Leilani Basham
Leilani Basham
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Ua Mau ke Ea o ka
‘Äina i ka PonoThis poem marks the 110th anniversary of the overthrow and questions the State motto that asserts the independence of the Hawaiian Kingdom and people.
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina
i ka pono
'O ia?
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina i ka pono? 'Ane'ane e piha mai
he 160 makahiki
mai ka wä i leo mua 'ia ai
këia 'ölelo mäkia.
He mana'o nui na'e ia
mai ka wä kahiko loa mai
mai nä küpuna mai
Auë ke aloha ë--
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina i ka pono
'O ia nö?
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina i ka pono? Aia nö i ka makahiki 1843 i
ho'opuka 'ia ai këia mäkia
mai ka waha mai o ko käkou
Mö'ï Kauikeaouli
Ma o ia 'ölelo, hö'oia 'ia ke kü'oko'a o ke Aupuni Hawai'i,
ke kü'oko'a o ka Mö'ï a me
ke kü'oko'a o ka 'äina.
Auë ke aloha ë--
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina
i ka pono
'O ia ho'i?
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina i ka pono? A pehea lä i ka makahiki 1893? Ua hala he 50 maka
hiki, a hala pü akula ke
kü'okoa o ke Aupuni a me
ka lähui kanaka
A ma hope aku, ho'ohui 'ia 'o
Hawai'i me 'Amelika
Këlä 'äina kaulana i ke kaena
aku i kona külana he kaulike
He 'aeko wale nö 'o ia e 'imi
ana i kona mea e kä'ili aku ai
me ka nïnau 'ole a me ka
nänä 'ole aku
'A'ole ia he kaulike
no ko käkou lähui
no ko käkou po'e küpuna
A pëlä pü i ka makahiki 1959
'A'ole i nïnau 'ia mai ke
Kanaka Maoli i kona mana'o
akä, ua lilo aku nö 'o Hawai'i
i moku'äina no 'Amelika
a lilo ho'i ia 'ölelo o ko
käkou Mö'ï i mäkia no këia
moku 'äina
Wahi a läkou,
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina
i ka pono
Auë ke aloha ë--
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina
i ka pono
'O ia kä?
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina i ka pono? Hana 'ino maoli 'ia nö ko
käkou lähui, ko käkou 'äina,
ko käkou pono,
Eia na'e, i loko nö o nä pilikia
a pau, ua pololei këia 'ölelo.
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina
i ka pono
'Ae, ua mau nö
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'äina i ka pono? ma muli o käkou
nä känaka o ka 'äina
ma muli o ko käkou
ho'omau 'ana
i nä loina o nä küpuna
ma muli o ko käkou küpa'a 'ana
i ka 'ölelo o nä küpuna
ma muli o ko käkou 'imi 'ana
i ke alahele e pono ai
nä küpuna
ma muli o ko käkou 'imi 'ana
Auë ke aloha ë--
i ia mea he ea a he 'äina a he pono 17 Ianuali 2003
E ho'ouna 'ia mai nä leka iä mäua,
'o ia ho'i 'o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis
ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:
>> kwong@hawaii.edu
>> rsolis@hawaii.edu
a i 'ole ia, ma ke kelepona:
>> 956-2627 (Laiana)
>> 956-2624 (Kekeha)
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Note: This version of the column is set in Unicode, which requires current Web-browser software (Netscape 7 or Internet Explorer 6 on most operating systems.) If the Hawaiian text below does not display properly, you may want to use the version coded for older browsers (above) instead.Ua Mau ke Ea o ka
‘Āina i ka PonoThis poem marks the 110th anniversary of the overthrow and questions the State motto that asserts the independence of the Hawaiian Kingdom and people.
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina
i ka pono
'O ia?
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono? 'Ane'ane e piha mai
he 160 makahiki
mai ka wā i leo mua 'ia ai
kēia 'ōlelo mākia.
He mana'o nui na'e ia
mai ka wā kahiko loa mai
mai nā kūpuna mai
Auē ke aloha ē--
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono
'O ia nō?
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono? Aia nō i ka makahiki 1843 i
ho'opuka 'ia ai kēia mākia
mai ka waha mai o ko kākou
Mō'ī Kauikeaouli
Ma o ia 'ōlelo, hō'oia 'ia ke kū'oko'a o ke Aupuni Hawai'i,
ke kū'oko'a o ka Mō'ī a me
ke kū'oko'a o ka 'āina.
Auē ke aloha ē--
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina
i ka pono
'O ia ho'i?
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono? A pehea lā i ka makahiki 1893? Ua hala he 50 maka
hiki, a hala pū akula ke
kū'okoa o ke Aupuni a me
ka lāhui kanaka
A ma hope aku, ho'ohui 'ia 'o
Hawai'i me 'Amelika
Kēlā 'āina kaulana i ke kaena
aku i kona kūlana he kaulike
He 'aeko wale nō 'o ia e 'imi
ana i kona mea e kā'ili aku ai
me ka nīnau 'ole a me ka
nānā 'ole aku
'A'ole ia he kaulike
no ko kākou lāhui
no ko kākou po'e kūpuna
A pēlā pū i ka makahiki 1959
'A'ole i nīnau 'ia mai ke
Kanaka Maoli i kona mana'o
akā, ua lilo aku nō 'o Hawai'i
i moku'āina no 'Amelika
a lilo ho'i ia 'ōlelo o ko
kākou Mō'ī i mākia no kēia
moku 'āina
Wahi a lākou,
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina
i ka pono
Auē ke aloha ē--
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina
i ka pono
'O ia kā?
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono? Hana 'ino maoli 'ia nō ko
kākou lāhui, ko kākou 'āina,
ko kākou pono,
Eia na'e, i loko nō o nā pilikia
a pau, ua pololei kēia 'ōlelo.
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina
i ka pono
'Ae, ua mau nō
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono? ma muli o kākou
nā kānaka o ka 'āina
ma muli o ko kākou
ho'omau 'ana
i nā loina o nā kūpuna
ma muli o ko kākou kūpa'a 'ana
i ka 'ōlelo o nā kūpuna
ma muli o ko kākou 'imi 'ana
i ke alahele e pono ai
nā kūpuna
ma muli o ko kākou 'imi 'ana
Auē ke aloha ē--
i ia mea he ea a he 'āina a he pono 17 Ianuali 2003
E ho'ouna 'ia mai nā leka iā māua,
'o ia ho'i 'o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis
ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:
>> kwong@hawaii.edu
>> rsolis@hawaii.edu
a i 'ole ia, ma ke kelepona:
>> 956-2627 (Laiana)
>> 956-2624 (Kekeha)
This column is coordinated by the Hawaiian Language Department
at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, supported by UH
President Evan Dobelle's Initiative for Achieving Native Hawaiian
Academic Excellence.
