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ʻAuhea wale ana ʻoe, e-e-e-e
- Ka pua o ka makahala
- Mai hoʻohala mai ʻoe, e-e-e-e
- I ka pilina ua paʻa
Keu nō paha ua paʻa, e-e-e-e
- Kou manaʻo iʻanei
- Pili ʻia aku ʻoe, e-e-e-e
- Ko la he kanaka uʻi
Nele i ka mea poepoe, e-e-e-e
- Pau ka pilina ua paʻa
- Haʻina mai ka puana, e-e-e-e
- Ka pua o ka makahala
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Where are you
- Makahala blossom
- Come, let us pass the time away
- In a close relationship
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- Perhaps
- Your thoughts are here
and
- I should be with you
- In the days of youth and beauty
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- Without that round
object
- There is no intimacy
- Tell the refrain
- Of the makahala blossom
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- Source: Composed, in 1916, by the grandmother
of Vicki Iʻi Rodrigues. Her husband, John, a composer in
his own right, wrote Makee ʻAilana. There are several
blossoms known as makahala. 1) wild tobacco with long
narrow yellow flowers, 2) day cestrum with small white
tubular flowers, 3) orange cestrum with long narrow
blossoms, 3) red cestrum, 4) cape honeysuckle.
Music clip by Paʻina
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