Lyrics - Hawaiian

(Lyrics by Kalākaua or Lunalilo, Music by Lizzie ʻAlohikea, Hawaii, c. 1850)

ʻAʻole i piliwi ʻia
Kahi wai aʻo ʻAlekoki
Hoʻokohu ka ua i uka
Noho maila i Nuʻuanu

Anuanu makehewa au
Ke kali ʻana i laila
Kai nō paha ua paʻa
Kou manaʻo i ʻaneʻi

E kilohi au i ka nani
Nā pua o Maunaʻala
Haʻina mai ka puana
Kahi wai aʻo ʻAlekoki

English Translation - Alekoki*

Unbelievable
Waters of ʻAlekoki
Like the rains of the uplands
Sitting this side of Nuʻuanu

Cold forsaken me
Waiting here
Believing with certainty
Your thoughts were of me

I behold beauty
And the flowers of Maunaʻala
Tell the refrain
Waters of ʻAlekoki

*Alekoki is a pool in the Nuʻuanu Valley. (source)

See also

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  • PDF of song with chords
  • MIDI file
  • Listen to the melody

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