ʻO ko kākou Hawaiʻi, he ʻāina ʻohuʻohu i nā lei ʻaʻala i hāʻawi ʻia mai e nā ʻāina ʻē, ka moʻomeheu nō hoʻi, o Kahiki. Mai ka Lepupalika Dominikana mai, ua pae mai kekahi ʻanoʻano ma kahakai nei, ua hoʻoaʻa iho, ua kupu mai, ua liko, ua pua, ua mōhala. ʻO ia pua nō ʻo ka lāhui hulahula bachata ma Hawaiʻi nei.

ʻAuhea ʻoukou e ka poʻe makeʻe mele Hawaiʻi! Pōmaikaʻi maoli kākou i ke pā sēdē hou ʻo “I Leʻa” i hoʻopuka ʻia mai nei e ka hui hīmeni ʻo Keauhou. Kaulana nō ua hui hīmeni nei ma muli o ko lākou mau leo nahenahe, ko lākou hana maiau, ko lākou ʻimi naʻauao, a me ko lākou aloha nui i ke mele Hawaiʻi.

Welina e kuʻu mea heluhelu. He ʻāina nani nō ʻo Iāpana, akā, he ʻano pōhihi no neia malihini, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea kākau. I kekahi kauwela, ua huakaʻi aku nō māua me koʻu hoa hana i Iāpana no ka hālāwai pū ʻana mai me ko māua hoa pāʻoihana. ʻO ia kaʻu manawa mua i kipa ai i Iāpana a nui nā mea hūʻeu i kupu wale.

I nā hulina hema o Maui, aia kahi moku liʻiliʻi ʻo Honuaʻula. ʻO ia nō kahi nona kēia moʻolelo.

Aia kekahi ala paʻakikī i mua o kākou / Me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana a me nā pilikia / ʻAʻole au e hoʻololi ana iaʻu iho. ʻAʻole au e hāʻawipio!
He lālani kēia mai ke mele ʻo “I Mua, i Kahi Ao Hou” i hīmeni ʻia e ka hui hīmeni ʻo Hanauna o Nā Kaikamāhine. Na lākou i hoʻopuka i kēia mele a me kā lākou hui hīmeni i ka makahiki 2007.

ʻO Waikomo ka inoa o ʻelua mau mea, ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi kahawai i Kauaʻi, a me kekahi kalaka kūʻai haukōhi ma Maui. He aha ka pilina o ia mau mea?

E nā hoa mākaʻikaʻi o ka honua nei puni i nā ʻano nani like ʻole o ka ʻāina, aloha nō. Ma ka lā 15 o Mei haʻalele māua ʻo koʻu ʻohana iā Oʻahu e hele ai i Nūioka.

ʻAuhea wale ana ʻoukou e nā maka heluhelu o Ka Ulu Hoi. Eia kou wahi mea kākau ke waiho nei i wailau i mua o ʻoukou i mea e nui puʻipuʻi ai ko ʻoukou wahi ʻōpū. ʻO ke ʻano o nēia wailau, he haʻi hou ia i kekahi kaʻao mai ka ʻāina ʻē i kamaʻāina paha iā ʻoukou. E hahai kākou i ka huakaʻi a kekahi kaikamahine nona ka inoa ʻo Leilani a me kāna ʻīlio, me Mele, e ʻimi i ala e hoʻi hou ai i ko lāua kūlanakauhale aloha nui ʻia, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe wahi i kū like ai me ka home aloha.

He ʻōlelo noʻeau kaulana kēia na ka poʻe Hawaiʻi, akā ma kēia moʻolelo, nāna ka hoʻohālike ʻana i ka haʻawina o ka pāʻani kolepa me nā haʻawina ma ke kulanui nei. Kuhi mai kēia ʻōlelo noʻeau e aʻo kākou i kahi mea a lilo ia mea i mākau nāna e kōkua mai ke pilikia ka nohona.

E halalē! E halalē! He keu a ka ʻono. ʻO ka ʻono o ka mea ʻai, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻohaliʻa ai i ka hale ʻaina a kākou e pāʻina ai. I koʻu ʻike ʻana, ʻo ke kaimine, ʻo ia ka meaʻai kū hoʻokahi a puni ʻo Hawaiʻi!

ʻO nā mele Hawaiʻi, ʻaʻohe wahi maoli e hele kino ai a nanea i ka hoʻolohe i kona hoʻokani a hīmeni ʻia i kēia mau lā ma muli o ka maʻi ahulau Korona. ʻAʻohe hale ʻaina, ʻaʻohe ʻaha mele, ʻaʻohe hoʻolauleʻa, ʻaʻohe nō he wahi e hoʻolohe aku ai i nā puʻukani mele Hawaiʻi. Aia naʻe he hoʻokahi nō wahi i maopopo i kēia mea kākau e mālama ʻia ai kēia loina koʻikoʻi o kākou i kēia mau lā i loko nō o kēia wā maʻi Korona. Aia nō ia i ka laʻi o Kakaʻako ma ka hale inu nona ka inoa ʻo Workplay.

Oia no kai ikeia ma Moanalua nei. I kela me keia po, hiki mai na mu a loheia ka mumuhu o ka lakou lele ana io ianei. Oia no ka wa i ikeia’i he moo e kakali malie ana ma ka aoao. I nana aku ka hana, he eha mau moo ma ka puka aniani. A lele mai la kahi mu, aole i liuliu, paa ia mea ino i ka waha o kekahi moo, a pau ka mumuhu, o ka muka wale no ke kani i loheia.