Song on my mind... "Ku'u Lei Awapuhi" by Hapa (plays music automatically). It's the perfect song for a sunny Aloha Friday. I guarantee it will brighten your day.
My ears had been wanting a Hawaiian getaway for a while, so I finally gave it to them. For the past week, they've been staying at this album, one of the nicer musical island resorts. I have a feeling when they get back, both will be badly sunburned.
Anyway, this song wasn't on my radar for a long time, but it caught my attention this week and has become my second favorite track on the album, right behind "Lei Pikake".
The lyrics are on Hapa's site, but just in case they mysteriously disappear, I've pasted them below.
Auhea la 'oe ke aloha
Awapuhi pala o ka ua noe
A eia no me a'u
i ka poli o ke aloha
E ku'u aloha e (e o)
Auhea la 'oe (e ia mai au)
A huli aku au ia 'oe
Translation:
Where are you, my beloved?
You, who are like the ginger, covered in the misty rain
If only we could be together again
Here, to love's sweet embrace I call thee
Oh my beloved (I am here!)
Where are you? (Here, indeed am I)
It is you who I will forever turn to
By the way, I love that "e o" or "eō" means "I am here" in Hawaiian -- such a simple and beautiful response.
hmm... that's nice. thanks for sharing. you know what song has a sorta hawaiian vibe to me? that jason mraz/colbie caillat song "lucky." it's the same sort of soothing, but bouncier. then again, i could be totally crazy. haha.
I had always thought his "I'm Yours" had a more Hawaiian vibe (the ukulele and harmonies do the trick), but I gave "Lucky" another listen and it definitely has a laidback, soothing sound to it and the lyrics are somewhat Hawaiianesque. I know, we should get somebody to translate it into Hawaiian and perform it with a slack key guitar. That would be crazy. :)
oh, i totally agree about "i'm yours" as well. good call!