Bayview Home - by Bill McClain |
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| Kuʻu home kū kilakila i ka laʻi I makalapua i ka hunahuna kai Uluwehiwehi i ke ʻala o ka līpoa A nā manu e hoʻohie nei Hui: Aia i ka laʻi o ka Bayview Home Nā manu inu wai i pua o ka lehua I ka hoʻopē mau ʻia e ka hunakai ʻAnoʻai ke aloha ua hiki ʻē mai Ulumāhiehie Kalaupapa i ka laʻi I ke oni a lāpine, o kauwila A ʻike i nā uhi ehu aʻo ke kaona I nā ʻono kuhikuhinia a ka manu |
My home stands impressive in the calm Blossoming in the spray Lush with the fragrance of seaweed For the birds that delighted in the place Chorus: There in the calm of the Bayview Home The birds drink nectar of the lehua blossom Always dampened by the sea spray A greeting of affection that comes Pleasing in Kalaupapa in the calm In the appearance of lemon grass and buckthorn And to see the spreading smoke of the dawn With rich savors for the birds |
Source: G. Cooke collection - Bayview is the home for the blind at Kalaupapa. - Proceeds from the recording by the Molokaʻi Trio was used to purchase a piano for the home. Translator unknown, Hawaiian Text edited by Puakea Nogelmeier |
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