Aloha `Ia No `O Maui - by Alice Johnson

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Aloha ia no `o Maui
Na hono a`o Pi`ilani
Uluwehi i ka pua roselani ê
Na pua `ala onaona

Kaulana `oe e Kahului
Ke kai holuholu e
A me ka uwapo ho`okipa malihini ê
I kou `âina nani ê

Ha`aheo wale ho`i `oe
Kepaniwai o `Iao
Maka`ika`i mau ia ana la
E nâ malihini ê

Kilakila Haleakalâ
Kuahiwi nani `o Maui
Kaulana kona inoa puni Hawai`i
Ke alanui kike`eke`e

Ha`ina mai ka puana
`O Maui no e ka `oi
Me kona nani ho`ohenoheno
He nani poina `ole

How we love Maui
Beloved land of Chief Pi`ilani
She is decked with wreaths of roses
And other fragrant flowers

You are famed O Kahului
For your rolling waves
And for your wharf which welcomes visitors
To your beautiful isle

Oh,how proud you look
O water course of `Iao
You are constantly being visited
By many strangers

Majestic is Haleakalâ
Beautiful mountain of Maui
Whose name is known throughout Hawai`i
For its winding road

The end of my song I sing
Of
Maui, best of the islands
Whose beauty woos us all
Her beauty we cannot forget


Source: Hiona Collection - Translation by Mary Pukui. Music clip by Gippy Cooke