Puna Paia ʻAʻala (Puna’s Bow’ry Walls) - Liliʻuokalani
Iā Puna paia ʻaʻala
Pili mau na ke ona ona
I laila ke kāunu ana
Kau pono ana na ka manaʻo

Hui:
Puna paia ʻaʻala
Kilihea i ke onaona
Ona wela i ke aloha
Ua lawa iā ʻoe me aʻu

Hoʻohihi i ka nani
Pua mai a ka lehua
Ānehe au e kiʻi
I pua kau no kuʻu umauma

ʻO ka ʻike kēia
ʻO wau nō kou hoa like
Pelā iho hoʻi kāua
Ke ano laʻi mai nei ka ʻōpua

Hai lohi ka manaʻo
Loliʻi nā pua i ka ʻiu
Kali ana hoʻolono i ka leo
A hea mai e hoʻokomo wau


 Puna’s bowery walls of fragrance are
Groves laden with sweet flowers
There is where my heart yearns to be
To dwell there is my sincere desire

Chorus:
Puna’s shaded bowery walls
Pleasant and redolent with perfume
Sweet language, full of love
Binding you to me, forever

I long to see you
Flower of the lehua
Let me take you and pluck you
And press you close to me

Now that I know
That you and I are alike
Let us wait a while
As the cloud bank reposes in serenity

The thought is slow to conjure
As the blossoms above repose
Awaiting, listening for the voice
To call one to come in
Source: Charles E. King Music Co. Composed July, 1868, this love song is set in the Puna district on the island of Hawaiʻi, renowned for it’s groves of fragrant hala. The first 2 verses were published in He Buke Mele Hawaiʻi and the 3rd verse is from a Bishop Musuem manuscript. The 4th verse was preserved by Bill Kaiwa. Verse 1, 2, and hui translated by Liliʻuokalani. Verse 3 & 4 translated by Hui Hānai