Lyrics - Hawaiian
(Hawaiian folk song)
Maika’i Pâhoa nani a ipu
Pili i ka lae ao
Leleiwi `Oni ana Mokuola, kau i ke kai
Lei onaona Puna i keala me ka hînano
I laila (hoi pono iho)
Hoi pono iho (ka`i ini)
I ka nani (ka paia `ala)
Ka paia `ala, (`ala a’o Puna)
English Translation – Fragrant Garland
Beautiful Pahoa, glory of ipu
Close to the pounding of Leleiwi* point
Mokuola** stirs, resting in the sea
Puna is a fragrant garland, suffused in the
Fragrance of the pandanus blossom
There (to return directly)
To return directly (yearning)
Beautiful (bowers suffused in fragrance)
Bowers suffused in fragrance (fragrant Puna)
*Leleiwi is a cape near Hilo.
**Mokuola (island of life ) is Coconut island in Hilo Bay.
(Translated by Lalepa Koga Music)
See also
- Culture: Hawaii
- Subject: flowers
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody