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He Pule Hoolaa Alii (A Prayer Consecrating a Chief)

By: Hawaiian Historical Society

O ka Walewale hookumu honua ia; O ke kumu o ka lipo i lipo ai; O ke kumu o ka Po i po ai; O ka Lipolipo, o ka lipolipo; O ka lipo o ka La, o ka lipo o ka Po; Po wale ho—i.; Hanau ka po; Hanau Kumulipo i ka po he kane; Hanau Poele i ka po he wahine; Hanau ka Uku koakoa, hanau kana he akoakoa puka; Hanau ke Koe enuhe eli hoopuu honua; Hanau kana he Koe puka; Hanau ka Pea, ka peapea kana keikipuka; Hanau ka Weli, he weliweli kana keiki puka.; Hanau ka Ina ka Ina; Hanau kana he Halula puka; Hanau ka Hawae, o ka Wana-ku kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Haukeuke, o ka Uhalula kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Pieo, o ka Pipi kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Papaua, o ka Olepe kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Nahawele, o ka Unauna kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Makaiaulu, o ka Opihi kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Leho, o ka Puleholeko kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Naka, o ke Kupekala kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Makaloa, o ka Pupuawa kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Ole, o ka Oleole kana keiki puka; Hanau ka Pipipi, o ke Kupee kana keiki puka; Hanau Kane ia Waiololi, o ka wahine ia Waiolola.; Hanau ka Wi, o ke Kiki kana keiki puka;...

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Na Mele Aimoku

By: Hawaiian Historical Society

The Hawaiian Language Reprint Series was established by the Hawaiian Historical Society to make available to students and scholars books that were printed in the Hawaiian language during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Most have long been out of print, and access to surviving editions is generally limited to libraries and private collections. We hope that making these texts accessible will foster the use and appreciation of the Hawaiian language, encourage the building of personal libraries, and raise awareness of the authors and the times in which they wrote. The title of this series, Ke Kupu Hou, offers a sense of renewed growth. The phrase could be translated many ways, including: a new genesis, a reemergence, or a fresh, new leaf. The texts chosen for reprinting embody each of these images. The objective of the Hawaiian Historical Society, founded in 1892, is to advance our knowledge and understanding of the history of Hawai'i and the Pacific Islands. To this end, the Society maintains a research library of historical documents and publications; prormotes the discovery, collection, and preservation of historical materials; pu...

I haku 'ia maila i makana ho'ohanohano no ka Mo'i David Kalakaua, 'o keia ka puke mele ho'okahi o kona 'ano i pa'i 'ia i ke au o ke Aupuni Mo'i Hawa'i. Ho'okino ihola ia, ma ke 'ano hou, i ka hana kuluma o ka haku mele 'ana no na ali'i. He 'oihana loea ka haku mele 'ana, a he hana ia. i apo nui 'ia e ka lehulehu a ma waena o ka po'e ali'i no ho'i. He loina kahiko ka hanana mele, oli a hula no ka hanohano o ke ali'i nui, a ho'omau 'ia aku ia loina i ke alo ali'i o ke Aupuni Mo'i, i loko no o ke ku'e 'ana mai a ka po'e haipule Kalikiano me ka mana'o e ho'ohiwahiwa ana na mele i na hana hewa o ke au kahiko. He hana kope keia o ka puke i pa'i 'ia i makana ho'omana'o no ka mo'i a me kekahi po'e 'aialo ma loko o 'elua pule o na hana ho'ohiwahiwa i malama 'ia no ka pihana makahiki kanalima o ka mo'i i ka makahiki 1886. He 'ehiku wale no puke kumu koe ma na waihona puke o ke ao nei....

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He Mau Mele Kula Sabati (Sunday School Songs)

By: Reverend L. Laiana

This is the collection of traditional Sunday School songs in Hawaiian for the enjoyment of everyone.

Ua hoomakaukau mua ia keia buke i buke lawe lima no na haumana o Kaumakapili. Ua komo no na lilo a pau no ka pai a me ka humuhumu ma ke kumukuai; oia hoi. ...

