Hawaiian Chant To Welcome Students Into Your Classroom Poem by mutt barker

Notes: w pronounced like a v.

ike pronounced eee-kay.


Eh hea ike ka naka e komo ma lo ko
Here you are, you want to come inside?

Eh hanai ai a hewa ka wa ha
(fed) (no more) (your mouth)
Come in and be fed until you can not eat (of knowledge or spirit) any more

E ia no ka uku la o ko leo
here is my voice, as my offering to are entering

a he leo wale no eh
and it's just a humble little voice