Hualālai - by Dennis Kamakahi

I Keauhou ua ʻike māua
I ka wehi o Hualālai

Kuahiwi kū kilakila i ke ao ʻōnohi
Wahine ʻilikea aʻo Kona

ʻO Kealakekua he lei pāpahi
No kō māua mau kino

E komo mâua i Hoʻokena
E ʻike i ka pua naupaka

A laila i Miloliʻi i ka lawe mālie
Ua lohe mai kahi mele

Aloha ka hale a ke kai i Waikini
Piha me ke aloha

Haʻina ka inoa o Hualālai
Kuahiwi kū kilakila

At Keauhou I saw
The adornment of Hualālai

Mountain standing majestically in the rainbow-hued cloud
(You are the) fair-skinned woman of Kona

Kealakekua is a decorative wreath,
For our bodies

Let us enter Hoʻokena
To see the naupaka kuahiwi

Then at Miloliʻi in the calm
A certain melody is heard

Beloved is the house of the sea at Waikini
Filled with love

The name of Hualālai is told
Mountain standing majestically

Source: Ka`au Crater Boys CD "Making Waves" Copyright 1976 Naukilo Publishing Co