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He Wahi Mooolelo No Batimea Puaaiki, No Wailuku, Maui

By: J. S. Gelina

Olioli na kanaka a pau ke nanaku i na mea kupaianaha. Ina ike kakou i ka hale hou, he hale nunui, ano e, a me ka hanohano loa, olioli ka naau me ka mahalo. Pela no ke ike i ka moku nani, holo, ane e, e like me ka moku ahu, olioli ka naau me ka mahalo. Ina hoi ike kakou i ka aina ino, pilipali, nahelehele, aa, a ua hanaia ua aina la a maikai, ua paa i ka pa, ua mahiia, a ua uliuli i na mea kanu, e like me ke ko, kalo, kulina, uala, kofe, olioli no hoi ka naau ke nana ae. Pela no ke nana ke kanaka i ka hoku welowelo, a me ka hoku lele paha i ka lani; a i ka luapele paha ma ka honua, lelele ka houpo a a mahalo no hoi. No ke Akua mai keia ano o ke kanaka, i mahalo i na mea maikai, ana i ike ai; a o ka ike ana i na hana kupaianaha a ke Akua, ka mea e naauao ai ke kanaka; maopopo malaila ka mana, a me ke akamai, a me ka lokomaikai i e leova, i mahalo ka naau ia ia....

Ua hanau o Puaailiki ma Waikapu ma Maui, he kulanakauhale ma kahi kokoke i Wailuku. Aole akaka lea ka makahiki o kona hanau ana. Ua manao ia i ka makahiki paha o ka Haku 1785. Ua olelo ia ma ka Mooolelo o Hawaii, i kona wa komalii uuku, ua eliia kona lua kupapau e kona makuwahine, a ma-nao oia e hoolei i kana keiki iloko, aka, ua hoo pakeleia ia i kekahi makamaka. No ke Akua kona pakele. Ua akaka lea, ua hanau ia o Puaaiki i ka wa pouli loa. Aoleikeia ke Akua oiaio, ia manawa. Pau loa ko Hawaii poe i ka hoomanakii. He poe makau wale na kanaka. Pau loa na?lii a me na kanaka i ke kulou ilalo imua o na akua pohaku, a me na?kua laau Ua kahinuia na kuahu o ua diamonio i ke koko o kanaka o Hawaii nei. Noiaila, ua maopopo, ua nui ka hewa o na?lii a me kanaka. Ua haumia loa na mea a pau. Ua ike pinepine ia ka pepehi kanaka, a me ka moe kolohe, a me ka aihue, a me ka uumi kamalii, a me na mea ano n pau loa. Aole pau i ka heluia na meauio i hanala, ia manawa. A i ka hiki ana mai o Lono ma, ua inahuahua ka hewa o Hawaii. A i kona make ana ma Kealakekua i ka pepehiia, ua holo na moku o Beritania me ka makau, a ua kapaia ko Hawaii poe he poe ai ...

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Ka Moolelo O Heneri Opukahaia (The History of Henry Obookiah)

By: Hawaiian Historical Society

O ka nui o keia Moolelo, ua unuhiia noloko mai o kekahi buke i paiia ma ka olelo Haole, ma Amerika Huipuia. Ua huli hou ia nae, a ua hooponoponoia kekahi mau hemahema o ua buke nei. O kekahi mau mea hoi, ua hookomo hou ia, no ka moolelo a Rev. S. W. Papaula i imi ai ma Kealakekua, Hawaii. He mea nui no kakou o Hawaii nei keia moolelo o Heneri Opukahaia; no ka mea, o ka makamua ia o na hana kupaianaha a ke Akua i hana lokomaikai mai ai i ko kakou Lahui nei; a no loko mai o ia hoomaka ana i mahuahua mai ai ka malamalama, ka naanao, a me ka pono ma Hawaii nei, a hiki wale i keia manawa. Ina e lilo keia wahi moolelo i mea e mahuahuai Ko kakou aloha i ka Haku, a me ko kakou hoonani ana ia Iehova, ua lawa iho la....

