Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVIII, Number 25, 25 June 1920 — HE POE KANAKA HAWAII OIAIO, AOLE NAE E HIKI KE HIMENI I KA HIMENI HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

HE POE KANAKA HAWAII OIAIO, AOLE NAE E HIKI KE HIMENI I KA HIMENI HAWAII.

Mr. Luuahooponopono o -ka Xupepa Kuokoa, Aloha oeMa ka hora 3 paha a ox aku o ke iakaliiaka o ka' Poalīma, luie 11; 1920, oia iōi*ka Ia hftnati o ka Na 'i iimehamelia, ua hiki mai )& ma ko'u home Āel kekahi riiail keiki hftneni, a ae niea no hoi ia i katta'āiria i na la nui e hele āna kela me kēia poe e ma i>a home e nohola ana e « ke kanaka. Mamua ae o ka hiki aua mai o keia poe himeni, ua loaa mua no ia 'u ka noonoo, e hiki īāai ana kekahi fioe himeni ma ko'u home nei, nolaila, ua a:la Tntfft au e hoolono āna o ka himeni 'mawaho o ka hinai, elike me ka maa i na ma'kahiii i hala; aole no i loihi loa ia hoolono i'na, lohe Aku nei au i ke kani o k& pila kit'a, a hoomaka mai la Jca himeni ana, eia no nae au-iloko o lfo'u rufmi moe kahi i hoolohe aku ai. O ka lohe a ko'u pepeiao e hoolohe aleu nei, he himeni haole, a pau ia hinieni ana himeni hou mai no ka elua o ka manawa, lohe hou aku nei jio au lie himeni haole no, i Tca liooma'ōpopo ana aku i keia hi'nieni, Ke himeni a ka poe Piele. la manawa, ke olelo nei au ilo'ko iho 'o'o, he leo o ke kanaka HaWaii ka Jeo, o ka hinieni nae he himēni Hāole, a he himeni o ka lahui Paelē, me keia mau manao like ole iloko o'u, haalele aku nei i ko'u rumi nio<e, hele aku nei au e wehe i ka puka o ko'u home nei, ia hemo ana mai ike aku nei au ia laikou; aloha oukoe, a pela no hoi lakou ia'u, Alōlia oe! Ninau aku'nei au ia lakou: He kanaka Ha"#aii anei oukou, a i ol£, he Haole paha? Pane mai nei kekahi o lakoa, he poe Hawaii makou, aole he Haole. Ninau hōu aku nei au: Ina he kanaka I Hawaii oia?io oukou, pehea oukou i himeni ole ai i ka hiineni Hawai, a ua . ike no hoi oukou no Kamehameha 1 keia lahanau ke ao ae, o ka himeni Haole me ka himeni Paele ka oukou e himeni mai ai'ma ko'u home. Ua ike no kekahi o oūkou lie kanaka Hatfāii oiaio au, āolē au he Haole, liila e himeni oukōu i ka hiiweni Ha-1 waii,- aole ia'u Wale,' aka, ina iraf hō'ihe' ! Hawaii apau a oukou e kipa aktf ai, ia oiikōu e hatna-ai pela, ua hōohauoliia aku- ka puuwai o na Hawaii oiaio, ,no ko oukou himeni aua i na himeni Hawaii, a pela no e panai mai ai ka maikai no ka miikai, a e hoomanao pu me ka poina ōle i kela; : mai poina i ko kakōu himehi lahāi, o la hope loa o ka oūkt)U himeiii ana, nia kela me ke-ia home a oukou e kipa &ku ai. Mahope ,-iho o Keia nvau olelo a'n iiiāUa o ia,kou, oa hiih'eni Hke makou ia 'HaWaii Ponoi,- a h'ookuu ka makou himeni ana, m&ka 'u wahi hipuu alōha ia lakou, no ka lahanau o kuu nioi aloha. ■0 keia. poe Hawaii a'u e holke aku nei iniaa o oukou e na HaWait oiaio, ua kokōke loa no e ioaa na makahiki o ke kanaka makua, o ka eepa nae, aole Kyaa a'hiki ke himeni i ka hin&eni ma kai Haole n«e me ka hhneni Paele, he oi aku ka paanaāū me <ka poina ole, aa poina ka paanaau ana o ka olelo 'Hawaii me ka himeni Hawaii i keia poe Hawaii oiaio. E na Hawai oiaio, niai Hawaii a Niihau, mai hoo'poina i kō kakou mau himeni HaMii ame ko kikou hiaieni lahui, o ia o Hāwaii Ponōi, I ko olua hitnen ole ana e ka m'akūakane āme ka makuahine i ka hi&eni Hawaii me ua kdiki; pela pu hoi me ko a'o ana i ka olelo Ha-waii; ke manaoio nei au, aōlē i paana-au i kekahi mau makua Hawaii oiaio ko kakou himeni-lahui, no ia mau makua Hawaii i paanaau ole ka himeni lahui, no ia pōe ka Nupepa Kuokoa e haiawi aku nei me ka uku ole, ma ka olelo Havfan, e hoopaanaau e na makua ame na keiki, me ka poina ole no ka manawi pau ole. Jtt Āi&*ni La&ui HāWaii ponoi, Nana i kou Moi, •Kalaiii Alii, Ko Alii. /Hūi. Makua Lani e, Kamehameha e, Na kanā i pale a Me ka ihe. KALEIHUIA.