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My Gen X Playlist: E O Mai – Keali’i Reichel

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When we visit my in-laws in Hawaii, I always enjoy the tropical fruit. They have a few star fruit trees in their backyard that yield hundreds during a good season. Their next door neighbor used to have a mango tree with branches that extended over the fence into their yard. No complaints here. Fresh mango off the tree is so good. We have no idea why they decided to chop the tree down. That was a sad day.

I never eat papaya at home, but will eat it in Hawaii. My mother in-law is a papaya whisperer. She studies the papaya, the color and the feel, then proclaims how many days until it’s ready to eat. Three and a half days, she’ll say. Sure enough, the papaya is perfectly ripe right on time. It’s funny to watch.

Every once in awhile we eat apple bananas. These are small banana that have a sweet apple taste. Your eyes and taste buds get a little confused and cross eyed when you eat them. It’s oddly delicious.

I’ve considered passion fruit many times and have been curious about them. They call them lilikoi in Hawaii. If you cut it open, it doesn’t look appetizing at all. Inside are seeds in a jelly like liquid. One day I’ll give it a try. Until then, I can confidently say I’m not passionate about passion fruit. If you’ve ever tried it, let me know what I’m missing.

I thought I’d add a song from the islands today. Here is E O Mai by Keali’i Reichel. We danced to this song at our wedding. Hope you like it.

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For a complete playlist, please click here.

For the Spotify playlist, please click here.

Kāua i ka wai
Wai olohia o Kahualoa
Kokōhi i ka wai puhia
E kuʻu aloha, e ō mai

Kaomi i ka wai
Wai māpuna hāʻale i ka poli
Paheʻe i ka wai lohia
E kuʻu aloha, e ō mai

Puhemo i ka wai
Wai welawela hōʻeha i ka ili
E inu i ka wai a kena
E kuʻu aloha, e ō mai



[English]

We two in the water
The sighing waters of Kahualoa
Hold back that driven current
O my love, answer me

Restrain those waters
Surging wellsprings, stirring the heart
Glide on those waters as they sparkle
O my love, acknowledge me

Then, release the torrent
Waters of passion, burning the skin
Indulge until you are satiated
O my beloved, respond to me

18 thoughts on “My Gen X Playlist: E O Mai – Keali’i Reichel”

  3. wow wow wow. what a beautiful song. makes me wish we’d been invited to your wedding. 😁 i had passion fruit in australia. i think it was served atop vanilla ice cream. i think i liked it but haven’t sought it out since we left aus in 1991 so i would have to say i’m probably also not passionate about passion fruit

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  6. I have a passion fruit plant that bloomed and had great sweet fruit, not the typical passion fruit type which tends to be sour. I had to take them out now because they re-seed all over my yard.

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      1. Same. Seems that buying them unripe, leaving them out to soften, then refrigerating once they’re at the desired softness is the ticket to not opening rotten ones all the time.

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