
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
- Culture: Hawaii
- Harmony: chords I, II, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmslt
- Source: The World of Music 3, Silver Burdett & Ginn, 1988
- additional verses & info about the song
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

