So many emotions garnered by this song. Anger, Sorrow, and Defiance. I refuse to go quietly into the light. We strive to survive, we survive by keeping our culture alive. Ku'e my brown brethren. He Hawai'i Au.
dis is a song dat always will take me back to where i come from as a Hawaiian and will never let me forget who I am. It will bring me to my memories of the greater future that will live on through our keiki and who we must become to have the future we really want and need!!! ALOHA and A HUI HOU!
OMG, I have been searching for this song for ever. this song is so powerful, that they played in my islands (fiji). I moved to the states in 2000, and have been lookin for it. Thanks for posting it!
I wish I could understand this beautiful language. My dream is to go to Hawaii one day . I would probably never go but my heart just melts to see videos like these . Hawaii is so beautiful from left to right.
Never say never! I never even considered going ((tourist trap)), but I ended up visiting Maui and fell in love... Save your pennies and do it! But don't go to the tourist hubs, try to discover the real essence of the place by learning from the natives and respecting their values. If you take care of the land, the land will take care of you. 🤙🏽
Mar Henriqx: This song was written in 1893 by one of the Queen's Ladies. I've forgotten her name. Part of her name was Pendergast. Kaulana Na Pua means Famous are the flowers (people) of Hawaii and the verses are strong protests to the illegal takeover of Hawaii. It is one of the most loved songs of the Hawaiian people. It is also referred to as "The Stone Eaters' Song" because there is a verse that says we would rather eat the stones than accept the paper of annexation to the US. When you go, and you should go, make sure you spend some time at the Iolani Palace to learn about what happened in 1893. The US did to Hawaii exactly what Russia is now doing to Ukraine.
Kaulana nā pua aʻo Hawaiʻi Kūpaʻa ma hope o ka ʻāina Hiki mai ka ʻelele o ka loko ʻino Palapala ʻānunu me ka pākaha Pane mai Hawaiʻi moku o Keawe Kōkua nā Hono aʻo Piʻilani Kākoʻo mai Kauaʻi o Mano Paʻapū me ke one Kākuhihewa ʻAʻole aʻe kau i ka pūlima Ma luna o ka pepa o ka ʻēnemi Hoʻohui ʻāina kūʻai hewa I ka pono sivila aʻo ke kanaka ʻAʻole mākou aʻe minamina I ka puʻu kālā o ke aupuni Ua lawa mākou i ka pōhaku I ka ʻai kamahaʻo o ka āina Ma hope mākou o Liliʻulani A loaʻa ē ka pono o ka ʻāina*(A kau hou ʻia e ke kalaunu) Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana Ka poʻe i aloha i ka ʻāina*Alternate Stanza
Auntie is very old fashioned, but I think this was very well done. I not mind it being modernized and it may reach a lot of the younger people and keep the mele in their tongues. This is an important mele. Mrs. Pendergast wrote a very powerful mele, one that is so powerful this haole will never sing it because to me it is only for the Hawaiians. Enough has been kakaroached and the least I can do now is not kakaroach this mele. Kaulana na pua o Hawai`i, indeed.
Wanda Certo: I don't think you have to shun this song because you are not Hawaiian. Learn it and especially pay attention to pronunciation and know verse by verse what the words are saying. Read up on the history so you fully understand the kauna. It is so much more than just a beautiful song and it deserves to be sung widely. Many people came to Hawaii from all over the world and became Hawaiian citizens. Some of them sang it
a lot of hawaiians are also taking for granted that they are hawaiian....sadly. and yea, if only we could go back and make thig=ngs right we wouldn't be where we are at today...
Fruitful06 Kaulana nā pua aʻo Hawaiʻi Kūpaʻa ma hope o ka ʻāina Hiki mai ka ʻelele o ka loko ʻino Palapala ʻānunu me ka pākaha Pane mai Hawaiʻi moku o Keawe Kōkua nā Hono aʻo Piʻilani Kākoʻo mai Kauaʻi o Mano Paʻapū me ke one Kākuhihewa ʻAʻole aʻe kau i ka pūlima Ma luna o ka pepa o ka ʻēnemi Hoʻohui ʻāina kūʻai hewa I ka pono sivila aʻo ke kanaka ʻAʻole mākou aʻe minamina I ka puʻu kālā o ke aupuni Ua lawa mākou i ka pōhaku I ka ʻai kamahaʻo o ka āina Ma hope mākou o Liliʻulani A loaʻa ē ka pono o ka ʻāina *(A kau hou ʻia e ke kalaunu) Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana Ka poʻe i aloha i ka ʻāina
Famous are the children of Hawai`i Ever loyal to the land When the evil-hearted messenger comes With his greedy document of extortion Hawaiʻi, land of Keawe answers Piʻilani's bays help Mano's Kauaʻi lends support And so do the sands of Kākuhihewa No one will fix a signature To the paper of the enemy With its sin of annexation And sale of native civil rights We do not value The government's sums of money We are satisfied with the stones Astonishing food of the land We back Liliʻulani Who has won the rights of the land *(She will be crowned again) Tell the story Of the people who love their land
@noanai1. Also, we had respect with the foreigners that came here. There was even a word for it. (For foreigners that are good people, that is) But it is pretty much obsolete because of so-called forced colonialism. It has destroyed that balanced.
