Ka hale ʻaina Kepanī ʻo Shobu Gozen

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me koʻu mau hoaaloha! Pehea mai nei ʻoukou i kēia lā?

ʻO Saga kekahi mokuʻāina aʻe pono i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Fukuoka, a ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ke kaona ʻo Fukuoka.  Nui ka poʻe o nā kūlanakauhale e haʻi he kuaʻāina ʻo Saga.  Pololei nō!  No laila, nui koʻu makemake i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Saga.  Noho au i ke kaona ʻo Fukuoka a ma ʻō aku o ka 1.5 miliona poʻe e noho ma ʻaneʻi.  Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia, ʻoi loa aku ka mālie o Saga ma mua o Fukuoka.

I kēia lā, ua hele au i Saga e ʻai i ka ʻaina awakea ma ka hale ʻaina ʻo Shōbu Gozen (菖蒲ご膳).  ʻO ka puapalani ka manaʻo o shōbu 菖蒲 a ʻo ka ʻaina ka manaʻo o gozen ご膳.  No laila, ʻo ka ʻaina o nā puapalani ka manaʻo o kēia inoa, akā, ʻaʻole ʻai i nā puapalani!  He hale ʻaina o ka meaʻai hāʻehuola Kepanī a nui nā lauʻai no ka ʻaina a pau.  Loaʻa ka hale ʻaina i luna o ka puʻu a hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka loko o ka pani wai ʻo Kasegawa (嘉瀬川) ma lalo.  Nani loa ka nānaina!  Inā hoihoi ʻoe i kēia hale ʻaina, e kaomi ma ʻaneʻi a nānā i ke kahua paʻa.

Ka hōʻailona o ka hale ʻaina ʻo Shōbu Gozen

Ka nānaina o ka loko o ka pani wai

Ka pua i loko o koʻu lumi ʻaina pilikino

Ua kākau ʻia 薫風 i ke kiuna i loko o koʻu lumi ʻaina

Ka wai palama

Ka iʻa maka

Nā meaʻai like ʻole

Nā lauʻai mauna ʻōiwi ma Saga i palai hoʻoluʻu ʻia

Ka laiki keʻokeʻo

He kele kī me nā pāpapa momona na ka monamona

Nā lāpaki kiʻi i loko o ka hale ʻaina

Ka pueo i loko o ka hale ʻaina

A hui hou!