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"So Beloved is Kalakaua"


Here is a beautiful song thanking King Kalakaua for bringing the hula back to the Hawaiian people




Aloha Nō Kalākaua
"So Beloved is Kalakaua"


I aloha ia, e ka Mo'i 

Hanohano no ia 

E ka lehulehu o Hawai'i 

Aloha no Kalakaua 


Kauoha 'oia, e ke Ali'i 

I ka ho'iho'i o ka hula 

A'o ka hula no ka 'oiwi 

Konikoni pau'ole i ka pu'uwai


Uluhia wau i ka hali'a 

'O Hi'iaka ha'a i ka ua 

'O ka ua noenoe
o Kanilehua 

Ho'opulu i ka punawai a ke Ali'i 


'Akahi no wau ke nonoi 

E hula ana ma kou alo 

Mahalo wale e ke Ali'i 

Aloha no Kalakaua 



Translation

Beloved is the King 

Honored indeed by the 
People of Hawai'i 

So beloved is Kalakaua 


The King commanded the return of hula 

For the native 
Hula be as forever in the heart 


I am filled with the longing 

Of Hi'iaka dancing in the rain 

The misty rain of Kanilehua 

Drenched in the royal springs 


My one request is 

To dance in your presence 
In gratitude oh Chief 

So beloved Kalakaua
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