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  1. The Song Within The Song - track 6b. E 'Ilau Hoe Kakou

From the recording The Song Within The Song - track 6b. E 'Ilau Hoe Kakou

from: The Song Within The Song
track 6-b. E Ho‘olana No Lōkahi  (James Romano)
 
E Ho‘olana No Lōkahi / E ‘Ilau Hoe Kākou 7:18 (James Romano)Jim wrote these two songs for the annual canoe-blessing ceremony of the Lōkahi Outrigger Canoe Club of Petaluma, California. E Ho‘olana No Lōkahi (Launching for Lōkahi) uses chants to tell of the 1976 launching of the Hōkūle‘a, the double-hulled canoe that became the lodestar of the Hawaiian renaissance. On its maiden voyage, the Hōkūle‘a sailed from Hawai‘i to Tahiti, using only traditional methods of navigation. The chants used in the lyrics are: Ē Kia‘i, an invocation to the guardians and guides of the canoe-builders and crew, written by Mary Kawena Pukui; Kīauau, a traditional work chant used in pulling a canoe into the water; and Lolo ‘Ana, a traditional offering to the gods to keep the canoe safe upon the sea.The second song, E ‘Ilau Hoe Kākou (“Let’s Paddle Together”), sings of gathering together with aloha for the sea and the canoe, and of working together as a whole.

Lyrics

E ‘Ilau Hoe KākouBy: Jim Romano He aloha nō i ke kai                                       E lawe mai ma’ane‘i kākou                                        He aloha nō i ka wa’a                                    E ho‘ākoakoa kākou                                      Love for the seaBrings us hereLove for the canoeBrings us together                                               Ā me  hanu ho‘okahi                                      E ‘ilau hoe kākou                                           Ā me hanu ho‘okahi                                       E ne‘epapa kākou                                           With one breath   Let’s paddle togetherWith one breathLet’s move together as a whole E alu like mai                                                 E ‘ilau mai kākou                                           E alu like mai                                                 E ‘ilau mai kākou                                           Work togetherLet’s work togetherWork togetherLet’s work together Inst. Ā me hanu ho‘okahi                                       E ‘ilau hoe kākou                                           Ā me hanu ho‘okahi                                       E ne‘epapa kākou                                                       With one breathLet’s paddle togetherWith one breathLet’s move together as a whole E alu like mai                                                 E ‘ilau mai kākou                                           E alu like mai                                                 E ‘ilau mai kākou                                           Work togetherLet’s work togetherWork togetherLet’s work together E ‘Ilau Hoe Kākou (Let’s paddle together),Sings of gathering together with aloha for the sea, the canoe,and of working together as a whole.