Ki‘i na Tom Penna

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​Nā ‘Aumākua
Adapted from Hawaiian Antiquities by David Malo


Nā ʻaumākua mai ka lā hiki a ka lā kau
Mai ka hoʻokuʻi a ka hālāwai
Nā ʻaumākua iā ka hinakua iā ka hinaʻalo
Iā kaʻa ʻākau i ka lani
O kihā i ka lani
ʻOwe i ka lani
Nunulu i ka lani
Kāholo i ka lani
Eia ka pulapula a ʻoukou
ʻo Kūkaniloko
 
E mālama ʻoukou iā mākou
E ulu i ka lani
E ulu i ka honua
E ulu i ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi
E hōmai ka akamai
E hōmai ka maopopo pono
E hōmai ka ʻike pāpālua
E hōmai ka mana
‘Amama ua noa.


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The gods...
Adapted from Hawaiian Antiquities by David Malo


Ancestors from the rising to the setting sun
From the zenith to the horizon
Ancestors who stand at our back and front
You who stand at our right hand
A breathing in the heavens
An utterance in the heavens
A clear, ringing voice in the heavens
A voice reverberating in the heavens
Here are your descendants, the Hawaiians
Safeguard us
That we may flourish in the heavens
That we may flourish on earth
That we may flourish in the Hawaiian islands
Grant us knowledge
Grant us strength
Grant us intelligence
Grant us understanding
Grant us insight
Grant us power
The prayer is lifted, it is free.



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 "e kūkaʻawe i nā kapu o Kūkaniloko nō ka mea aloha nō hoʻi kākou iā lākou i nā kau a kau..."
“to guard the kapu of Kūkaniloko because we love them for all time…”