Hawaiian sayings: Exploring the Wisdom of the Islands
Aloha mai kākou – Love one another.
E komo mai – Welcome.
Hoʻokahi kākou – We are one.
ʻOhana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
He Hawaiʻi au. – I am Hawaiian.
E hoʻi i ka hale. – Go home.
Mālama i ka ʻāina – Take care of the land.
Pono – Righteousness.
E mālama i kou kaulele ʻana – Take care of your journey.
E hoʻoponopono iāʻoe – Make it right with yourself.
He aliʻi ka ʻāina, he kauwā ke kanaka – The land is chief, man is servant.
Ua ola loko i ke aloha – Love gives life within.
E ʻōlelo pono – Speak the truth.
Mai huli hoʻi i uka i ka pono – Do not turn away from righteousness.
E hele me ka puʻuhonua – Go with peace.
Mai hoʻomāʻūʻū iā kākou – Let us not be divided.
He kanaka ka mea nana i hoʻopulapula – Man is the one who perpetuates.
Haʻina mai ka puana – Tell the ending.
Ua lehulehu a manomano ka ʻike o ka lāhui – The knowledge of the people is vast and varied.
Pua i ka hala – Flower in the hala.
Ua kū hoʻi au i ka hale – I will stand in the house.
Ka malu o ka hale – The shelter of the house.
Haʻahaʻa i ka leo o ko naʻau – Humble yourself.
E hele me ke aloha – Go with love.
Iā ʻoe e nānā i ka lihilihi o ke aloha – Look for love’s corner.
No ke hana ia a Ke Akua – Itʻs God’s work.
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono – The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
He mea ʻole ke kanaka naʻauao – A wise person is priceless.
E kuʻu lani, kuʻu wāwae i ke ala o ka manaʻo – My heaven, my feet in the path of wisdom.
E hoʻoponopono i kou ʻike – Make your knowledge right.
Huli ka lima i lalo, aloha i kona waʻa – When the hand is turned downwards, give attention to the canoe.
Hoʻi ka iʻa i ke kai, hoʻi ke kanaka i ke aloha. – The fish goes back into the sea, the person goes back into love.
E ola mau ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi – May the Hawaiian language live forever.
Ua mau ke aloha paʻa ʻole a hiki i ka pauʻole – Love is something that never ends.
E hoʻomaopopo i kou pono – Realize your righteousness.
Me ka haʻahaʻa – With humility.
Hānau ʻia aku ka poʻe mākua i nā keiki – The parents give birth to the children.
Ke kula aʻo mai nei mākou – We are learning.
Ke aloha i ka ʻāina – The love of the land.
Ka malama ʻana i ka haku – The care for the chief.
Ua kū haʻaheo mākou – We stand proud.
Aia i ke kō a ke au – The truth lies in the calm sea.
Ua like nō a like – The same, yet different.
Noho i ka hiehie – Sit in splendor.
Mai wale nō a ʻike i ke kō a ke au. – Don’t just see the surface.
Kuʻu ʻāina aloha – My beloved land.
E mālama ana i ka ʻike a me ka naʻau – Take care of knowledge and feelings.
E hoʻoia i ke akamai – Seek knowledge and wisdom.
ʻO ia ana i ka pono o ka lāhui – The key to the prosperity of the people.
E hoʻoulu i ke akamai – Cultivate wisdom.