Hanohano ka inoa aʻo Lanaʻi
Lei ana i ka pua o ka kaunaʻoa
ʻŌlelo kauoha na kuʻu aloha
Hina wau i ka hewa mamuli oʻu
Ua ola na kini o ka ʻāina
I ka hui hana hala aʻo ke kaona
Ke moani mai nei ʻala e ka hala
Ke hea mai nei iaʻu e kipa
He aku no wau e ō mai ʻoe
Lei ana Lanaʻi i ka kaunaʻoa |
- Distinguished is the name of
Lanaʻi
- Wearing the kaunaʻoa flower
lei
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- My beloved speaks a
command
- I fall in sin myself
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- The people of the land
live
- By the pineapple, the work of
the town
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- The fragrance of the hala wafts
hither
- Calling me to visit
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- I call and you answer
- Lanaʻi wears the kaunaʻoa
lei
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Source: John Noble's Hawaiian Hulas,
©1932, 1960 Miller Music Corp. Translated by Sam
Elbert & Noelani Mahoe - Mary Pulaʻa Robins lived on
most of the islands with her husband, a lighthouse keeper.
The hala or hala Kahiki in verse #4 refers to pineapple not
the pandanus.
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