Hāʻule nā pōkā pahū mai ka lani

For the Ukrainian Ancestral Spirits of the Land and the People She loves. Love from the Spirits of the Land in California. We stand with you, strong, bold, courageous, resolute.

Uwē ka honua

The earth cries

Uwē ka honua i kēia manawa

The earth cries this moment

Hāʻule nā pōkā pahū mai ka lani

Bombs drop from the sky

ʻeha ka honua

The earth hurts

uwē pu koʻu ʻuhane a koʻu puʻuwai me ʻoe, e ka makuahine

My heart and my soul cry with you, oh mother

E kahe ka waimaka

Let the tears flow

He muliwai o kaumaha

A river of grief

No ka ʻāīna

For the land

ʻO pō kaumaha loa kēia pō

A night of great grief, this night

E kala mai iaʻu makuahine

Forgive me mother

Aloha nō īa ʻoe

We love you

E kala mai ko kākou

Forgive all of us together

Mahalo

Thank you

ʻO ia hoʻi

So it is

Poem and Photo © Aunty No Name

February 24, 2022