Kaʻena

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Kaʻena  (1917) 
Samuel K. Halstead

Aia i Kaʻena kuʻu lei momi
I ka hoʻopulu ʻia i ka ehukai

Kou maka onaona kaʻu i aloha
Kou leo kani hone hone i ke kula
 
Akahi hoʻi au ke ʻike maka
Ka ukana luʻuluʻu a ke aloha [1]

Hoʻona ae ana i ke aloha
Ka pilina o ke kula Lauhulu

Me he lei hulu mamo e lei ke aloha
A ka puʻuwai a e malama nei

Malama pono oe e ipo aloha
I ka puni kauoha a kaua

Uluhua wale au i ke kaiuli
I ka makani kaulana ao Waianae

Nana e kaomi malie nei
Me ka malu launiu o Pokai

Ka hone a ke kai o Puʻuloa
Me he ala o kuʻu aloha kekahi

Hea aku no au o mai oe
O ka ua koko ula ku kamahao

A hiki i ke kula o Moanalua
Hoʻohihi na maka ke ike aku

Ke hoi nei au no ke kaona
E hui me ka liko pua ahihi

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
Aia i Kaʻena kuʻu lei momi [2]

Notes[edit]

  1. Alternate stanza
    (Kou kino palupalu kaʻu i aloha)
  2. Alternate stanza
    (Ko leo kani hone, hone i ka puʻuwai)


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