Kalama`ula
By Hannah Dudoit
After the years of disease and devastation brought by foreigners, the Hawaiian people looked with hope to Kalamaula, Moloka`i, following the 1920 Hawaiian Homestead Act, as a place, “I ka ho`opulapula,” for regeneration. For sure, you are native, softly fragrant, Kalamaula. “E ho`i k_ua, e noho i ka `aina,” we are leaving to live on the land. “Me ka nani,” all `aina is beautiful. “He ho`i mai kaua,” we return, to the splendor of Kalamaula.
| Ahe sure maoli no | | It is genuinely sure |
| Me ke onaona, auwe he | With dizzing fragrance |
| Me ka nani, Kalama`ula | Of the beautiful, Kalama`ula |
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| E ka paia nei ea | It is called here |
| He u`i mai ho`i kau, auwe he | The youthful glorious |
| Me ka nani, Kalama`ula | And beautiful, Kalama`ula |
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| `Aina ua kaulana ea | It is a famous land |
| I ka ho`opulapula, auwe he | For the homesteading |
| Me ka nani, Kalama`ula | With the beautiful, Kalama`ula |
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| E ho`i kaua ea | We are leaving |
| E noho i ka aina, auwe he | To live on the land |
| Me ka nani, Kalama`ula | Of the beautiful, Kalama`ula |
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| Ha`ina mai ka puana ea | Let the story be told |
| He ho`i mai kaua, auwe he | We are leaving |
| Me ka nani, Kalama`ula | For the beautiful, Kalama`ula |
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