The Feeling Inside "Mahalo ʻĀina"
A soulful meditation on the land itself, where soft drums and strings honor the ocean, mountain, time, and space with deep reverence.
Within Kai Mana, this song is one facet of love for Maui: gratitude, memory, longing, sensuality, reverence, playfulness, or release shaped for listeners who arrive with different moods and needs.
AlbumRadiance
Track5
Vocal PerformerKaimana, Lehua, Makani
Moodreverent, serene
Emotional Temperaturemeditative
Narrative Roleland blessing
Images the Song Carries
- soft drum beats
- strings
- ocean mountain time space
- soulful tribute
Lyrics and Hawaiian Gloss
Sun dips low on the western shore,
Waves roll in like they did before.
We're gathered here, just you and me,
And all my friends beneath this tree.
The drum beats soft, the strings ring true
This island's song lives here in you.
The lehua blooms in crimson grace,
A fragrant smile upon this place.
I dance with wind, I kiss the rain
This fertile earth heals every pain.
So thank you, land, for all you give,
In you, we learn how to truly live.
I'm the giggle in the palm fronds high
I carry clouds across the sky.
I cool your brow, I stir the sea
And I brought ʻAukai back to me!
I sailed far on starlit trails,
Guided by ancestral gales.
But every voyage leads me home
To this porch, this drum, this foam.
The stars above, the sand below
Nowhere else I'd rather go.
Mahalo, ʻāina, for your grace
For ocean, mountain, time, and space
For drum and string and blossom bright,
For stars that guard us through the night
We sing not loud, but from the heart
This island's love will never part
Kū i ka honua, kū i ka moana
Ke aloha nō ke kahua
Mahalo, ʻāina, for your grace
You hold us all in your embrace
Kai Mana sings with humble cheer
Our home is precious, ever near.
Our home is precious, ever near.
Mahalo, ʻāina, for your grace
For ocean, mountain, time, and space
For drum and string and blossom bright,
For stars that guard us through the night
We sing not loud, but from the heart
This island's love will never part
Waves roll in like they did before.
We're gathered here, just you and me,
And all my friends beneath this tree.
The drum beats soft, the strings ring true
This island's song lives here in you.
The lehua blooms in crimson grace,
A fragrant smile upon this place.
I dance with wind, I kiss the rain
This fertile earth heals every pain.
So thank you, land, for all you give,
In you, we learn how to truly live.
I'm the giggle in the palm fronds high
I carry clouds across the sky.
I cool your brow, I stir the sea
And I brought ʻAukai back to me!
I sailed far on starlit trails,
Guided by ancestral gales.
But every voyage leads me home
To this porch, this drum, this foam.
The stars above, the sand below
Nowhere else I'd rather go.
Mahalo, ʻāina, for your grace
For ocean, mountain, time, and space
For drum and string and blossom bright,
For stars that guard us through the night
We sing not loud, but from the heart
This island's love will never part
Kū i ka honua, kū i ka moana
Ke aloha nō ke kahua
Mahalo, ʻāina, for your grace
You hold us all in your embrace
Kai Mana sings with humble cheer
Our home is precious, ever near.
Our home is precious, ever near.
Mahalo, ʻāina, for your grace
For ocean, mountain, time, and space
For drum and string and blossom bright,
For stars that guard us through the night
We sing not loud, but from the heart
This island's love will never part