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Aloha 'Oe


(Queen Liliuokalani, Arrangement by Elvis)


(As sung by Elvis in the 1961 movie "Blue Hawaii")



"This most famous of all Hawaiian songs was for decades sung for every
departing and arriving steamer. A rather ambiguous statement in "Hawaii's Story
By Hawaii's Queen".. suggests that the song was composed while the Queen
(Liliuokalani) was imprisoned in `Iolani Palace, but on a copy of the song
in her own handwriting in the State Archives, are the place and date:
Maunawili, 1877..."


Aloha `Oe

Ha `aheo `e ka ua i na pali
Ke nihi a `ela i ka nahele
E uhai ana paha i ka liko
Pua `ahiahi lehua o uka


(Proudly the rain on the cliffs
Creeps into the forest
Seeking the buds
And miniature lehua flowers of the uplands)


Hui:
Aloha `oe, aloha `oe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo
One fond embrace, a ho `i a `e au
A hui hou aku


Chorus:
(Farewell to you, farewell to you
O fragrance in the blue depths
One fond embrace and I leave
To meet again)


`O ka hali `a aloha ka i hiki mai
Ke hone a `e nei i ku `u manawa
`O `oe no ka `u ipo aloha
A loko e hana nei


(Sweet memories come
Sound softly in my heart
You are my beloved sweetheart
Felt within)


Maopopo ku `u `ike i ka nani
Na pua rose o Mauna-wili
I laila ho `ohie na manu
Miki `ala i ka mani o ia pua


(I understand the beauty
Of rose blossoms at Mauna-wili
There the birds delight
Alert the beauty of this flower