Aia Hiki Mai

Aia Hiki Mai - Emma Kapena
Maʻemaʻe Līhau pō i ka lehua Kupu kelakela i ke alo o Malama Me he lama ala ke aloha o ka ipo Ke hiki mai hiki mai Hui: Aia hiki mai ka haliʻa i oʻu nei Me he uila ala i ka maka o ka ʻōpua Ua pua ē ka liko, pua ka hīnano Ke hiki mai hiki mai Hiki mai ana ka mahele alo anu Aʻi lawe ʻia mai e ke ʻala lauaʻe Ua hele a puīa i ke onaona Ka noua e ke kēhau	Beautiful is Līhau Dense with lehua blossoms growing tall before the face of Malama Like a torch is love of a loved one When it comes, when it comes Chorus: When fond recollections come to me It is like the flash of lightning before the clouds It is like an unopened bud, the flower of the hinano When it comes, when it comes A portion of coldness has come to me Bringing with it the fragrance of laua`e ferns Surrounding me with their sweetness As the dew lies heavy around
Source: Johnny Noble's Collection credits this mele to Princess Likelike but Mary Pukui's notes have the composer as Emma Kapena. Chorus, Lahilahi Webb tells of a Hawaiian belief in the effect of words, "as Mrs Kapena wrote of lightning before clouds, just as she died; gay and happy one moment, the next moment dead". Malama is on Maui, Līhau, a mountain in Lahaina. Translated by Mary Pukui. Hawaiian Text edited by Puakea Nogelmeier