Kaulana o Kawaihae
I ke kai hāwanawana
Hui:
E ʻōlelo mai kahiko mai
O Puakaʻilima
E kilohi iā Mauna Kea
Kuahiwi kū kilakila
Hui:
E ʻōlelo mai kahiko mai
O Puakaʻilima
Haʻina mai ka puana
Kuahiwi kū kilakila
Hui:
E ʻōlelo mai kahiko mai
O Puakaʻilima
| Restful Kawaihae
In the whispering sea
Chorus:
Telling from olden times
Of Puakaʻilima
Gaze at Mauna Kea
Mountain standing
majestic
Chorus:
Telling from olden times
Of Puakaʻilima
Tell the refrain
Mountain standing
majestic
Chorus:
Telling from olden times
Of Puakaʻilima
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Source: Recorded by Hoʻokena - Puakaʻilima (the ʻilima
blossom) was a low islet off the shore of Kawaihae (water of wrath)
in the
south Kohala district of Hawaiʻi. Hawaiians of old maintained
a garden of ʻilima, specifically, to make leis for the
chiefs. The tsunami of 1946, took back the island when it
subsided into the reef. The surf that broke on this reef was
also called Puakaʻilima, for it resembled ʻilima lei. This
reef was dredged out for the construction of Kawaihae Harbor
and is now only a memory. The composer was born in Waipiʻo
Valley and moved to Kawaihae when she married a Waimea
man.
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