Ka `Opihi O Kanapou - Keali`i Reichel video free download

This mele ho`oipoipo compares the opihi to parts of a lover's body. The skilled fisherman knows how to seek, harvest, eat and enjoy the delicacy

Lyrics:

I Kanapou ka i`a makaiāuli

Me he pai pu`u ala i ho`opuu `ia

Mai ka lae `o Hālona

A ka ihu o ka lae `o Kaule lā

`Ea lā `ea lā `eā

Hui:

`O ka `opihi hālala lā eā

Hamohamo i ka pali hālala lā eā

Kolo i ka pōhaku hālala lā eā

Po`ipü `umi`umi hālala lā eā

`Ea lā `ea lā `eā

`O ka i`a ia i pokepoke `ia

E ka l ēhia o ke kulu aumoe

Hinuhinu wale i ka lihi o ke kai

I ke kai oluhia o Kalapakea lā

`Ea lā `ea lā `eā

English Translation:

At Kanapou is the dark-fleshed limpet

Clustered like little hills

From Hālona point

All the way to the tip of Kaule point

Tra la la la

Chorus:

The giant limpet, oh

Rubs against the large cliff, oh

Crawls on the large rocks, oh

Covering up, enticing, large, oh

Tra la la la

It is the limpet that is scooped out

By the skilled fisherman of the midnight hours

Shining there at the sea's edge

The surging sea of Kalapakea

Tra la la la