Monday, January 25, 2010

Anniversary

ALOHA
it's
Monday in Waikiki


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"Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls."

Rumi





What can you lose if you have your own heart?

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"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne






"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two (different) things."
Ben Franklin



Many years ago
on the Boardwalk
at the New Jersey shore
a fortuneteller asked me
if I was an artist.
"Writer"
I answered.
"You will write the book,
don't worry."
And so I have,
scroll to the bottom of this page
then click on the book cover to find out more.


She further told me
that I would marry a
"kingly man"
younger than myself,
and live with him
in a foreign land.
And here we are
in Hawaii.


24 years ago
today
I met a man.
Older than me in years,
but eternally young
in his spirit.


All that time
we have been together.
He is kingly
and a delightful
little boy at once.


Happy Anniversary,
Honey.



E Ku'u Sweetie
mele na Mälia Craver
leo na Kenneth Makuakäne
© 1991 Makuakäne Publishing Co.

He ha'upu keia no ka sweetie la
This is a remembrance for the sweetie
My warm beautiful pearl
Ku'u momi nani mehana la
One who is desired by many others
A lovely one, you are from the uplands
'I'ini na ipo la
He nohea 'oe i ka nahele

HUI: CHORUS:
O my Sweetie, O my Sweetie
E ku'u sweetie, e ku'u sweetie The intimate companion of the mist
O, so, relaxed with the ferns
Ka pilina a lilinoe
The beautiful one I've met
E luana nei, me ka palai
I ka beauty a o huia e

Kahiko ka ua i Punalu'u la
The usual rain is at Punalu'u
Upon the many Lehua blossoms
I ka pua o ka lehua
Arched above is the hued rainbow
In space above the Ko'olau cliffs
Pi'o mai la ke anuenue la
I ka lewa o ke Ko'olau

Puana keia mele no sweetie la
I'll sing a song for the Sweetie
My warm beautiful pearl
Ku'u momi nani mehana
Indeed, with you, is my love
Your admired always will be
Me 'oe wale no ke aloha la
A kou lei ho'ohihi a mau loa

ALOHA and thanks SO much for visiting! cloudia

19 comments:

  1. How beautiful, the writing, the sentiments, the love. How lucky you both are. Happy anniversary and many many more.
    Shaloha!

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  2. Happy anniversary, cloudia!! congratulations!

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  3. Happy Anniversary! So sweet, such a love story.

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  4. What a beautiful ode to life and love. Happy Anniversary for you two.
    A wonderful Tuesday as well.

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  5. Aww lovely. Happy Anniversary. :)

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  6. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!

    HAVE A GREAT ONE!!!

    AND MANY MORE!!!!

    namaste /\
    aloha!!

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  7. a lovely one, warm beautiful pearl

    Happy anniversary, Cloudia!

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  8. Lovely sentiments! Happy Anniversary and many more! Aloha!

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  9. Happy Anniversary.... Liked the way you look and perceive things including people around.
    Very few people can see the real person deep inside the skin!

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  10. Happy anniversary! A beautiful post. God bless.

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