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I ka lau o ke kāwelu
Ua hālāwai aku lā
Me ka makani nui
E ʻiʻini ana ka manaʻo
E ʻike ʻiā Kahuwailana
ʻO koʻu hoa no ia
ʻO ka ua Kiʻowao
Ua pono nō kāua
Hoʻokohu ana ia ka manaʻo
Haʻina mai ka inoa
ʻO kalani ʻIolani
Alexander Liholiho, Kamehameha IV
- Beautiful is Nuʻuanu
- With the kâwelu grass
There one always meets- With the strong wind
One looks forward- To seeing Kahuwailana
My friend is there- The rain named Kiʻowao
It is good for us- Pleasing to the mind
To honor the name of- King Kamehameha IV ʻIolani
- With the kâwelu grass
Mataio Kekuanaoʻa 
Emma Naʻea Rooke
Alexander Liholiho ʻIolani was born Feb
9, 1834. His parents were high chiefess Kinaʻu, the daughter
of Kamehameha I and high chief Mataio Kekuanaoʻa, governor
of Oʻahu. Alexander, his brother Lot and his sister Victoria
Kamamalu were all hānai to Kauikeouli, Kamehameha III and
his wife Kalama. Educated at Chiefs' Childrens School, he ran
away several times, returned and became a good scholar. At
age 15, he and his brother Lot, the future Kamehameha V,
accompanied Dr. Gerritt P. Judd on a mission to Europe and
the United States. Liholiho's journal at the Hawaiian
Historical Society Library relates the first incident of
racial discrimation experienced by the 2 princes on their
homeward journey. This incident led to British influence
under his reign, as Alexander considered Americans
uncivilized and rude. Liholiho became king, January 16,
1855, upon the death of Kauikeouli, Kamehameha III. He
married Emma Naʻea Rooke, his childhood sweetheart, June 19,
1856, at Kawaiahaʻo Church, a union of mutual love and
respect. The royal couple's major concern was the health and
welfare of Hawaiians. Queens Hospital was established with
donations of $13,000 on 9 acres of land purchased for $2000
from Caesar Kapaʻakea, the father of Kalākaua and
Liliʻuokalani. Devastated by the death of his only child,
4-year-old Prince Albert, the king turned to the Church of
England for comfort and guidance. He translated the
Episcopal Book of Common Prayer from English to Hawaiian for
his subjects and donated his gardens to establish a church,
that was eventually built by his brother, Lot, Kamehameha V.
Lot named the church St. Andrew's Cathedral because his
brother Alexander Liholiho died on St. Andrew's Feast Day,
Nov 30, 1863, at age 29. Music clip by Paina
Source: Myrna Kamae - Eddie Kamae put the music to this chant but hasn't taken credit for it except on his own album that came out in 1964.