KULĀIWI by Nā ‘Elele Mele

Kulāiwi (Larry Kimura & Peter Moon)

Mai ka piʻina a ka lā i Haʻehaʻe
A i ka mole ʻolu o Lehua
Eia au ko kama ē
He mamo aloha na Hāloa

ʻO Hawaiʻi, kuʻu kulāiwi
Mai nā, kūpuna mai
ʻAʻohe mea, nāna e kūʻai
I ke ewe o kuʻu mau iwi
E ola au, i kuʻu lāhui
Ke kuleana, o ka ʻōiwi
ʻO ka ʻī, ma kāna ʻōlelo
He Hawaiʻi au mau a mau

From the rising of the sun at Haʻehaʻe
To its setting beyond Lehua island
Here I am, your child
A beloved descendant of Hāloa

Hawaiʻi is my homeland
From ancestral times
No on can purchase
My birthright, my very being
I live for and because of my people
A native right and privilege
Paramount in one’s declaration
“I am Hawaiian, forever and ever”