ʻĀina Molokaʻi - Kai Davis

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Aloha au iā ʻoe
ʻĀina aʻo Molokaʻi
Hoʻokipa poʻe malihini
Me ka puʻuwai hāmama

He aloha aʻo Wailau
He wahi mehameha nō ia
He nani nō ke ʻike aku
Pumehana me ka ua noe

Hanohano aʻo Hākaʻaʻano
Ke kani o ka ʻili kai
He puʻe one ʻole ia
Me nā pali kiʻekiʻe loa

ʻĀina ke aloha pau ʻole
Aʻo Kainalu
Ke ʻala o ka līpoa
E moani nei

Haʻina mai ka puana
Nani ʻo Kalaupapa
Hoʻokipa poʻe malihini
Me ka puʻuwai hāmama

I will always love you
Island of Molokaʻi
Welcome to our strangers
With wide open hearts

We love you Wailau
A place of solitude
You're beautiful to see
When the mist descends

Honorable oh Hākaʻaʻano
At the sound of the top of the sea
The numerous sand dunes
And the tall, long hills

Always loved is the land
Of Kainalu
The scent of the līpoa
So fragrant

This is the end
The beauty of Kalaupapa
Welcome to our strangers
With wide open hearts

Source: Pueo Pata - Translated by Henry Kaalekahi. Hawaiian Text edited by Puakea Nogelmeier