Mele Pūnana Leo | Episode 2: Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi

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Mele Pūnana Leo | Episode 2: Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi

Program Category: Mele Pūnana Leo

Kainani Kahaunaele and Kaniaulono Hapai share their experiences in composing “Ahe Nani Ka Laulā o Puna,” a mele dedicated to Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi – 1 of 13 new compositions from “Mele Pūnana Leo.

Ahe Nani Ka Laulā O Puna

Haku ʻia e Kainani Kahaunaele & Kaniaulono Hāpai

Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi

Ahe nani ka laulā o Puna
Me ke kalukalu moe ipo o Kapaʻa (Kapaʻa)
Ka paʻakai kaulana o ka moku (o ka moku)
Hanapēpē, i Kona nō ia
Hanapēpē, i Kona nō ia

Nā Pali “kū kilakila” i ka laʻi
E kilohi aku au kau mai i luna (i luna)
Aʻi Lumahaʻi i ka malu ʻulu (ka malu ʻulu)
ʻO Luluʻupali, pua ka lehua
ʻO Luluʻupali, pua ka lehua

Haʻalele auaneʻi iā Haleleʻa
ʻOni mai ana Kalalea i kona moku (i kona moku)
Hāʻina Koʻolau, ua ʻike ʻia (ʻike ʻia)
No ka Pūnana, Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi
No ka Pūnana, Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi

Kauaʻi!

Gorgeous is the expanse of the eastern Puna district
With Kapaʻa’s well known romantic kalukalu grass
The famous Hawaiian salt
Originates in Hanapēpē
In the southwestern Kona district

Nā Pali district stands majestically in the calm
Drawing my attention upward in awe
On to Lumahaʻi in the inspiring shade of the ʻulu grove
Luluʻupali is blossoming profusely with lehua

We soon leave Haleleʻa district in the north
And see Kalalea beckoning to us from his home
Experienced is the northeastern district of Koʻolau
In honor of the Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi
In honor of the Hawaiian language nest of Kauaʻi

Kauaiʻi!

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