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Monday, August 16, 2021

POEM BY JANE LAHILAHI's SON PRINCE ALBERT

 KALENACOM: Sweet Moonlight by Prine Albert Kukailmoku Kunuikea

SWEET MOONLIGHT - Prince Albert Kukailimoku Kunuiakea

‘Auhea wale ‘oe e Sweet Moonlight
E ke onaona e hea mai nei
Eia hoi au ka maile lau li‘i
I moe i ke anu o uka

Hui:
E kiss goodnight, o Sweet Moonlight
Ke ua kilihune mai nei
Ho‘olai nĂ¢ manu luhe me ka palai
Ho‘ope ‘a‘ala o ka nahele

Ua nani no ‘oe e beauty Laniuma
E kahi manu hulu laha a‘ole
Ua hanu ia aku kou meheu
E ka ua kilihune o uka

E ake wale au ea ‘ike la
I ka ua lanipili o uka
Ho‘oipo mau no ke ‘ala huihui
I ka pua o ke ‘a‘ali‘i

Listen to me o Sweet Moonlight
A gentle fragrance now calls to me
Here I am, dainty leafed maile
That grew in the cold of the upland

Chorus:
E kiss goodnight, o Sweet Moonlight
Gentle rains are falling around
Birds poise aloft amid the drooping fern
That fill the forest with their scent

You are a beauty, Geranium
A bird with feather, rare
Whose footstep is being traced
By the light showers of the upland

I am eager to see
The pouring upland rain
Where I will woo the gentle perfume
Of the a‘ali‘i blossom



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