"So Beloved is Kalakaua" 

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

Aloha Nō Kalākaua

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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