A hiki mai la ka wa o ke kaua ana o Ka- mehameha me Namakeha, oia ke kaua o Kaipalaoa i make ai o Namakelia, i ka makahiki 1797, o na makua o Opukahaia ka i make pu iloko o ia kaua ana, a me kahi kaikaina uuku a Opukahaia, a pakele mahunehune wale oia nei. Ua aneane umi na makahiki o Opukahaia i kela manawa. Penei kahi moolelo a Opukahaia no ia mea. " Elua aoao i hoopaapaa no ka mana Aupuni o ia aina." (Oia paha o ko Kamehameha a me ko Namakeha.) " Hoouka ia ke kaua, a weliweli loa ka luku ana. Hoopioia ka aoao nona ka makuakane o Opukahaia, a, auhee nui aku. I ka lanakila ana mai o ko lakou mau enemi, lukuia no hoi ko laila mau kauhale. Eia nae, ua kukala e ia ka hoea lanakila ana mai o ko lakou poe enemi. Nolaila, hopu iho la ka makuakane i kana wahine, a me na keiki elua a laua, a holo aku la i ke kuahiwi. Malaila lakou i pee ai i kekahi mau la, iloko o kekahi ana. Aka, no ka nui loa o ko lakou pilikia i ka makewai, puka mai la lakou i kekahi la ae e imi i ka wai e inu. Loaa ia lakou kekahi wai mapuna e kokoke ana ilaila, a oiai lakou e inu ana, hoea hikilele mai la ka enemi. Ia manawa, ua holo koke ka makuakane, no ka pihoiho...

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He Kuhikuhi O Ke Kanaka Hawaii (A Guide for Hawaiians)

By: J. W. H. Kauwahi

O ka agreement, oia ka Olelo Ae like, i hanaia a i hoo-holoia mawaena o na kanaka elua, a he lehulehu paha, no na mea a pau a laua, a o lakou paha i ae pu ai e hana. I ka manawa e palapala ai i olelo ae like mawaena o na aoao elua, he mea pono e hooopaa ia maloko o ka palapala na kumu nui, a me na mea a pau i ae like ia, a e kakau inoa ia hoi e na aoao elua nana ia olelo, a me na hoike pu no hoi; a nolaila i kapaia?i kela, he olelo ae like. O na kuinu manao, a ine na mea a pau e hanaia maloko o ka olelo ae like, e kakau pono ia a e hoopaa ia me ka ae like o na aoao elua ma ka palapala, a e hookaawale ia nae na olelo a kekahi aoao a me kekahi aoao i hoohiki ai, i mea e poina ole ai; aole oia wale no, no ka mea, ina he hoopaa-paa e kupu mai iwaena o na aoao hana ae like, o na mea i kakau pono ia a paa iloko o ka palapala ke kumu e hooluolu ai i kekahi aoao, mamuli o ka hoomaopopo ana o na hoike i na mea i hana mua ia ma ka ae like ana; no ka mea, ma na kanawai, o na olelo ae like a pau i kakauia ma ka pala-pala, a hookomo ole ia na kumu nui o ka ae like ana, a kakau ole ia hoi na inoa malalo e na aoao nana i ae like, a i kauoha, e p...

