TRIBUTE TO RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN
"ISLAND SON" ADVENT CALENDAR


 
 Hanohano Hawai`i moku o Keawe 
E lei ha`aheo nei i ka lehua 
 

Kilakila o Maui Haleakala 
Ua kapu roselani nau ho`okahi 
 

Kaulana Oahu i ka `ilima 
Kohu kapa `ahu`ula kau po`ohiwi 
 

Kaulana Kaua`i i ka mokihana 
Laua`e o Makana kau aloha 
 

Kaulana Moloka`i nui a Hina 
I ka ulu kukui o Lanikaula 
 

Lei ana Lana`i i ke kauna`oa 
Me he manu `o`o hulu melemele 
 

Pupu Niihau auhea `oe 
Hoike a`e `oe a i ko nani 
 

Eia mai au Kaho`olawe 
Ho`oheno ana au me ka hinahina 
 

Hea aku makou o mai 'oe 
Molokini 'alo ke 'ehu o ke kai 
 

Ha'ina ia mai ana kapuana 
Na lei o Hawaii e o mai 
 

Ha'ina hou ia mai ana ka puana 
Hi'iaka ia ka poli a o Pele 

Lehua

Lokelani 

Ilima 

Mokihana

Kukui 

Kaunaoa & Pupu Shells 
 

Hinahina 
   Majestic Hawaii, home of Keawe 
Proudly wearing garlands of lehua 
 

Regal Haleakala of Maui 
Reserved is roselani for you alone 
 

Famed is Oahu for her 'ilima 
Adorns one like a feather cape 
 

Famed is Kauai for mokihana 
Laua'e of Makana, given with love 
 

Molokai, great isle of Hina 
The kukui grove of Lanikaula 
 

The lei of Lanai, sweet kauna'oa 
Like the O'o bird's yellow feathers 
 

Shells of Niihau, where are you? 
Show forth your beauty 
 

Here I am waiting, Kahoolawe 
Hinahina decorates my shores 
 

We call to you, oh give an answer 
Sea foam graces Molokini 
 

Sing the refrain 
Garlands of Hawaii, answer us 
 

Sing the refrain for the last time 
Hi'iaka in the bosom of Pele 


 

 
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