Kuhio Bay - by Keliana Bishaw
'Akahi ho'i a 'ike ku'u maka
I ka nani a'o Waiakea
'A'ohe lua e like ai
Me ka nani a me ka nani
A'o Kuhio Bay
Mahalo a'i au i ka nani a'o Hilo
Me ka ua a'e ho'opulu nei
'Oni ana Mokuola au i ke kai
'O ua 'aina 'e
Kaulana nei
Wai anuenue a he wai kaulana
Wai maka'ika'i a ka malihini
Wai kamaha'o i ka'u 'ike
E papahi e ho'ope nei
I ka nahele
Translation
This is the first time I saw for myself
The beauty of Waiakea
There is no other that can compare
With the beauty, the beauty
Of Kuhio Bay
I admire the beauty of Hilo
The rain drenches it
Mokuola stands out in the sea
Island that is known to all
Rainbow falls is well known
Falls visited by strangers
Marvelous waters in my sight
It streams down and wets
The plains
Written by my Great-Grandmother
Mary Keliana Bishaw-All Rights Reserved
For her love for Hilo, Hawai'i
© Iwalani Productions-Rawlins/Bent
1890-present
I ka nani a'o Waiakea
'A'ohe lua e like ai
Me ka nani a me ka nani
A'o Kuhio Bay
Mahalo a'i au i ka nani a'o Hilo
Me ka ua a'e ho'opulu nei
'Oni ana Mokuola au i ke kai
'O ua 'aina 'e
Kaulana nei
Wai anuenue a he wai kaulana
Wai maka'ika'i a ka malihini
Wai kamaha'o i ka'u 'ike
E papahi e ho'ope nei
I ka nahele
Translation
This is the first time I saw for myself
The beauty of Waiakea
There is no other that can compare
With the beauty, the beauty
Of Kuhio Bay
I admire the beauty of Hilo
The rain drenches it
Mokuola stands out in the sea
Island that is known to all
Rainbow falls is well known
Falls visited by strangers
Marvelous waters in my sight
It streams down and wets
The plains
Written by my Great-Grandmother
Mary Keliana Bishaw-All Rights Reserved
For her love for Hilo, Hawai'i
© Iwalani Productions-Rawlins/Bent
1890-present
posted by Ma @ 6/04/2006 08:14:00 AM
2 Comments:
At 11:26 PM,
Anonymous said…
Dearest Tutu,
Please let me know who posted my Great-Great Grandmother's song "Kuhio Bay"? Yes I am a proud Great Great Grandaughter of Mary Keliana Bishaw. This is my father's side of his family. I love my Hawaiian Culture & still want to know my geneology & my history of my ohana. Mahalo Nui Loa!! contact me on my email if you please could. day_v_thomas@yahoo.com
Aloha,
Davie-ann(Soares)Thomas
At 12:12 AM,
Anonymous said…
Aloha Tutu,
I'd just sent a comment right before this one regarding my great-great granmother Mary Keliana Bishaw. Well I'd just shared your family photos with my father (david H.A. Soares) he is a son to my late Grandma Henrietta Bishaw. My dad knows you as my Grandma's cousin! Ohh! What a small Island! Please email me! Would be so lovely to meet lost Ohana & reunite!! Just in case my email is: day_v_thomas@yahoo.com
A hui Hou,
Davie-ann (Soares)Thomas
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