mele: Hawaii Aloha

verse 1:
E Hawai'i e ku'u one hanau e
Ku'u home kulaiwi nei
'Oli no au i na pono lani ou
E Hawai'i, aloha e

hui:
E hau'oli na 'opio o Hawai'i nei
'Oli e! 'Oli e!
Mai na aheahe makani e pa mai nei
Mau ke aloha, no Hawai'i

verse 2:
E ha'i mai kou mau kini lani e
Kou mau kupa aloha, e Hawai'i
Na mea 'olino kamaha'o no luna mai
E Hawai'i aloha e

(repeat hui)

verse 3:
Na ke Akua e malama mai ia 'oe
Kou mau kualona aloha nei
Kou mau kahawai 'olinolino mau
Kou mau mala pua nani e

(repeat hui)

This song is invariably sung in Hawaiian, with aloha and from memory. There is a mawkish English  translation, but better you understand the meanings.

The music used for the song 'Hawaii Aloha' was taken from Christian hymn entitled 'I Left It All With Jesus' which was written in the 1840's by Pennsylvania singer and composer James McGranahan. King Kamehameha IV loved that hymn so much he asked missionary Reverend Lorenzo Lyons to rewrite the words and place the new song in a Hawaiian hymn book. Reverend Lyons had a church for many years in Waimea on the Big Island of Hawaii and he wrote several other songs. The song 'Hawaii Aloha' is also known as 'Kuu One Hanau'