Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume V, Number 11, 17 March 1866 — Ka Ahahui Himeni. [ARTICLE]

Ka Ahahui Himeni.

E like me ka olelo hoolaha no ka Aha Himeni ma Kawaiuhao, pela no. e hookoia mai ai, a ua. himeniia ina ke ahiahi Poaono i kela pale i hbla iho nei, e. like me ka hoolahaio ana e ihakou, Ua hoomaka ka himeni ma ka hom ewala ponoi, imua o ke anaina lehulehu wale i akoakoa aku ma ka Halepule 0 Kawaiahao, ka poe hoi i heie ae e hoolono 1 na leo lea o ka Htfi Himeni o'ia'po. No ka puni loa no i ka maikai o na hana, a me ke mele ana, nolaila, aole e hiki ia makou ke hoopuka ae i ka mea hookahi i mea e mahalo hookahi ai, aka, ua mahalo makou mai o a o, a e mahalo nae hoi makou ma na leo i mele ma na leo oi wahi a ko makou manao! 0 kekahi o na mele iea loa o makou i hooloheai, oia noo Flowon, thou Shining Rirer (" E kaheaku noe ka muliwai hulali,' 1 ) ua himeniia na huaolelo o keia mele, e ka Aiea j Hanohano Lilia K. Dominis, a me Miss M. K. Kohau, i ko makou lohe ana ia mele, i j ka hele a hoehoene o na leo, oia no oe ka pupukanioeoo la, kn hoene. Kunahihi pu no hoi makou i ka lohe ana ia L. Kikaha, a me Kaleiokamoku, ia laua i mele mai ai i j ka Leomele "Ah ! CouM I (eaeh the nightin- ! gale.'' Umi makou ina hanu a haalele wale, i ka hele a kuhikuhi i ka lea a me ka hoene oka laua himeni ana. Me he mea la, ua uumi like ke anaina makaikai i ko lakou mau hanu i moni pono ai na pepeiao ina leo hoene lua a lua e oli ana. Ua kamaaina loa ka mea nana e kakau ana keia, ' ia laua a elua, a ke hoomanao nei no hoi i j ka lono ana i ko laua mau leo, i ke aumoe j kukonukonu o kekahi mau po mamua loa ! aku nei ma kokahi mele kanikau o kekahi | mea aloha i nei no na lalani hope. | "Ei nei hoi e, e moe mai nei. Ika moe kau hooilo." Lono eno makou ilaila ika launa ole o ua it»au kaikamahine la, no ke kauo ino ia nae hoi paha kekahi e ke aloha i,ka mea nona ua kanikau la, ka mea i hele ai a me he hanehane la ka hoene. 0 kekahi mele a makou i mahalo nui ai, " o ke kai kuihene o Kona," i mele kukahi ia e Hon. D. Kalakaua, ua nui ko makou mahalo i kana meie ana no ka hoene io no ; a me kona kokua ana i ka haua a kona mau kaikuahine, he mea no ia na makou e hoomanao oluolu ai, mo ka mahalo. He nui no hoi ka maikai o na mele i mele pualu ia, a i niele pa-ha. He nawnliwali na huaolelo, a he hiki ole hoi ke hoakaka lea ae i ka nnni maoli o oa mea i hannm ma ke anaina Hawaii, a o ka makou wahi mea wale no e olelo ae ai o ke kumu i hapai ia'i o keia hana maikai. Ua hapaiia keia Aha mele, i mea e ioaa mai ai ke dala e kuai aku ai i Pila Nui oo ka Halepule o Kawaiahao, a ua hapaiia hoi e na'lii ka Mea Hanohano Alrs. B. Pauahi Bihopa, a me ka Mea Hanohaao Mrs. Lilia • K. Dominis, a ua kokua ia laua, e kekahi poe oiaikai o ka aoao palupaiu pu, me kekapoe oka ao«o ooleo. Aua nia like mai no hoi na poe maikai a pau oke Kulana* kauhale alii nei t a ua hele ae o hoolohe i na raea lealea » hanaia e ua Ahahui Himeni nei o Kiwaiahao. Malaila no na poe ona ano a paa, a me na kalana a jau, he boike maopopo no hoi ia no ka makaukau mau o na poe o keia Kaona, e kokua i na hana maikai a pau. O ka nui o na dala i loaa mai no na palapala komo, he pu\i dala kupono no ia*no ke kokua ana i ke kuai ana'ku i Pila Nui no ka Halepule o Kawniahao.