Mālama ʻIa Me ʻOe -
Music by Oscar Strauss |
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| Mālama ʻia me ʻoe Ke aloha e lei aʻi Hîpuʻu ʻia me ʻoe Ke koʻiʻi koi a loko Kāhiko ʻia me ʻoe Ka ʻiʻini a ka puʻuwai Pāpahi paʻa me ʻoe Ka wehi a mau loa |
Cared for with you, is The love that is as a neck lei Fastened to you is The desire insistent within Adorned with you is The heart’s desire An honor lasting with you An ornament forever |
Source: Charles K.L Davis Album - Henri Berger was the Royal Hawaiian Bandmaster under King Kalākaua in 1872. He kept abreast of music from his home in Austria and when the Strauss operetta “Gypsy Baron" was produced in Vienna, 1885, Berger arranged the music for the Royal Hawaiian Band. The Hawaiian lyrics were added soon after. Translator unknown |
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