He olelo ae like keia no ka hana ana a me ke kukulu ana i ka hale, i hanaia i keia la umi o Ianuari, M. H. hookahi tausani ewalu haneri a me kanalima kumamaono, mawaena o Lola Haleakala no Kapalama, Oahu, ma ka aoao mua, a me Laakea no Honolulu, Oahu, ma ka aoao elua, a eia na olelo a laua i ae like ai; o ka mea nona ka aoao elua i hoikeia maluna, ke hoopaa nei oia, a ke ae aku nei me ka mea nona ka aoao mua i oleloia maluna, e hana no oia, a e kapili pono, a e hana a paa, a hoopau pono i ka hana, me ka paa pono, a e hana hoi i keia e like me ka hana akamai ana, a e kukulu hoi i elua hale laau, maloko o ka pahale ma Honolulu ma ke kihi o na alanui Alii a me alanui Rikeke, a e pili pu ana me ka pa o na mea Hanohano A. Paki a me M. Kekuanaoa, a i kupono hoi ka hana ana i ka paa, a kulu ole, me ka hana ana me ke ano hoopono, a maikai hoi, me ka hoohalike loa ana me ke kumu hoohalike, a me ke ano o ka hale, a me ka hana i kahaia, a i hoomoakakaia, a ua hui pu ia hoi me keia, a e paa pono hoi me ka maikai ma ka la umi o Iune e hiki mai ana. A o ka mea nona ka aoao mua i oleloia maluna, ke hoopaa nei oia, me ka ae aku, e uku pono aku no o...

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Documents Relating to the Restoration of the Sandwich Islands Flag

By: Richard Thomas

This book contains a collection of documents relating to the restoration of the Sandwich Islands flag.

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Ka Hele Malihini Ana Mai Keia Ao Aku a Hiki I Kela Ao (Pilgrim's Progress)

By: Mea Pai Palapala a Na Misionari

O Ioane Euniana, ke kahunapule nana i kakau i keia Hele Malihini ana o Keristiano, a me na palapala e ae he nui, ua hanau oia ma Eleseto, e kokoke ana me Bedefoda, ma Enelani, i ka makahiki 1628. He kanaka ilihune kona makuakane, he kahuna kuikeleawe, a ua aoia hoi kana keiki, o Ioane nei, i keia hana hookahi. Aole i haaleleia o Ioane Buniana e lilo i ka naaupo e like me kekahi mau keiki ilihune e ae. Aka, ua hoounaia oia e hele i ke kula, a ao no ia i ka palapala i kona wa uuku, He keiki hewa loa no nae ia, i kona wa ui lilo paakiki loa ia i ka paani, ka uhauha a me ka hoohiki ino. Ua oi aku kona hewa imua o ko na keiki e ae ma kona wahi, a lilo ia i alakai a i pookela no ka poe hana kolohe. Elua mau hewa nae i hana ole ni kela: aole ia i inu rama, aole hoi i moe kolohe; na ke Akua ia i malama mai i kela fnau mea ino loa, i haule ole ai kela iloko o ka make ilaila. Iwaena o na hewa a pau ana i hanai, aole ke Akua i waiho wale ia ia, me he keiki la no ka make. Ua ao pinepine mai kona Uhane ia ia, me ka hooweliweli i kona naau no na mea a pau ana i hanai. I na la, ma ka hewa kana hana ana; a ma ka po, puoho pinepine ia i na mea wel...

I kuu hele ana ma ka waonahele o keia ao, hiki aku la an nia ke kauwahi, a moe iho la iloko o kekahi ana. A i kuu hiamoe ana, hiki mai la kekahi moeuhane Ike aku la au ma kuu moe ana, he kanaka i aahuia i na lole haehae weluwelu, e ku ana, a o kona mau maka e nana ana mai kona hale aku, a he buke ma kona lima, a he haawe nui a kaumaha maluna o koija kua. Isaia 64:6; Luka 14:33; Halelu 38: 4. Ike aku la au ia ia, ua wehe ia i ka buke, a heluhelu iho la: a i kona heluhelu ana, uwe iho la ia me ka haalulu. A no ka hiki ole ke hoomanawanui hou aku, poha mai la ia me ka uwe kani nui, e olelo ana, "Heaha la kau e hana ai” Oihana 2: 37; 16: 30; Hahakuka 1: 2, 3. Pela no ia i hoi hou aku ai i kona hale, a uumi i kona uwe ana, i ike ole mai ai kana wahine a me na keiki i kona kaumaha; aka, aole i hiki ia ia ke hoomanawanui, no ka nui loa ana mai o kona pilikia. Nolaila i hoike aku ai ia i kona manao i kana wahine ame na keiki, penei, "E kua wahine aioha, a me na keiki a kuu opu, owau o ko ookou makamaka aloha, ua pilikia loa au i keia haawe nui e kau koikoi mai ana maluna ou; eia hol kekahi,ua hoikeia mai hoi iau, e pau ana keia kulanak...

