Pua Alani

Pua ʻAlani (Orange Blossom) - Emma Alexandria Kanoa de Fries
Kuʻu pua ʻalani kuʻu ipo iā Kuʻu lei pīkake lei o ke ʻaumoe Lei aku māua i ka pili o ka ao Hoʻoheno ke aloha me he ipo ala Hui: Ua pono no ʻoe e ka Inuwai I ka lawe a holu i ka lau o ke pili Komo pono aku la ʻoe i ka ʻai a ka lua I ke ala piʻi a ka ʻōpae Hiaʻai aku au la e ʻike Ke ʻala onaona o ke kiele Ka moani huʻihuʻi i ka pili o ke ao Ka ʻiniki welenia me he ipo lā Haʻaheo ka maka oka ʻōpua i ka lewa Ua kohu no e like me ka ʻiʻiwi polena Ka nunu`a i ka liko pua o ka ʻōhelo I ke kaha la o ʻIloli Ua pulu māua i ka ua kilihune I ka wai lihau ʻaʻala o ke kini Poʻiu noiʻi mikiʻoi no welo ʻO ka ʻapa a ka ua i ka nahele	My orange blossom is my sweetheart My lei pikake for the midnight hours These we wore at the break of day Enjoying our love as sweethearts do Chorus: You are all right O Inuwai breeze In setting the leaves of the pili to swaying You are caught in the grip of the lua Called “the stairway of the shrimp” I yearned greatly to know The sweet fragrance of gardenias The wind borne fragrance at break of day Is as penetrating as love itself Proud are the faces of the clouds above Moving like Hawaiian honey creeper birds Hovering in flocks over the ʻōhelo buds On the plain of ʻIloli We two were drenched with the fine rain With the fine, fragrant water of gin Hazy, seeking, searching Such were the doings of the rain of the forest
Source: KSB Berger Collection - signature tune of Emma Alexandria Kalanikauikaʻalaneo Kiliaulaninuiamamao Kanoa Defries, daughter of Rev. M. Kanoa. She was born on Strong Island, January 20, 1856, when her parents were Hawaiian missionaries in the Gilbert Islands. Chorus, stanza 3, lua is the Hawaiian bone breaking sport of ancient Hawaiʻi, forbidden by law in the days of the kingdom. Chorus, stanza 4, “stairway of the shrimp” is the name of a steep incline up the side of Wailau Valley on Molokaʻi. It is also a lua hold whereby a warrior lifts his opponent from the ground and breaks his bones in the air. Translated by Mary Pukui	Emma Alexandria Kalanikauika`alaneo Kiliaulaninuiamamao Kanoa Defries