Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 6, 1 May 1980 — He Mele La hanau no Kawena Pukui [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

He Mele La hanau no Kawena Pukui

He hau'oli ko nei 'aina I keia la hanau ou Kaulana 'oe e ka wahine La'iku E noho mai ana i ka la'i o Huelani Mai Hawai'i a Kaua'i la I Niihau i ka mole o Lehua la Nou ka nani ame ke aloha E ka mamolani a Pa'ahana la E ho'olohe mai e Kawena-'ula-o-ka-lani E ka lehua puakea kau i ka wekiu Kahi ho'i a na manu e hui mau ai Ka ha'awi ho'okama i lei aloha nou I lei i wili 'ia ho'i me ka maile lau li'ili'i Hau'oli la hanau la - - Hau'pli la hanau la . E Kawena-'ula-o-ka-lani There is happiness here in the land On this day of your (85tti) birthday You are famous, oh lady of serenity Dwelling in peaee at Huelani From Hawaii to Kauai And to Niihau to the far reaches of Lehua Your beauty and love is known You are a precious one of Pa'ahana Listen, oh Kawena The fair lehua placed high above The multitudes of birds gather Here your ho'okama gives you a lei of love A lei woven of maile Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Oh dēar Kawena of the red heaven

Mary Kawena Puku'i holding Mieah Kahanuia Kamehameha Tehuiarii-Pomare Supiner... Topoliliski (Son of Kaha'i and Anne Topolinski). Photo by Palani 01son.