Ke mele ʻo Ke Akua Mana Ē

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

Ua hoʻomaka au e hoʻolohe i nā mele Kalikimaka i kēlā pule aku nei.  Nui loa nā mele Kalikimaka ma YouTube ma nā ʻōlelo like ʻole, akā nei, makemake au i nā mele i hīmeni ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a i ʻole nā mele Kalikimaka kuʻuna ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekānia i hīmeni ʻia e Bing Crosby.

ʻĀpono aku au i ke pā sēdē Kalikimaka na Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom i kapa ʻia ʻo A Hawaiian Christmas.  Hiki ke kūʻai mai ma Amazon.  I koʻu manaʻo, nahenahe ka leo o Amy Hānaialiʻi a laila, maikaʻi loa nā mele a pau o kēia pā sēdē.  Eia ka papa mele o ia pā sēdē.

• Hāmau E Nā Kānaka (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)
• Betelehema Iki Ē (O Little Town of Bethelehem)
• Pō Laʻi Ē (Silent Night)
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas*
• Pōmaikaʻi Wale Kō Ke Ao (Joy To The World)
• Hoʻonani Kākou Iā Ia (O Come All Ye Faithful)
• Ka Pō Laʻelaʻe Ka Hikina Mai (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear)
• Little Drummer Boy* / Do You Hear What I Hear?*
• Pō Hemolele (O Holy Night)
• White Christmas*
• Mele Kalikimaka*
• Mary Did You Know?*
• Ke Akua Mana Ē (How Great Thou Art)
• Ave Maria**

Hīmeni ʻo Amy Hānaialiʻi i nā mele me ke kaha kuhi (*) ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekānia.  ʻĀ!  Hīmeni ʻo ia iā Ave Maria ma ka ʻōlelo Lākina.

ʻO ke pā sēdē ʻo A Hawaiian Christmas

Nā mele o ke pā sēdē

ʻO Ke Akua Mana Ē kaʻu mele punahele o ua pā sēdē nei.  Eia iho nei nā huaʻōlelo:

Ke Akua Mana Ē

E ke akua nani kamahaʻo,

Nāu nō i hana ka honua nei,

Me nā hōkū, ka uila, ka hekili,

Hōʻike ana i kou mana ē.

E mele au i ka hoʻōla ē,

He nani nō, he nani nō,

E mele au i ka hoʻōla ē,

He nani nō, he nani nō.

Ua hana ʻoe i ka wao nahele,

A me nā manu o ka lewa pū,

Nā kahawai, nā mauna kiʻekiʻe,

Hōʻike ʻana i kou nani ē.

Ua make nō ke keiki hiwahiwa,

No kō ke ao nei hewa nō a pau,

Ua ala hou ʻo ia mai ka make,

I kala hala no kākou a pau.

Ke kūlou haʻahaʻa nei mākou,

I mua ou, e ka hoʻōla ē,

A hoʻonani aku iā ʻoe,

E ke aliʻi nani o ke ao.

Ke Akua Mana Ē ma ka ʻōlelo Kepanī

He mele kaulana loa ʻo Ke Akua Mana Ē a ua unuhi ʻia i nā ʻōlelo like ʻole e laʻa me ka ʻōlelo Kōlea (주 하나님 지으신 모든 세계), ka ʻōlelo Kepanī (輝く日を仰ぐとき), ka ʻōlelo Wiekanama (Lớn Bấy Duy Ngài), ka ʻōlelo ʻInidonesia (Sungguh Besar Kau Allahku a i ʻole Ajaib Tuhan), ka ʻōlelo Sepania (Cuan grande es Él), ka ʻōlelo Pōlani (Gdy na ten świat spoglądam, wielki Boże), ka ʻōlelo Lūkia (Великий Бог), ka ʻōlelo Hunakulia (Mily nagy vagy Te), ka ʻōlelo Pākē (祢真偉大), ka ʻōlelo Māori (Whakaaria mai), ka ʻōlelo Helene (Ω Κύριε μου, πόσο σε θαυμάζω), ka ʻōlelo Hopi (Um Hin Lolma) a pēlā aku.

He mele Kuekene ke mele kumu a ʻo O Store Gud ka inoa kumu ma ka ʻōlelo Kuekene.  Ua haku ʻo Carl Gustav Boberg i ia mele i ka makahiki 1885.

A hui hou!