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Arlene Hau'oli - kumu hula of Hau'oli Hula Studio in Fujisawa, Kamakura, Ofuna, Shichirigahama and Shinjuku - performs "E Pili Mai" - lyrics by Larry Lindsey Kimura, music by Cyril Pahinui - during the Halau Ho'ike 2004.
Lovely Agnes Kimura plays with her Band "Diamond Head".

`Auhea wale ana `oe
Ku`u lei o ka pô
Pô anu ho`okahi nô au
Sweetheart mine
E pili mai

Inâ `o `oe a `o au
`Ike i ke ahi o Makana
He makana ia na ke aloha
No nâ kau a kau
`O `oe a`o au
Sweetheart mine
E pili mai

Where are you
My sweetheart of the night
The night is cold and I am alone
Sweetheart mine
Come to me

If you and I are together
We'll know the fires of Makana
It would be a gift given of love
For all time
You and I
Sweetheart mine
Come to me

Source: Ke`alaokamaile CD by Keali`i Reichel, nominated for 2004 Grammy Award.
Verse 2, Stanza 2, Fires of Makana references the famed cliff in Hâ`ena, Kaua`i, where firebrands were hurled at night. The firebrands were made of small logs of hau or pâpala wood, wrapped and entwinted, carried up the cliff, set on fire and thrown from the cliff. The firebrands, supported by wind currents, would swirl over the ocean leaving trails of embers.
The sport entailed catching a firebrand before it touched the ground and burning the arm with it, as proof of going to Kauai and/or confessing love for someone, verse 2, stanza 3.


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