ʻO Makalapua (Mele): Beautiful, a song written for Liliʻuokalani featuring Hoʻokena & Bobby Ingano

Hawaiian and English lyrics are included for this Hawaiian song, originally written as a "mele inoa" or chant in honor of Queen Liliʻuokalani. The songʻs composer is in dispute. It is said to have been written the night before the Queenʻs birthday and sung to her early the next morning by Naha Hakuʻole, one of her descendants. It was the Queen who set the words to a tune by Carlo Bosetti. The places mentioned in this song are sites on the island of Oʻahu and associated wind names, since this was the island of her birth.#hawaiian #olelohawaii #mele