Ka ʻIo Kīkaha Mālie

na Darci Baker, Melelani Spencer and Kyle Kaaa

 

ʻO ka ʻio ʻoe, kīkaha aʻela           You are the ʻio soaring around

I luna aʻe o nā kumu ʻōhiʻa        Above all the kumu ʻōhiʻa

Alakaʻi mai iā mākou                   Leading and guiding us

Ma ke kula manu nei                   In this place where birds gather

 

HUI:

Kaha mālie i ka makani aheahe Soar gracefully in the gentle wind

Hea aku nō, e ō mai ʻoe              We call out to you, answer our call

 

E hōʻike mai i ke ala                    Show us the way

A ka ʻimi naʻauao –                      That those who seek wisdom –

ʻApapane, ʻAmakihi, ʻIʻiwi –      The ʻapapane, ʻamakihi and ʻiʻiwi –

E hahai pono ai                            Should carefully follow

 

[HUI]

 

Haʻina mai ka puana                    Let our story be told

No ka ʻio kīkaha mālie                  For the ʻio who gracefully soars

Haʻina hou mai ka puana             Let it be told again

ʻO Kaʻimi, he inoa ē                        Kaʻimi is his name