Aloha ʻIa No ʻO Maui - Alice Johnson

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Aloha ʻia nō ʻo Maui
Nā hono aʻo Piʻilani
Uluwehi i ka pua roselani ē
Nā pua ʻala onaona

Kaulana ʻoe e Kahului
Ke kai holuholu ē
A me ka uapo hoʻokipa malihini ē
I kou ʻāina nani ē

Haʻaheo wale hoʻi ʻoe
Kepaniwai o ʻĪao
Mākaʻikaʻi mau ʻia ana lā
E nā malihini ē

Kilakila Haleakalā
Kuahiwi nani o Maui
Kaulana kona inoa puni Hawaiʻi
Ke alanui kīkeʻekeʻe

Haʻina mai ka puana
ʻO Maui nō e ka ʻoi
Me kona nani hoʻohenoheno
He nani poina ʻole


How we love Maui
Beloved land of Chief Piʻilani
She is decked with wreaths of roses
And other fragrant flowers

You are famed Kahului
For your rolling waves
And for your wharf which welcomes visitors
To your beautiful isle

Oh, how proud you look
O water course of ʻĪao
You are constantly being visited
By many strangers

Majestic is Haleakalā
Beautiful mountain of Maui
Whose name is known throughout Hawaiʻi
For its winding road

The end of my song I sing
Of
Maui, best of the islands
Whose beauty woos us all
Her beauty we cannot forget


Source: Hiona Collection - Translation by Mary Pukui. Hawaiian Text edited by Puakea Nogelmeier. Music clip by Gippy Cooke