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Ka Kaao O Laieikawai (The Legend of Laieikawai)

By: Henry M. Whitnky

Ua hoopuka ka mea nana i pai keia buke me ka olioli nui, ka makamua o ka hoao ana e hoolako i buke hoona-nea na na kanaka Hawaii. Ua loaa mua mai ia kakou na buke kula o na ano he nui wale, a he nui no hoi na buke i hoolakoia mai na kakou, e hoike mai ana ia kakou i ka pono a me ka hewa; aka, o ka buke mua nae keia i paiia na ka poe Hawaii nei, ma ke ano hoikeike ma ke Kaao i na mea kahiko o keia lahui kanaka, me ka aua mai hoi mai ka nalowale loa anaku o kekahi o na moolelo punihei a la-kou. E hoike ana iloko o na huaolelo maikai wale i na olelo a me na hana a kekahi o ko Hawaii kaikamahine wa-hine maikai a punahele no hoi, a na ia mea no hoi e kokua mai i ka noho mau ana o ke aloha o na poe o Hawaii nei, no ko lakou mau kupuna a me ko lakou aina. E lawe hoi ano, i keia wahi buke uuku, a e hoike ia ia ma ke ano o kona loaa ana mai, e heluhelu, a e malama hoi ia ia, e hoike ana i kou iini i ka naauao Haawii, me kou makaukau mau no hoi e kokua aku ia mea, i ku mau ai. He mea nui no ka hapai ana i ka mea nana e hoomaa-maa mai ia kakou ma ka heluhelu ana, me ka hoonanea pu mai no hoi i na minute noho hana ole o ko kakou noho ana; n...

Na makua o Laieikawai. Ka olelo paa a Kahauokapaka imua o Malaekahana. Hapai o Malaekahana. Ka hele ana iuiua o ke Kahuna. Hele o Kahauokapaka i ka lawai-a. Hanau o Malaekahana, a kapaia iho la o Laieikawai, hanau hou mai la a kapaia kona inoa o Laielohelohe. Ka hoi ana mai o Kahau-okapaka. Ka noho ana o Laieikawai i Waiapuka. Ka hiki ana mai o ka Makaula i Oahu mai Kauai mai. Hiki ka Ma-kaula i Waiapuka....

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Ka Puali Kuresia (The Crusader Army)

By: Gaberiela Leona

E like me ka leo kono a na makamaka i noi mai no ka hoopuka pau pono aku i ka moolelo o kela koa kaulana o ka Puali Pale-Umauma Kila Kuresia ke Konela Gaberiela Lenoa, ka Haku Berona o ke alealii o ka Emepeia Napoliona a me ka Emeperesa Iosepine, ua lawe mai au i ke kahua o ka maalo hou ana aku imua o na makamaku noka elima o ka manawa, a waiho aku i ka moolelo piha e hoomaka ana mai ka halealii mai o Diana, ka huakai iloko oPerusia, ke kahua kaua o Auseturika, ka huakai Kuikahi malu iloko o Berelina, ke kukala kaua a Perusia no ka leele Madimosele Ineza de Rila ma Jena, a me ka hookipa hanohano a ka Emeperesa Iosepine ma ka ike ana mai ia Gaberiela mekana wahine ileko o ka hipuu maemae o ka mare. Me keia mau wahi hoakaka pokole, ke hoolaa ia aku nei keia Buke i o?u mau hoa oiwi o ke koko hookahi. Aloha!...

