ʻĀina Molokaʻi - Kai Davis Listen to ʻĀina Molokaʻi on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6l4Qw058wE | |
Aloha au iā ʻoe ʻĀina aʻo Molokaʻi Hoʻokipa poʻe malihini Me ka puʻuwai hāmama He aloha aʻo Wailau He wahi mehameha nō ia He nani nō ke ʻike aku Pumehana me ka ua noe Hanohano aʻo Hākaʻaʻano Ke kani o ka ʻili kai He puʻe one ʻole ia Me nā pali kiʻekiʻe loa ʻĀina ke aloha pau ʻole Aʻo Kainalu Ke ʻala o ka līpoa E moani nei Haʻina mai ka puana Nani ʻo Kalaupapa Hoʻokipa poʻe malihini Me ka puʻuwai hāmama | I will always love you Island of Molokaʻi Welcome to our strangers With wide open hearts We love you Wailau A place of solitude You're beautiful to see When the mist descends Honorable oh Hākaʻaʻano At the sound of the top of the sea The numerous sand dunes And the tall, long hills Always loved is the land Of Kainalu The scent of the līpoa So fragrant This is the end The beauty of Kalaupapa Welcome to our strangers With wide open hearts |
Source: Pueo Pata -
Translated by Henry Kaalekahi. Hawaiian Text edited by Puakea Nogelmeier |