by Leilehua Yuen
E ka ʻIole nau, nau, nau
E ka ʻIole nau, nau, nau
Auhea wale ana ʻoe
Noho i ke kula
Peʻe i ka pō
ʻAi i ka uala
Aia hea nā mea ʻai a pau loa?
Nānā ia Makaliʻi
Nau, nau me kou niho e ka ʻiole maʻiki
ʻAki, ʻaki ka ʻupena
Nānā he puka nui
Nānā he puka nui
Loaʻa mai, nā mea ʻai
Hiaʻai nā kamaliʻi
Hiaʻai nā kamaliʻi
Koko ʻiole ka ua i ke kula
He inoa no ka ʻiole maoli
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I wrote this mele when I was teaching at a Waldorf school in Kona. We were developing Waldorf-based curriculum but with Hawaiian cultural archetypes, rather than Nordic.