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mahina

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52. We had massive thunder such as I haven't heard since Senator Daniel *Kahikina* Akaka addressed the Hawaii Legislature.

Reply to BlueKota (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:38 PM

Nov 5

Eia nō Kawika e
O ka heke aʻo nā pu

Ka uwila ma ka hikina e
Mālamalama Hawaiʻi e

Kuʻi e ka lono Pelekani e
A lohe ke kuʻini ʻo Palani e

Na wai e ka pua i luna e
Na Kapaʻakea he makua e

Haʻina ʻia mai ka puana e
Kalani Kāwika he inoa e

This is David
The greatest of all flowers

(He is) the lightning in the east
That brightens Hawaiʻi|

News reached England
Also heard by the French queen

Who is this flower of high rank?
Kapaʻakea is his father

Tell the refrain
King David, is his name

Source: King's Hawaiian Melodies Copyright 1930, 43 - This mele inoa for King David Kalākaua (1836-1891) relates how he appealed to England and France for financial aid for Hawaiʻi. He was refused. The people of Hawaiʻi are called flowers. Caesar Kapaʻakea, a great grandson of Chief Kameʻeiamoku was the father of King Kalākaua and High Chiefess, Analea Keohokalole, a counselor to King Kamehameha III, was his mother. Kalākaua ruled from 1874-1891. The sign of the Kalākaua dynasty was the noonday sun symbolized by a flaming torch at midday
https://www.huapala.org/Kaw/Kawika.html

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