- Aia i Ka`ena ku`u lei momi
- I ka ho`opulu `ia i ka ehukai
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- Kou maka onaona ka`u i aloha
- Kou leo kani hone hone i ke kula
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Akahi ho`i au ke `ike maka
- Ka ukana lu`ulu`u a ke aloha
- *(Kou kino palupalu ka`u i aloha)
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- Ho`ona ae ana i ke aloha
- Ka pilina o ke kula Lauhulu
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- Me he lei hulu mamo e lei ke aloha
- A ka pu`uwai a e malama nei
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- Malama pono oe e ipo aloha
- I ka puni kauoha a kaua
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- Uluhua wale au i ke kaiuli
- I ka makani kaulana ao Waianae
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- Nana e kaomi malie nei
- Me ka malu launiu o Pokai
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- Ka hone a ke kai o Pu`uloa
- Me he ala o ku`u aloha kekahi
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- Hea aku no au o mai oe
- O ka ua koko ula ku kamahao
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- A hiki i ke kula o Moanalua
- Ho`ohihi na maka ke ike aku
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- Ke hoi nei au no ke kaona
- E hui me ka liko pua ahihi
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- Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana
- Aia i Ka`ena ku`u lei momi
- (Ko leo kani hone,hone i ka pu`uwai)
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- There at Ka`ena is my pearl
lei
- Moistened by the spray of the
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- Your gentle sweet eyes are mine
to love
- Your sweet voice heard on the
plains
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- The first time I laid eyes on
you
- Love overwhelmed and burdened
me
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really love)
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- Tell the refrain
- There at Ka`ena is my pearl
lei
- (Your soft voice sounds sweetly
on the plains)
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Source: Copyright 1917, McKee Collection,
Glen Kila, Nathan Napoka - Known as Ka`ena, the title of
this mele is Ku`u Lei Momi. Ka`ena, the remote western point
of O`ahu may have been named after an ancient O`ahu chief
killed by Haupu, the Kaua`i giant. The original name was
Kalae O Kala`au and is also the site of Leina O Ka `Uhane, a
flat boulder where souls jumped from the earth to the spirit
world.
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