Maunahele - Words & music by Leokane Pryor
 

Hoʻolono mai i kuʻu leo kuʻu kaumaha
Nēia leo e hāwanawana
Nei i ka lau o ka hau
Hoʻolono mai i kuʻu leo kuʻu pule
E mau ke ea o ka ʻāina e Hawaiʻi

Kulu ka waimaka
Me he ua noe lā o uka
Ke kiliʻohu ua noe aʻo Maunahele
ʻO makalapua ulumāhiehie
Uluwehiwehi kapu no Liʻa wahine

E lei hoʻi e Liliʻulani ē
E lei hoʻi e Liliʻulani ē

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
Ku`u pua mae`ole
I ka uluwehi aʻo Maunahele
E haku ʻia a paʻa pono ka lei
E mau ai ka manaʻo e lana nei

E lei hoʻi e Liliʻulani ē
E lei hoʻi e Liliʻulani ē

Listen to my voice my sadness
My song whispers to you
Through the leaves of the hau tree
Listen to my voice my prayer
May the life of the land be preserved Hawaiʻi

Tears fall for you
Like the rain and showers
To mist the beautiful gardens at Maunahele
O the sweetest and most fragrant flower
Grows here in these gardens sacred to Liʻa

Here is your lei o Liliʻulani
Here is your lei o Liliʻulani

Tell the story
Of a never fading flower
That grows at Maunahele
And with this flower I weave my lei of promise
And sing my song of everlasting hope

Here is your lei o Lili`ulani
Here is your lei o Lili`ulani

Source: Maunahele CD by Leokane Pryor - Maunahele was Queen Liliʻulani's (Liliuʻokalani) garden. Liʻa was a mountain goddess. Translation by Kaliko Beamer Trapp. Copyright 1999 Naupaka Productions (BMI)
 
 
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