Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī

ʻO Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī ka mele hīmeni o ka mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi. Na Kalākaua i kākau i nā huaʻōlelo o kēia mele i ka makahiki 1876.^[1] Ua haku ʻia kēia mele e Kāpena Henri Berger. Hīmeni pinepine ʻia kēia mele ma nā hoʻokūkū haʻuki, ma hope o ka mele aupuni o ʻAmelika Hui.

Nā lila

Hawaiʻi ponoʻī
Nānā i kou mōʻī
Ka lani aliʻi
Ke aliʻi.

Hawaiʻi ponoʻī
Nānā i nā aliʻi
Nā pua muli kou
Nā pōkiʻi.

Hawaiʻi ponoʻī
E ka lāhui ē
ʻO kāu hana nui
E ui ē.

Hui: Makua lani ē,
Kamehameha ē,
Na kāua e pale
Me ka ihe.

Kūmole:^[2]

Nā kūmole

Loulou kūwaho

Huapala (Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives)

[1] ttps://www.hawaiiankingdom.org/national-anthem.shtml

[2] ttps://www.iolanipalace.org/hawaiiponoi/

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