Na Moku Kaulana

Nā Moku Kaulana (The Famous Islands) - Lydia Kekuewa
ʻAuhea ʻoe e Hawaiʻi ʻĀina nani kaulana Nā kuahiwi ʻekolu Mokupuni nui o Keawe E Hawaiʻi Kaulana ʻoe i ka lehua Ka lehua pua ʻula nani lua ʻole lā Maile a`o Pana`ewa ʻAuhea ʻoe e Maui Kilakila Haleakalā Ua ku hoʻokahi ʻoe Mea nani lua ʻole lā E Maui O Maui no ka ʻoi Kaulana roselani pua kala nani lā Na hoʻokahi wale nō ʻAuhea ʻoe e Oʻahu ʻĀina Kūkalahale Honolulu ke kapitela Kikowaena o ke kaona E Oʻahu ʻOhuʻohu ʻoe i ka ʻilima Hulu melemele o ke kuahiwi Nani a no e Oʻahu ʻAuhea ʻoe e Kauaʻi Kaulana i ka mokihana Pua ia e ke hala Holopuni oia kula E Kauaʻi Ke ʻala o ka mokihana Ke ʻala lawa aʻe moani mai nei Kauaʻi i ka mālie	Calling out to Hawaiʻi Beautiful and famous land The three mountains The great island of Keawe Hawaiʻi You are famous because of the lehua The red, beautiful, incomparable lehua The maile of Panaʻewa Calling out to Maui Majestic Haleakalā You stand alone An incomparable, beautiful thing Maui Maui is the best Famous, beautiful rose flower The only one Calling out to Oʻahu Land of the Kūkalahale rain Honolulu, the capital Center of the town Oʻahu You are adorned with the lei of ʻilima Yellow color of the mountain Beautiful Oʻahu Calling out to Kauaʻi Famous is the mokihana The hala in bloom On the open plain Kauaʻi The fragrance of the mokihana Fragrance drifting here Kauaʻi in the calm
Translated by Kanani Kamai