Beauty Hula - John K. Almeida, John Noble & Latouche
Hoʻoheno kēia no beauty Kuʻu hoa i ka ua Tuahine ʻEā ē, ʻeā ē Ka ua Tuahine I laila hoʻi au lā ʻike I ka uʻi o ka pua miulana ʻEā ē, ʻeā ē Ka pua miulana Kau nui koʻu manaʻo E inu a kena ia wai ʻEā ē, ʻeā ē A kena ia wai Nāu i hehi kū ia kapu Ia pua nani a ke kūpuna ʻEā ē, ʻeā ē A ke kūpuna No Puna ke ʻala onaona He ʻala hoene i kuʻu poli ʻEā ē, ʻeā ē Hoene i kuʻu poli Haʻina ʻia mai ka puana Kuʻu ipo i ka ua Tuahine ʻEā ē, ʻeā ē Ka ua Tuahine	This beauty is cherished My companion in the Tuahine rain Tra la la la The Tuahine rain I see her there The beautiful miulan blossom Tra la la la The muilan blossom My great desire is To drink this water until satisfied Tra la la la The water that satisfies You are the special one The beautiful flower of your grandparents Tra la la la Of your grandparents From Puna the fragrance is wafted Here, the fragrance is taken into my bosom Tra la la la My bosom Tell the refrain My sweetheart in the Tuahine rain Tra la la la The Tuahine rain
Source: Noble's Hawaiian Hulas - Tuahine is the gentle, misty rain of Mānoa. Muilana is the flower of the champak tree, especially fragrant at night. The flower is usually associated with a sweetheart of Asian descent, the champak tree coming from the Himalayas. Kapu in the 4th verse would mean that the companion was an only child or the eldest child, hence dedicated to the grandparents but not necessarily hanaʻi (given) to them. Hanaʻi, the Polynesian tradition of giving a child to another to raise, is not associated with Asian cultures. Hawaiian Text edited by Puakea Nogelmeier © Renewal, 1963 Miller Music Corp