Kahi wai a`o `Alekoki
Ua ho`o kohu ka ua i uka
Noho maila i Nu`uanu
Anuanu makehewa au
Ke kali ana i laila
Ka inô paha ua pa`a
Kou mana`o i `ane`i
I `ô i `ane`i au
Ka pi`ina a`o Ma`ema`e
He `ala onaona kou
Ka i hiki mai i `a`nei
Ua malu nêia kino
Mamuli o kô leo
Kau nui aku ka mana`o
Kahi wai a`o Kapena
Pani a pa`a `ia mai
Nâ mana wai a`o uka
Maluna a`e nô au
Ma nâ lumi li`ili`i
Ma waho a`o Mâmala
Hao mai nei ehuehu
Pulu au i ka huna kai
Kai he`ehe`e i ka `ili
Ho`okahi nô koa nui
Nâna e alo ia `ino
`Ino`ino mai lei luna
I ka hao a ka makani
He makani `aha`ilono
Lohe ka luna i Pelekane
A `oia pô uli nui
Mea `ole i ku'u mana`o
E kilohi au i ka nani
Nâ pua o Mauna`ala
Ha`ina mai ka puana
Kahi wai a`o `Alekoki
William Charles Lunalilo 
Princess Victoria Kamamalu 
David Kalâkaua
Waters of Alekoki
Like the rains of the uplands
Sitting this side of Nu`uanu
Cold forsaken me
Waiting here
Believing with certainty
Your thoughts were of me
Here I am
At Mae`ma`e hill
Where your sweet fragrance
Has come to me
This body is captive
To your voice
Thoughts linger
At the waters of Kapena
Blocked
Upland streams
And I am above
In little rooms
Outside Mamala
Spray flurries
And I am wet with foam
And sea slippery to the skin
One brave man
Faces the storm
The storms above
And the blustering wind
A wind bringing news
That the king of England hears
This deep black night
Cannot worry me
I behold beauty
And the flowers of Mauna`ala
Tell the refrain
Waters of Alekoki
Source: Nâ Mele o Hawai`i Nei by Elbert & Mahoe. There are similar versions in Echo of Our Song by Mary Pûku`i, King's Song's of Hawai`i, Johnny Noble`s Hawaiian Hula and Emerson's Unwritten Literature of Hawai`i, the difference being primarily the placement of verses and stanzas. - This chant, a lover's complaint was composed about 1850. Oral tradition credits this to Prince William Charles Lunalilo (1835-1874) and tells of his supposed meeting with Princess Victoria Kamamalu (1838-1866) and disappointment when she did not arrive and was forbidden to marry him. Their parents had planned their marriage from infancy and their children would have been of a higher rank than the princess or her brothers. This may have been the reason for the opposition to this match. He reproaches the princess for rejecting his love. The rain, which lingers in the uplands, is his brooding affection. The cold, storm and the tempest that rages at Mâmala and fills the heavens with driving scud, represents the violent opposition in the royal court to this love match. Mâmala is the waters just outside of Honolulu Harbor. The tale-bearing wind is the gossip that follows the storm of scandal. The princess misbehaved with Mr. Monsarrat. Ma`ema`e is the hill between Nu`uanu and Pauoa valleys. Pelekane is Beretania or the Hawaiianized form of Britain and refers to the palace grounds and vicinity. This is an allusion to King Kamehameha IV. Some believe Kalâkaua wrote this about his rendezvous with a beautiful girl at Alekoki, a pool in Nu`uanu Valley just below Kapena Falls, covered when the freeway was built. The melody, by Lizzie Alohikea, has evolved over the years, but many musicians today, incorporate both tunes, using a different melody on the verses. Music clip of older melody by Lani Lee.