Ka Ipo Lei Manu - Hula Halau `O Kukana

Hula Halau `O Kukana (Suzy's Hula School). Music composed by Queen Kapi`olani. [It got windy all of the sudden when we got on stage. Sorry for the bad audio and dudes that blocked the entire last verse.]

He mana`o he aloha
No ka ipo lei manu

He manu ku`u hoa
Noho mai i ka nahele

`I`iwi o uka
Polena i ka ua

`Elua mâua
I ka pô ua nui

Ua o Hanalei
Anu au ma`e`ele

Ua anu ho`i au
I ka ua noe anu

Na hau o Ma`ihi
`Au ana i ke kai

Na ulu o wehi
Pûnohu mai ana

Ke `ala o ka hala
Hala o mapuana

Onaona i ka ihu
Ke `ala pua loke

Hone `ana i ka mana`o
E naue ku`u kino

Ko hiki `ana mai
Hau`oli ku`u mana`o

Ha`ina ka puana
No kalani heleloa

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I have a feeling of love
For my cherished sweetheart

My companion is a bird
Who dwells in the forest

The `i`iwi bird of the uplands
Appears yellow in the rain

The two of us
In the night of great rain

The rain of Hanalei
I'm numb with the cold

I'm also cooled
In the cold misty rain

The hau of Ma`ihi
Swimming in the sea

The vegetation
Spreading out

The fragrance of the hala
Is borne on the wind

Sweetly scented
Is the fragrance of the rose

A sweetly recurring thought
Urges my body to travel

I am made happy
By thoughts of your arrival

Tell the refrain
My chief is gone forever

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[danayynurrz]

hey do you know what the story o the song was?

[felicia7107]

Why is it everyone has something nasty to say? If you don't like it, keep it to yourself. I don't know these girls, but certainly they tried and that is what counts!!!!!

[Asiangirlboxer123]

They suck

[MasinaTai86]

maybe she wasn't in time because she couldn't see past her hair.. she should know from hearing the music though... it's a shame she kind of ruins the performance

[kababy3]

ho lady in da middle almost when huli ova ahhh!!!! lol jk musta been the wind Yehehehehe!!!!!

[kfwahine]

Hey dude. They are doing the best they can considering the WIND blowing their hair and costumes !

[MzRedHibiscus]

why is the camera on this girl that can't dance and looks unprepared with her hair all over the place??? I enjoyed the music anyway. Bad photography.

[HawaiiMermaid]

This version of 'Ka Ipo Lei Manu' is by Sean Na'auao; Defintely my favorite version of this mele.

[Kissyluv2]

When you get up to 40 seconds into the video. Bugga, look like she drunk. But, yeah must have been the wind.~lmao~ Good video

[clayludicrous]

When you said got all windy when you got on stage? I was thinking to myself, Kamakani is the Spirit of King David Kalakaua caressing the dancers, for dancing this song in his honor..... Just a thought...... Oooooh I just had wen Chicken Skin moment jus' now! For Real! :)