Aloha 5th grade students and parents!  This section will contain the tools for you to study for this years Na Mele O Maui 2014.  Check back as I will be posting lyrics and mp3 or video links of the songs.  The theme for this year’s contest is Flowers of the Islands.

Choice Song:  Aia I Lihau Ko Lei Nani

Aia I Lihau Ko Lei Nani

Lyrics:

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Contest Song (assigned):  Kila Kila ‘O Maui

 

music link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lUTRvKJV9M

Kilakila `O Maui (Majestic Maui) – by Alice Mahi Keawekane

Kilakila `o Maui i ka roselani

`O ka `oi nō ia e kaulana nei

`O ka wehi roselani, lei onaona

He mau i ka ihu o ka malihini

I ke kai kāua a `o Kahului

Lawai`a hukikolo, hukihuki mālie

Ha`ina ka puana o ka Roselani

Ha`aheo `o Maui nō e ka oi 

Majestic Maui, whose flower is the rose

Is well known for its excellence 

Its favorite adornment is the rose, lovely in a lei

Giving cool fragrance that charms the visitor 

Let us go to the sea of Kahului

The draw nets are pulled in slowly in rhythm 

This is the end of my song of the rose

The pride of Maui, the best of the islands 

Source: Na Mele Aloha, Translated by Mary Pukui, Music clip by Gippy Cooke

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Contest (assigned) Song:  Hilo Hanakahi

Lyrics:

Hilo Hanakahi I ka ua Kanilehua   Puna paia ʻala I ka paia ʻala i ka hala   Kaʻū i ka makani I ka makani puwehuwehu   Kona i ke kai I ke kai māʻokiʻoki   Kawaihae i ke kai I ke kai hāwanawana   Kohala i ka makani I ka makani ʻĀpaʻapaʻa   Waimea i ka ua I ka ua KīpuʻupuʻuHāmākua i ka pali I ka pali l koaʻe

Haʻina ka puana
I ka ua kani lehua

Hilo of Hanakahi

Where the rain is in the lehua forest

 

Puna of the fragrant bowers

Fragrant with the blossoms of the hala

 

Kaʻū , a windy district

Wind that scatters the dust

 

Kona, land of calm seas

Sea marked with sea lanes

 

Kawaihae has a sea

A sea that whispers

 

Kohala has a wind

A gusty wind

 

Waimea has the rain

A cold pelting rain

 

Hāmākua cliffs
Cliffs where the bird soars

This is the end of my song

Of the rain in the lehua forest

 

Here is the link to those lyrics for you to print out:  http://www.huapala.org/Hi/Hilo_Hanakahi.html

Here is a youtube video of Raiateta Helm singing this mele:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2WrSELkzJY

We actually sang this song in a previous Na Mele O Maui competition 6 years ago.  Here is the mp3 of our recording.  I’m not sure if our arrangement will be the same this year but it will give you an idea of what it may sound like:HILO Hanakahi

Practice over the Fall break!!!!!!

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Here you will find the songs we will be singing for this year’s Na Mele O Maui 2012 song competition.

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2nd song (choice song) Koke’e

By now you should have received the printed words to our second song, Koke’e.  If you misplace these words you may print them out at home via this link:  http://huapala.org/Kokee.html

You may listen to this song by clicking here: 01 Koke’e

Please practice and study every night.  Our test for this song is on Nov. 14th!!!!!

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Our assigned song in our division is “Ua Nani Moloka’i”  Here are the lyrics:

Ua nani Moloka`i Nui A Hina
`O ka heke no ia a`o na ailana

Uluwehiwehi a`o Lanikaula
Ka ulu kukui e kaulana nei

He wai `au`au a`o Moa`ula,
E ho`opulu i ka `ili o ka malihini.

Ho`ale`ale i ka `ehu o ke kai
I ke ku kilakila a`o Ha`upu

Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana
Sweet lei kukui ka heke o Moloka`i

 

You may print out the lyrics at this site: http://huapala.org/U/Ua_Nani_Molokai.html

Here is the mp3 version of the Hoopii Brothers singing it: Ua Nani Moloka’i