"Hawai'i Pono'i Lyrics" Language Translation:
Hawaii's own true sons, be loyal to your chief
Your country's liege and lord, the Alii (1)
Father above us all, Kamehameha (2)
Who guarded in the war with his ihe (3)
(1) Alii (ah-lee-ee) sovereign
(2) Kamehameha (Kah-may'-ha-may'-ha)
(i.e: King who first unified the Hawaiian Islands)
(3) Ihe (ee-hay) spear
About author & composer
Michael William AngelOh
Michael AngelOh has lived in the Hawaiian Islands for some 35 years. He published his first internationally best selling Book:
“My NDE beneath the SEA” on his Drowning NDE.