"Ma kekahi ano hoi o ka olelo ae a me ka manaolana,"wahi a Lenoa i pane aku ai ia Konela Lenoa,"Ua makemake nui au maluna oe o na mea a pau ke loaa ole kekahi kue pilikino iau mai a oe mai, e noho au iloke o keia puali a hiki i kuu wa e lilo ai i Konela ma kou kulana!" "Lapuwale oe e kena wahi koa,"wahi a Konela Lenoa i pane mai ai. "Mahea iho la oe i manao ai e ku au ma kou kulana" "E kau aku oe maluna o ke kulana kiekie me ka hookohu o ka Ilamuku o ke kahua kaua." Ua haawi mai la ke Konela i kekahi nana loihi ana no ka hapalua minuie ia Gaberiela Lenoa me ka maka oolea, a i ka hoi pono ana iho o kona mau manao pihoihoi o ka uluku, pane hou mai la i keia mau olelo hope;—...

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He Palapala Mua Na Na Kamalii (A First Book for Children)

By: Hawaiian Historical Society

He aito. E na keiki, e hoolohe i ko oukou au makua iloko o ka Haku, no ka ea, o ka pono no ia. E hoomaikai i koumakuakane a me u makuwahine, i loihi ai ko ola ana a ka honua. E na makua, mai hoonaukiuki i ka kou mau keiki, aka, e alakai ia la-u ma ka manao, a ma ka olelo a ka aku. O ka maka i hoomaewaewa i kona akuakane a hoowahawaha i ka olelo kona makuwahine, e poaloia ia e ka anu koraka,a e aiia e ka aito opiopio. E lawe no ka waiwai i mau eheu na, a lele aku me he aito la i ka....

He mea aki. He dia. E kau haumana aloha, e hoopono. Mai hoopunipuni i kou hoalauna. E helemakapololei; maiwahahee; mai epa; mai aki; mai hoomaau. Mai hoino oe i ka mea pono. Aia hoi, ua lena ka poe hewa i ka lakou kakaka, ua hoomakaukau lakou i ka lakou pua ma ke kaula e pana malu aku i ka poe ku pono me ka naau. E like me ka dia e ake ana e inu i ka wai kahe, pela e ake ai kou uhane e loaa oe iau, e kou Akua. Ke makewai nei kou naau ia oe, e ke Akua. O ka mea makewai la e hele mai ia e inu no i ka wai e olai....

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He Helu Kamalii (A Child's Arithmetic)

By: Wiliama Fowle

This volume teaches you children's basic arithmetic in Hawaiian.

No ka hana ana i keia Helu, e ahu no ke kumu i mau hua poepoe he kanaha a keu paha i mea heluia; pela no kela keiki keia keiki e ahu no lakou i na hua like. A like me ka hana ana a ke kumu, pela hoi e hana?i kela keiki keia keiki i kana mau hua iho....

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Ka Mooolelo Hawaii

By: Lahainaluna

The primary purpose of the Hawaiian Language Reprint Series, as noted in connection with the publication of the rst two buke in this series, is to make available signicant works originally printed in the Hawaiian language in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but now long out of print and difcult to access. Ka Mooolelo Hawaii, the third in the series, is especially signicant for the place it holds among the large body of works produced by Native Hawaiian writers. As M. Puakea Nogelmeier explains in the Introduction that follows, Ka Mooolelo Hawaii, printed in 1838, is the rst book credited to Native Hawaiian writers, the rst history of the islands published in the Hawaiian language, and the rst concentrated effort to commit Hawaiian oral traditions to paper. The student of Hawaiian history may wonder, what is the connection between the present Ka Mooolelo Hawaii and another well known volume of the same title authored by David Malo As explained in the Introduction, the former is an amalgam that grew out of an 1836 seminar organized by Reverend Sheldon Dibble at Lahainaluna and attended by ten advanced students, one of whom...

