Pua Hone (Honey Flower) - by Dennis Kamakahi
O ʻoe ka wahine a ke aloha I laila i ka uluwehi Kuʻu pua hone i ka laʻi   Hone ʻana i kēhau o Makiki ʻO wau kou aloha I ka noe kuahiwi   He uʻi no ʻoe i ke kula I wili ʻia me ka ʻIeʻie o Leilono Haʻina mai ana ka puana Kuʻu pua hone i ka laʻi He nani maoli nō	You are the woman that I love There in the lush verdure is My honey flower in the calm Kissed by the dew of Makiki I am your love In the mountain mist You are a beauty on the plains Entwined with the sacred ʻIeʻie vine of Leilono This ends my story For my honey flower in the calm A true beauty, indeed
Source: Makalena - This song was written in 1977, while the composer did a concert at the Federal Prison on McNeil Island in Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA. It was for a luʻau put on by the Hawaiian inmates (the first of it's kind). The composer was playing with Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaiʻi. The group was invited to represent Hawaiʻi by Governor George Ariyoshi. The composer was undecided, whether to return to Hawaiʻi or go back to Alaska, where he had decided to make his home. Waiting back in Hawaiʻi was his future wife. Perhaps absence does make the heart yearn for true love when one is separated by distance. After the concert, the composer called her on the phone and proposed to her with this song. Dennis Kamakahi and his wife celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary July 16, 2002. Translated by Dennis Kamakahi, © 1977, Naukilo Publishing Co.