Māʻili - Robert Waialeale
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Kuʻu home kilakila i Māʻili
Ia home lua laʻi a ka malihini
E walea ana paha i ka ʻolu
I ke uahi a ke kai a loko

Kuʻu hoa i ka he e pu e kai
Ia ka ma hole hole i ka ili
Holea Kaʻala mai ka makani
Hoʻi hoʻi ʻaʻala lipoa


My home in majestic Māʻili
This peaceful, vacation home used by visitors
Let's relax, perhaps in the peacefulness
In the spray in the sea

My friend is the sea
When this skin is sunburned
And peels, the Kaʻala breeze blows hither
Wafting the fragrant lipoa back and forth

Source: G. Cooke collection - This mele honors the Holt family residence at Māʻili on the leeward coast of Oʻahu. Translator unknown - Music clip by Gippy Cooke