Kaulana Na Pua Background Music

Aloha kakou! Just a quick note for all of you when viewing this blog. When viewing any of the imbedded videos, you can turn off the "Kaulana Na Pua" background music by clicking on the 'X' on the player gadget. I decided to change the background song to "Kaulana Na Pua"

For those of us who have always "felt" something about the mele "Kaulana Na Pua" I offer the translation to this mele.

Famous are the children of Hawai`i
Ever loyal to the land
When the evil-hearted messenger comes
With his greedy document of extortion

Hawai`i, land of Keawe answers
Pi`ilani's bays help
Mano's Kaua`i lends support
And so do the sands of Kakuhihewa

No one will fix a signature
To the paper of the enemy
With its sin of annexation
And sale of native civil rights

We do not value
The government's sums of money
We are satisfied with the stones
Astonishing food of the land

We back Lili`ulani
Who has won the rights of the land
*(She will be crowned again)
Tell the story
Of the people who love their land

Please read the citation below for the history of "Kaulana Na Pua".

Ebert and Mahoe Na Mele 'o Hawai'i Nei Written Jan. 1893, published in 1895, this himeni opposed the annexation of Hawai`i to the United States. The original title was Mele `Ai Pohaku or The Stone-eating Song, and was also known as Mele Aloha `Aina or the Patriot's Song. This song was composed as Ellen Wright Prendergast was sitting in the garden of her father's house in Kapalama. Members of the Royal Hawaiian Band visited her and voiced their unhappiness at the takeover of the Hawaiian Kingdom. They begged her to put their feelings of rebellion to music.