Aloha No Kalakaua

Composed By: Ami Hanaiali'i Giliom
Performed By: Ami Hanaiali'i Gilliom
Submitted By: Buffy Wong <Egyptian_Eyez808@yahoo.com>


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