A Song For Ascension Thursday

"Forty days after the Resurrection, our Lord Jesus Christ, attended by Angels, ascended into heaven, in the sight of His most holy Mother, His Apostles, and disciples, to the great wonder of them all." [1]

Ascension Thursday is both a day of joy when the Lord Jesus Christ after a life full of disappointments and sufferings finally goes home and a day of sadness when a people exiled from the Garden of Eden can no longer be in the company of Jesus who loves them and who teaches and shows them in Person the path to Heaven.

The song Aloha 'Oe  from Hawai'i [2] seems appropriate for Ascension Thursday.  It has these two phrases in its lyrics [3] (quoted in part below) - "One firm embrace" and "Until we meet again".  The song has a number of uploads on YouTube [4]:

Haʻaheo ka ua i nā pali

Ke nihi aʻela i ka nahele

E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko

Pua ʻāhihi lehua o uka

Hui: 

Aloha ʻoe, aloha ʻoe

E ke onaona noho i ka lipo

One fond embrace,

A hoʻi aʻe au

Until we meet again

 English Translation:

Proudly swept the rain by the cliffs
As it glided through the trees
Still following ever the bud
The ʻahihi lehua of the vale

Chorus: 

Farewell to you, farewell to you
The charming one who dwells in the shaded bowers
One fond embrace,
'Ere I depart
Until we meet again

[1] The Roman Catholic Daily Missal 1962 (p. 653). Angelus Press.
[2] "[T]o pronounce Hawai’i like a native Hawaiian, say: ha-VAI-ee—and don’t forget that glottal stop before the last i."  See
https://www.royalhawaiianmovers.com/understanding-the-hawaiian-okina/
[3] https://www.huapala.org/Aloha/Aloha_Oe.html
[4] Here are two of the uploads:
Tia Carrere - Aloha 'Oe Full Version [Lilo & Stitch Soundtrack]--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6cYHXcWAN0
for those who want to play along with their ukuleles--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONFMei_PpNQ