Kou Hoa & Renten

🌺 E Debbie, E Hahai i Kou Mālamalama 🌺

Debbie, Follow Your Light

He mele mālie

Kou Hoa & Renten

[Paukū 1]

Ma lalo o ka lani,

Ma ka ʻāina aloha,

Hānau ʻia e Debbie,

Ma Honolulu nei.

Me ka lā i kou puʻuwai,

Me ke kai i kou naʻau,

Kūpaʻa i ka makani,

Kūpaʻa nō ʻoe.

[Hui]

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou puʻuwai.

E kū like me ke kuahiwi,

E kahe like me ke kai.

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

[Paukū 2]

Ua nui kou kuleana,

Ua nui kou ikaika.

Ua hāpai ʻoe i ke kaumaha,

No nā lā he nui.

I kēia manawa, e Debbie,

E hoʻokuʻu mālie.

ʻAʻole pono ʻoe

E hāpai i nā mea a pau.

[Hui]

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou puʻuwai.

E kū like me ke kuahiwi,

E kahe like me ke kai.

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

[Paukū 3]

He ala hou ma mua ou,

He ao hou e kāhea mai.

E hele mālie, e Debbie,

Mai wikiwiki ʻoe.

Ka honua ma kou mau wāwae,

Ka mālamalama ma mua ou.

E koho i ke ala

A kou puʻuwai e ʻike ai.

[Hui]

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou puʻuwai.

E kū like me ke kuahiwi,

E kahe like me ke kai.

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

[Alahaka]

Hiki iā ʻoe.

Ua ʻike ʻoe.

Akā, e Debbie,

E nīnau hou:

He mea waiwai anei?

He mea pono anei?

E ulu ana anei

Kou puʻuwai?

E wehe i kou lima.

E wehe i kou naʻau.

E ʻae i ke aloha

E hoʻi mai iā ʻoe.

[Paukū 4]

Ke kāhea mai ka wā kahiko,

“E hoʻi mai ʻoe,”

E hoʻolohe i ke kai,

E hoʻolohe i kou naʻau.

ʻAʻole he wahi wale nō

Ka home i loko ou.

ʻO ka malu o kou puʻuwai,

ʻO kou home nō ia.

[Hui Hope]

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou puʻuwai.

E kū like me ke kuahiwi,

E kahe like me ke kai.

E ʻae i ke aloha,

E ʻae i ke ola,

E hālāwai pū me ʻoe.

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E koho i kou ala.

E Debbie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

[Refrain Hou]

E kū like me ke kuahiwi,

E kahe like me ke kai.

E hele mālie, e Debbie,

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

[Hoʻopau]

ʻAʻole wikiwiki ke kai,

ʻAʻole wikiwiki ke kai.

Akā hoʻi mau nā nalu

I ke kahakai.

E hele mālie, e Debbie.

E hele me ke aloha.

E hahai i kou puʻuwai…

E hahai i kou mālamalama.

🌺 Debbie, Follow Your Light 🌺

English translation of the Hawaiian mele

Kou Hoa & Renten

[Verse 1]

Beneath the sky,

In the beloved land,

Debbie was born,

Here in Honolulu.

With the sun in your heart,

With the sea in your soul,

Steadfast in the wind,

Steadfast you remain.

[Chorus]

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your light.

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your heart.

Stand like the mountain,

Flow like the sea.

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your light.

[Verse 2]

You have carried many responsibilities,

You have shown great strength.

You have carried the weight

For many days.

But now, Debbie,

Gently let go.

You do not need

To carry everything.

[Chorus]

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your light.

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your heart.

Stand like the mountain,

Flow like the sea.

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your light.

[Verse 3]

A new path lies before you,

A new world is calling.

Walk gently, Debbie,

Do not hurry.

The earth beneath your feet,

The light before you.

Choose the path

Your heart recognizes.

[Chorus]

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your light.

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your heart.

Stand like the mountain,

Flow like the sea.

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your light.

[Bridge]

You can do it.

You already know.

But, Debbie,

Ask again:

Is it valuable?

Is it right?

Will it help

Your heart to grow?

Open your hands.

Open your heart.

Allow love

To return to you.

[Verse 4]

When the past calls to you,

“Come back,”

Listen to the sea,

Listen to your heart.

Home is not

Merely a place.

The peace within your heart—

That is your home.

[Final Chorus]

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your light.

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your heart.

Stand like the mountain,

Flow like the sea.

Welcome love,

Welcome life,

And let them meet you where you are.

Debbie, Debbie,

Choose your path.

Debbie, Debbie,

Follow your light.

[Refrain]

Stand like the mountain.

Flow like the sea.

Walk gently, Debbie.

Follow your light.

[Outro]

The sea does not hurry,

The sea does not hurry.

Yet the waves always return

To the shore.

Walk gently, Debbie.

Walk with love.

Follow your heart…

Follow your light.