Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me nā hoaaloha. Pehea mai nei ‘oukou?
Nani nā lei o Hawai‘i, ‘eā? Aia ka hō‘ike hula o kekahi mau hoaaloha o‘u i ka lā ‘āpōpō ma Momochi a ua noi kekahi hoaaloha ia‘u e haku i kona lei. Nui ko‘u hana i kēia hopena pule, akā ua ‘ae au i ka haku ‘ana i ka lei. I ka ‘auinalā, ua hele māua ‘o Haunani a kū‘ai mai i nā pua. Ua makemake ‘o Haunani e kū‘ai mai i nā ‘okika ‘ākala, akā ma hope o ‘ekolu hola o ka ‘imi i nā ‘okika ‘ākala ma kekahi mau hale kū‘ai pua, ua ho‘oholo māua i nā ‘okika ‘ula‘ula. Ua nui nā pua ‘ākala ma‘amau ma nā hale kū‘ai pua -- nā loke, nā pua hōlani, nā poni mō‘ī, nā pī wai anuhea, akā ‘a‘ohe ‘okika ‘ākala! Auē!
Eia nā ‘okika ‘ula‘ula.
Eia kekahi ki‘i o nā ‘okika ‘ula‘ula. Nani nō!
A eia ka lei kui pololei.
Ua haku au i lei kui lau kekahi.
A eia kekahi ki‘i i pa‘i ‘ia a kokoke o ka lei kui lau.
