banished to Lanaʻi.
Government supplies of food did not always arrive and
nā paʻahao (prisoners) suffered from hunger and many
died of starvation. In March,1841, 15 men decided to swim to
Maui for food. They prayed at Aikupau and when the tide ran
towards Maui, they set out on their journey across the Maui
channel, landing at Puʻuolai near Makena. They raided the
coast line and loaded stolen canoes with provisions for
their return to Kahoʻolawe. The canoes were then sent to
Lanaʻi to bring the female paʻahao to Kahoʻolawe. The penal
colony was closed in 1857. Copyright 1934, 62 Miller Music
Corp
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