Morning Chants

Please practice the morning chants at home.  And please make sure your child is at the fire lane no later than 7:50 so they can join in with their fellow classmates for our school's tradition. 

Nāhi’ena’ena:

‘Ena ē, ‘ena ē
‘Ena’ena mai e ka lani
‘O Nāhi’ena’ena e kū nei i ka malu
Kū ka pihe ikuā i luna
o nā pua mōhala iā ‘oe
iā `oe ka ‘ena a ka makani ua ha’ao a’o Lele
‘Ena nā pua iā Nāhi’ena’ena ka lani
E hea aku mākou iā ‘oe
E Nāhi’ena’ena, eō mai ē

This chant is done to honor Princess Nāhi΄ena΄ena.  It speaks of her name and how the children our growing in learning in honor of her.


Ua Ao Hawai’i
Kau e ka wena o ke ao i ka lani
He wekeweke i ka pō pilipuka
He ‘elele o ka poniponi hikina
Kau ke kāhe’a wana’ao i ka ‘āla’apapa
La’i ana i luna o ke kūkulu o ka lani lā
‘O ka’u ia e huli alo nei i ka ulu ē ‘ae, 
ua ao ē

Hō mai lā kō mālamalama
I ka honua nei i ka mauli ola
Ua ao Hawai’i ke ‘ōlino nei
Mai ka pi’ina a ka welona a ka lā
Kāhiko ‘ia i ka ‘ike manomano
Ka ‘ike kōli’u mai o kikilo mai
‘O ka’u nō ia `o ka pūlama
A pa’a ma ka ipu o ka ‘ike ē ‘ae
ua ao ē


This chant speaks of the enlightenment of Hawai’i.  As before the times of the arrival of the first explorers and missionaries, Hawai’i being isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean did not have knowledge of the rest of the world other than Polynesia.  After the arrival of the first explorers and missionaries Hawai’i was enlightened to the rest of the world.

Mele Kāhea:    
Ma Pu’ukukui i lohea ai
ka pihe o ke aouli i ka lani
‘Ena’ena ke aloha e pu’upu’u mai nei
Pa’upa’u nō ka hana ē
Pa’ū ke kino i ka ua Ma’a’a
‘Ā mai nō ka lama i Kaua’ula ē
He ‘ūlāleo ē...i ka malu ulu ho’i ē

This is an entrance chant done by the keiki to ask permission to come into the classroom.

Mele Komo:
E hea aku i ke kanaka e komo ma loko
i ka malu, ka malu ‘ulu ho’i ē
i Hālawai e moe la’i ai
i ‘ō a ‘ōkai loa ē
Ma Pa’upa’u e ola aku ai
i ka lā hiki a ka lā kau
Ke kau, mākau a kau ka leo ē
He leo e uō ē
E komo mai ē

This chant is the response to the entrance chant.  This chant is done by the kumu and it gives permission for the keiki to enter the classroom.  

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