Ke Ho`olono Nei

Ke Ho'olono Nei is the song featured throughout the book. It is a Hawaiian song.

Hawaiian lyrics: Ka `o`o kahi e pulale ana
 * I ka uka `elo`elo a`o Alaka`i

Ualo makehewa i ke koko`olua

Kaumaha i ka noe o Kuakahi

Me he ua a la ke ehu `ohaha wai nui

`A`ohe lua e launa ai `o ka leo nahenahe

Po`ouli ho`i ao Hanawi

`Olapalapa `o ka home ia

Kaluanui, Kaluaiki, Kalapawili

`O ia mau lapa manu `ole la

Lu`ulu`u ka nahele o uka

I ka ua lokuloku mao `ole

He `ole ho`i ka punua `io`io

E ka `io e kaha o ka lewa nu`u

O ka lani pa`a o Hawai`i nei

Kou maka lana, kou heahea mai

Eia makou ke ho`olono nei

E o mai e na kini a lehu

E lohe `ia no i ka pakapaka ua

`O ka hana ia

E malama `ia a mau loa aku

English lyrics:

There in the uplands of Alaka`i swamp

The lone `o`o anxiously searches

Calling out in vain for a mate

Into the sad mists of Kuakahi

The lobelia pollen falls like heavy rain

No sweet duet can be heard

O Po`ouli of Hanawi

The `olapa forest trees are your home

Kaluanui, Kaluaiki, Kalapawili

Ridges where po`ouli no longer fly

Heavy is the upland forest

In the endless downpour

Without the music of young birds

O hawk of the great heights

Of the heavely skies of Hawai`i

Your vision of hope, your call to us

Here we are, listening

So answer all you people

And heed the message sent

In the blessing of raindrops

Our work is to protect, evermore

Music from http://www.huapala.org/Ke_Hoolono_Nei.html.

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