ʻĀinahau - by Princess Miriam Likelike
Click Title to Access Melody Na ka wai lūkini Wai anuhea o ka rose E hoʻopē nei i ka liko o nā pua Na ka manu pīkake Manu hulu melemele Nā kāhiko ia o kuʻu home   Hui: Nani wale kuʻu home ʻO ʻĀinahau i ka ʻiu I ka holunape A ka lau o ka niu I ka uluwehiwehi I ke ʻala o nā pua Kuʻu home, kuʻu home i ka ʻiuʻiu Na ka makani aheahe I pā mai ma kai I lawe mai i ke Onaona līpoa E hoʻonipo hoʻonipo Me ke ʻala o kuʻu home Kuʻu home, kuʻu home i ka ʻiuʻiu	Princess Miriam Likelike Age 19   Princess Kaʻiulani	It is the perfume and the lovely Fragrance of roses that sweeten The leaf buds of the flowering plants The peacocks And the yellow feathered birds Are the adornments of my home   Chorus: Beautiful is my home ʻĀinahau so regal Where the fronds Of the coco palms sway The beautiful grove The fragrance of flowers At my home, my home so regal It is the gentle breeze From the sea That brings the sweet Odor of līpoa sea weed Mingling with The fragrance of love of my home, My home, my home so regal
Source: ʻĀinahau, one of the homes of the Oʻahu chiefs, was part of the 10-acre estate inherited by Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani. Originally called Auaukai, Princess Likelike named it ʻĀinahau or "Cool Land" when she lived there with her husband, Archibald Scott Cleghorn, who turned it into a botanical garden. The stream that flowed through ʻĀinahau and emptied into the ocean where the present Outrigger Hotel is located, was called Apuakehau. At one point more than 50 peacocks roamed the estate and were hand fed by Princess Kaʻiulani. When Kaʻiulani, heir to the Hawaiian throne died, the peacocks screeched so intensely and incessantly, that some were destroyed. Translation by Mary Pukui. Hawaiian Text edited by Puakea Nogelmeier. Music clip by Gippy Cooke