Hoa hele

I'll be traveling in the next few weeks, so posts to this site will be postponed for a time. To everyone who is traveling, or who has travel plans in the near future, I leave you with this prayer, written by King David Kalakaua to Queen Kapi'olani:
E ka moana nui
Kai hohonu
'E lana malie kou mau ale
'E ka makani nui kaika
'E pa kolonahe, malie'oe
'E nihi e ka hele,
Mai hoopa

O thou great ocean
Thou deep seas,
Let thy waves flow gently
O thou strong winds blowing,
Breathe softly and tenderly
Go thou with serenity and peace
Let nothing rise to bar your way
.

Lele

'O ka ho'opa 'ole 'ia ka mana 'olana
me ke mana'o'i'o e na kanaka.
He lele wale ko ka manu.

Hope and faith are illusions forged
by unsettled beings. A bird does not
need hope and faith to fly.
.

Hana

O ka pono ke hana 'ia a iho mai na lani
Continue to live righteously
until the heavens recognize you
.

Walea

He po walea, he ao walea i ka la'i
Presence brings serenity
.

'O Mauna A Wakea

'O wai ka i 'ike ia_ Mauna Kea
'A 'ohe ona lua e like ai

Who has seen Mauna Kea
There is nothing to compare it with
.

Mana'o

Ho'olike ka mana'o i wailohi
Open yourself to the brilliance of what is
.

Pua ehu

Pua ehu akula ka moana
The ocean spray flies
.

'Ulu

Ka 'ulu hua
The breadfruit tree bears fruit
.

Mo_lehulehu

Kau ka mo_lehulehu o ke ahiahi.
'Ano lani; 'ano honua.

The twilight of evening descends.
A heavenly nature, an earthly nature.
.

Malamalama

E ala ua ao ua malamalama
Awake, it is day, it is light...

Mauna Kea, early morning
.

Ho'omana'o

Remember
.

Kahe

Kahe mau ne ke ola
Life is a continuous flow
.

'Akahi pipi

one cow
.