Hawaiian tribal fusion music track and album art created in collaboration with Google Gemini.

Full disclosure: I do not understand Hawaiian or any other Polynesian language. I was in Hawaii once, but that was way back in the 1980s when I was like 5 years old. Don't remember much at all from that trip unfortunately, but I'm sure I loved it. It's probably why I check up on Hawaii every once in a while, one of these days I'd like to go back too and photograph some nice waterfalls.

Meanwhile it's always fun to do some virtual exploring, especially with the help of AI nowadays. Here it involved experimenting with some Hawaiian tribal fusion music. I cannot guarantee the lyric translations are entirely accurate, but I did cross-reference and fine-tune them a little with the help of Microsoft Copilot.

Hawaiian:
Eia mai ka mana o ka wahine kapu
He ahi wela ō i kau i Hawaiʻi
E pale i ka loa a pau lā mākou
Hulilua ka pōhaku paʻa i ka lani
E ulu ē ka mana ē ola kēla
Ahuwale ka leo ke akua kapu
Halemaʻumaʻu ka pākō pōwā ī
Pale ke aka, loha i nā kīpō, laka mana
Halemaʻumaʻu ka pākō pōwā ī
Pale i ke kino, hē ola ē
E hololo no i ka leo o ka nalu
E hololo no i ka leo o ke ahi
E hololo no i ka leo o ke ahi
E pale nō, e pale nō
Kupu aʻe ke kahu a kapu
Ua ola ka loa, i nā ua pale lua
Lāmama, ua noa

English:
Here comes the power of the sacred woman
A hot fire that rests upon Hawaiʻi
To protect us all eternally
The solid rock turns over beneath the sky
May the power grow, let there be life
The voice of the sacred deity is revealed
Halemaʻumaʻu is the resounding domain
Ward off the shadow, tame the power
Halemaʻumaʻu is the resounding domain
Protect the body, there is life
Rush to the voice of the waves
Rush to the voice of the fire
Rush to the voice of the fire
Protect it, protect it
The sacred guardian rises up
Life endures, doubly protected
All is clear, the taboo is lifted