Mele & Oli for Lā Ho'iho'i Ea
Mele O Kahoʻolawe
Words & music by Harry Kunihi Mitchell
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Aloha kuʻu moku o Kahoʻolawe
Mai kinohi kou inoa ʻo Kanaloa
Kohemalamalama
Lau kanaka ʻole
Hiki mai nā pua
E hoʻomalu mai
Alu like kākou, Lāhui Hawaiʻi
Mai ka lā hiki mai i ka lā kau aʻe
Kū paʻa a hahai, hoʻikaika nā kānaka
Kau liʻi mākou nui
Ke aloha nō ka ʻāina
Hanohano nā pua o Hawaiʻi nei
No ke kaua kauholo me ka aupuni
Paʻa pū ka manaʻo no ka pono o ka ʻāina
Imua nā pua
Lanakila Kahoʻolawe
English Translation
I love my island of Kahoʻolawe
Your original name was Kanaloa
You are the southern beacon
Barren and without a population
Until you were invaded by nine young men
Who granted you peace
Let us band together the Hawaiian Kingdom
From sun up to sun down
Stand together and follow, be strong young people
We are but a few in numbers
But our love for the land is unlimited
Popular are the young people of Hawai'i nei
For the civil strife they cause against the government
Together in one thought to bring prosperity to the land
Forward young people and bring
Salvation to Kaho'olawe
I Ku Mau Mau
Alaka'i:
I ku mau mau
Pane:
I ku wa
Alaka'i:
I ku mau mau
I ku huluhulu
I ka lanawao
Pane:
I ku wa
Alaka'i:
I ku lanawao
Pane:
I ku waI ku wa huki
I ku wa koI ku wa a mau
A mau ka eulu
E huki e
Kulia
Leader:
Stand up together
Response:
Stand and shout
Leader:
Stand together
Haul with all your might
Under the mighty trees
Response:
Stand at intervals
Leader:
Stand up among the tall forest trees
Response:
Stand at intervals
Stand at intervals and pull
Stand at intervals and haul
Stand in place and haul
Haul branches and all
Haul now
Stand up
Malo was born about 1793, at Keauhou, North Kona. His mother was Heone and his father Aoao, who served in the court of Kamehameha I. His exceptional memory and ability to chant genealogies caught the attention of the royalty, especially that of a chiefess who married him. After her death, he moved to Maui and married another chiefess from Lahaina. He attended Lahainaluna where he excelled in studies, accepted Christianity and was encouraged to document Hawaiian history and traditions. Appointed the 1st superintendent of schools for Hawaii, he was elected to the 1st House of Representatives in 1842 and was ordained a minister. Assigned to a church in Kula, Maui, he lived there with his 3rd wife.