Aloha. "Under Hanalei Moon" was the first set of song lyrics I ever wrote. Huapala.org thought it contained a lot of "kaona" and included it in their website as an example of preserving Hawaiian culture in song. http://www.huapala.org/UL/Under_Hanalei_Moon.html
Kahealani Naeole-Wong, at the University of Hawaii, translated it into Hawaiian but said it is a word-for-word translation and would have to be refined to make it a truly Hawaiian mele.
I would like to do the same with Hapa Haole meles created from my Island Song Lyrics collection. So, if you find time to record the mele, market it any way you wish. I will add you as co-writer through my BMI account. If you cannot fit this into your understandably busy schedule, maybe you will pass it on to another island artist who could do a fine recording of it.
"Under Hanalei Moon" in Hawaiian
Posted - 03/25/2013 : 12:48:00 PM
