Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 20, Number 9, 1 September 2003 — "Kaulana Na Pua" song honors Queen Liliʻuokalani and her vision [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

"Kaulana Na Pua" song honors Queen Liliʻuokalani and her vision

A Ka Wai Ola reader wrote and requested that we reprint the song Kaulana Nā Pua. Composed by Ellen Kekoa'ohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast in January 1 893 following the overthrow, the inspiring hymn of Hawaiian nationalism evokes Queen Lili'uokalani's grace, integrity and strength. As we celebrate the queen's birthday Sept. 2, the song serves to remind the Hawaiian people of her motto "'Onipa'a." Let us persevere as she did and advance together to restore pono.

Kaulana Na Pua Kaulana nā pua a'o Hawai'i Kūpa'a ma hope o ka 'āina Hiki mai ka 'elele o ka loko 'ino Palapala 'ānunu me ka pākaha Pane mai Hawai'i moku o Keawe Kōkua nā hono a'o Pi'ilani Kāko'o mai Kaua'i o Mano Pau pū me ke one o Kākuhihewa 'A'ole a'e kau i ka pūlima Ma luna o ka pepa a ka 'enemi Ho'ohui 'āina kū'ai hewa I ka pono siwila a 'o ke kanaka 'A'ole mākou a'e minamina I ka pu'u kālā o ke aupuni Ua lawa mākou i ka pōhaku I ka 'ai kamaha'o o ka 'āina Ma hope mākou o Lili'ulani A loa'a 'ē ka pono o ka 'āina Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana 'O ka po'e i aloha i ka 'āina

Famous Are the Children Famous are the children of Hawai'i Loyal to the land The evil-hearted messenger comes with a document of extortion and greed Hawai'i island of Keawe answers The bays of Pi'ilani help Kaua'i of Mano lends support Firmly united with the sands of Kākuhihewa Do not fix a signature To the paper of the enemy With its sin of annexation and sale Of the civil rights of the people We do not value The heaps of money of the government We have enough with stones The remarkable food of the land We support Lili'u[oka]lani Until we gain the rights of the land The story is to be told Of the people who love the land ■

Lili 'uokalani