Hauʻoli Lā Makua

He aha ka mea e hana ai i kahi makuakāne1

He aha ka mea e hana ai i kahi makuakāne

Ua lawe ke Akua i ka ikaika o ka mauna,

ʻO ka hanohano o ka lāʻau,

ʻO ka mehana o ka lā kauwela,

ʻO ka mālie o ke kai mālie,

ʻO ka ʻuhane lokomaikaʻi o ke kūlohelohe,

Ka lima hōʻoluʻolu o ka pō,

ʻO ke akamai o nā makahiki,

Ka mana o ka lele ʻana o ka ʻaeto,

ʻO ka hauʻoli o ke kakahiaka i ka pūnāwai,

Ka manaʻoʻiʻo o ka hua sinapi,

ʻO ke ahonui o ke ao pau ʻole,

ʻO ka hohonu o ka pono o ka ʻohana,

A laila ua hui pū ke Akua i kēia mau ʻano,

I ka wā ʻaʻohe mea hou e hoʻohui ai,

Ua ʻike ʻo ia ua pau kāna hana noʻeau,

A no laila, kapa akula ʻo ia ia mea…ʻo Pāpā.


Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iune-18-2022