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ʻUlili E - by George Keahi & Naope | |
| Hui: Ê»Ulili Ä“ (ahahana Ê»ulili ehehene Ê»ulili ahahana) Ê»Ulili hoÊ»i (ehehene Ê»ulili ahahana Ê»ulili ehehene) Ê»Ulili holoholo kahakai Ä“ O ia kai ua lana mÄlie Hone ana ko leo e Ê»ulili Ä“ O kahi manu noho Ê»ae kai KiaÊ»i ma ka lae aÊ»o kekaha Ê»O ia kai ua lana mÄlie Hone ana ko leo kÅlea Ä“ Pehea Ê»o Kahiki? MaikaÊ»i nÅ Ê»O ia Ê»Äina Ê»uluwehiwehi I hui pÅ« Ê»ia me ke onaona | Chorus: The sandpiper The sandpiper returns Sandpiper runs along the beach Where the sea is peaceful and calm The voice of the sandpiper is soft and sweet Little bird who lives by the sea Ever watchful on the beaches Where the sea is calm The voice of the sandpiper is soft and sweet How are you, stranger? Very well You grace our land Where the sea is always calm |
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Source: J. Kanoa Martin - This verse is the only extant part of an old mele about birds and their calls, that migrate to Hawaiʻi. The ʻulili, wandering tattler (heteroscelus incanum) or sandpiper breeds in Alaska and the Yukon and migrates to Hawaiʻi in the winter. Translator unknown, Edited by Dr. Barbara Price, © Criterion Music Corp | |