Na Chad Norman, World BEYOND War, Kepakemapa 18, 2020

Ma hea e hehee ai ke ala

Pehea ka noho mālie o ke keiki?

E ʻoluʻolu, e kanu, e kanu iaʻu

me ke mele ʻana ʻo Hope Sandoval,

"I ka lepo"

ma ke ʻano he mea mele o Mazzy Star,

ke lilo ka honua i mea ʻano ʻē.

Pehea ka noho mālie o ke kāne?

Mahalo, mahalo, hoʻolohe iaʻu

me kēia mau huaʻōlelo wale nō,

kaʻu mau ʻōlelo, ʻaʻohe mea hīmeni kaulana,

ʻo wau wale nō, e ʻōlelo nei i kēia mau laina,

nānā wale ka honua i ka poeta.

ʻO kēia lā i kēia manawa, no laila kamaʻilio ke ao,

i waena o nā leo āpau o ka hoʻoilo

moe ma kahi anu ʻole.

akā ke hoʻomanaʻo wau i kēlā keiki

ke noi nei no ka mea liʻiliʻi i ka manawa liʻiliʻi loa

Aloha au i ka nui o kaʻu ʻike ʻole,

ʻAʻole wau makemake e ʻike.

Hana ʻia me nā ikaika o nā lālā

piʻi aʻe ʻoe ma ke alaloa

me nā wāwae kūpono, ke pāʻani nei iā ʻoe iho

ma o nā kaula a me ka mana

waiho i kahi mele āu e ʻike ai maopopo iaʻu.

ʻO ka mea i koe o kahi i noho ai ka peni, ʻae,

ma luna o ka drawer āu e pale ai

kahi a ke keiki a me ke kāne i ʻakaʻaka ai

ma luna o ka manawa no ka mea hāʻawi ke ola

ʻoiaʻiʻo, hāʻawi iki i kēlā me kēia

o ke ao a me ka pouli.

E loaʻa i kekahi mea

ma ka waena o ke kula

kahi e heʻe ai ka hau ma luna o nā kapuwai wāwae kahiko.

ʻO ke ala hoʻoheheʻe o nā hoʻolālā āpau

e haʻalele i nā homelands e pōpō ʻia

a i wahaheʻe ʻia paha, lawe ʻia mai kā lākou keiki

manaʻo lākou hiki i Kanada ke kōkua i ka hoʻāla ʻana,

hiki ke kōkua i ka hele ʻana i kēlā ʻaoʻao

kahi e loaʻa ai kahi ʻāpana o ka honua mālamalama.

ʻAʻohe hau, ʻaʻohe makani, ʻaʻohe mea kūʻē

iā lākou ke lana wale nei

kū a paheʻe ʻole

makemake kekahi e hāʻule lākou.

Noho ʻo Chad Norman ma kahi o nā kai kiʻekiʻe o ka Bay of Fundy, Truro, Nova Scotia. Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā kamaʻilio a me nā heluhelu ʻana ma Denmark, Kuekene, Wales, ʻIlani, Skotlandia, ʻAmelika, a ma ʻō aku o Kanada. ʻIke ʻia kāna mau mele i nā paʻi a puni ka honua a ua unuhi ʻia i ka ʻōlelo Denemaka, ʻAlebania, Romanian, Turkish, ʻItalia, a me Polani.