Aia i Nuʻuanu kou lei nani
O ka ʻahihi popohe i ka nahele

E haku ʻia maila e ke Kiʻowao
Hoʻolawa i ka pua ʻo Kamakahala

E aha ka hana Waipuhia
E hoʻomaʻu nei i ke oho palai

Wehiwehi Lanihuli i ke kawelu
I puloku i ke alo o nā pali ē

Pauʻole ke onaona aʻo Kekele
I ka ahui hala o ka hinano

Hanohano Mololani i ke ʻehukai
I ka noho a ka ua a Puakea ē

Ia kea ka ʻohu i nā kuahiwi
Makekakaʻi pali ʻo Maunawili

E aloha ia wai anu i ka ʻili
Ka ualo a ka leo o ke kahuli ē

Haʻina ke aliʻi no na ka lei
O Kapiʻolani ka ʻiu o luna

Kahea:
He Inoa No Kapiʻolani

There in Nuʻuanu is your beautiful lei
The shapely ʻahihi flower in the woodland

That is woven by the Kiʻowao wind
Made plentiful by the flower of the Kamakahala

The swirling Waipuhia wind
That wets the palapalai fern

Adorned is Lanihuli in the wind blown grass
Bright and sparkling on the face of the cliffs

Endless is the fragrance of Kekele
The cluster of flowers of the hinano

Glorious is the Mololani seaspray
And the Puakea rain of the area

The mist on the mountains
At the cliffs of Maunawili

Love to the water that is cold to the skin
The calling out of the voice of the land shell

Answering is the chiefess whose lei it is
Kapiʻolani at the highest point above

Call
In the name of Kapiʻolani

Source: Nikolo Kamuela Heolaʻopomaikaʻi Okami - The composer was the great grandmother of Kimo Kahoano and Manu Boyd, lead singer of Hoʻokena. This chant is one of many oli given to Kapiʻolani as a gift, just as a lei would be given. This name song for Kapiʻolani describes Nuʻuanu Valley. Jennie Wilson said the proper name for the Pali is Lele-a-ʻanae. Kiʻowao is the name of the cliffs on the Kalihi side of Lihau, and also the name of the wind at the Pali. It is a gentle land breeze and also, a stationery heavy fog that becomes a cloudburst. Kamakahala is another name for the male hala flower also known as hinano. Waipuhi (wind-blown water) is the name of the Upside Down Waterfall. Palai, short for palapalai fern is symbolic of pubic hair. Lanihuli is the highest peak at the Pali. Kekele is the stream and the area at Waipuhi, below the Pali lookout. Puloku means a place to bathe and lie on the land. Translated by Theodore Kelsey

Queen Kapiʻolani