Ua ho‘omaka ‘o Dibble i ka hana me ka ho‘ili‘ili ‘ana mai i mau huna ‘ike ‘ano nui a laha e pili ana i ka mo‘olelo Hawai‘i. Maopopo le‘a ke kulana pohihihi o ia ‘ike i ia wa, ‘oiai kaka‘ikahi na palapala ho‘oia a pa‘a ka nui o ua ‘ano ‘ike la ma na ku‘ono waihona ho‘omana‘o o ka po‘e ola. Ho‘oholo like ‘ia paha, ina e malama ‘ia ana, ‘o ia no ka manawa e hana ai. Na Dibble no i ho‘oulu i mau ninau ma ke ‘ano i hiki ai a ho‘o- nohonoho iho ma ke ka‘ina manawa. A laila, wae ‘o ia i na haumana ‘oi loa o ke kulanui, he ‘umi ka huina. Ho‘onoho ‘ia lakou ma ke ‘ano he papa noi‘i a ‘o ka ha‘awina mua ka hele pakahi ‘ana aku i na kanaka kahiko o ia au, na ali‘i a me ka lehulehu, e ho‘ili‘ili mai i ka ‘ike maia lakou mai ma ia ninau. Ma ia ‘ano i loa‘a mai ai na mo‘o- lelo ha‘i waha a na kupuna a ua ho‘ohui ‘ia me na mea a na haumana i ‘ike maka ai, ‘oiai he kanaka makua kekahi o lakou. Kakau ‘ia iho ia mau mo‘olelo a pa‘a ma ka pepa, a heluhelu ‘ia na pepa ma ka papa, kahi i ho‘oponopono pualu ‘ia ai. A pau ia ninau aku a ia ninau aku me ka ho‘oponopono pualu ‘ia o na pepa a pau, ‘o ia ka ke kumu a‘o i ho‘oponopono a ho‘opaku‘iku‘i aku ai n...

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Buke Mele Lahui (Book of National Songs)

By: Hawaiian Historical Society

This volume brings together expressions of abiding devotion to Hawai i—the land, the ruling monarchs, the independent and sovereign kingdom. Many of these expressions are direct responses to the turmoil of the late 19th century, in particular the 1887 promulgation of the Bayonet Constitution that disenfranchised so many subjects of the Hawaiian kingdom, the 1889 revolt that attempted to reverse the erosion of those civil rights, the 1893 overthrow of Queen Lili uokalani, and the counterrevolution in 1895 by loyalists trying to restore the Queen to the throne. In late 1895, Francisco Jose Testa, editor of Ka Makaainana, collected 105 mele together in one volume to be published as Buke Mele Lahui. Testa, known as “Hoke” in Hawaiian, refers to these compositions as “mele aloha aina,” patriotic songs or songs of loyalty. Outpourings of such loyalty to the kingdom and monarchy were cast poetically and published regularly in pro-royalist Hawaiian-language newspapers of the time, especially Hawaii Holomua, Ka Lei Momi, Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Ka Makaainana, and Nupepa Ka Oiaio. Although Testa's introduction states that these texts we...

This book contains a selection of compiled national songs of Hawaii.

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Ka Robina Gula (The Golden Robin)

By: Robina Gula

E hoomanao au i ka hua maikai,;He maha no no'u ma ke ao maluna'e;;He maha no no'u ma ke ao maluna'e.;;HUI—Mau, mau, he maha mau;No ka poe maemae ma na kula ao;;Ma na papu lai a olino mai,;Kahi ia e maha'i no ka poe maikai;;Mau, mau, he maha mau.;;2 A loa ke ala, a apuupuu no,;Akau mai na ino, a uhika po,;Epaa pono no ia olelo maikai,;E malu mai ana, a maha hou mai,;E malu mai ana, a maha hou mai.;;HUI—Mau, mau, he maha mau, &c.;;3 A popilikia, a paumako e,;Au ka waimaka, a hu ka uwe,;Hoolana mai no ia olelo maikai,;Ma o, pau ka u, a e maha mau ae,;Ma o, pau ka u, a e maha mau ae.;...

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