Aia I Kohala Ka`u Aloha - Chant

 
Aia i Kohala ka`u aloha
Ka ua naulu o Kawaihae
 
 
Hae ana Wapine i ke aumoe
Ka `ilio hanu hele ma ka meheu
 
 
Na ke kelepona au i ha`i mai
Ua noho hope `oe no ko lei
 
 
I laila kulu iho ku`u waimaka
Ho`opulu `ana i ka lau lihilihi
 
 
He lihi kuleana ko`u ia `oe
Ua ho`opa`a `ia i ka pu`uwai
 
 
Na wai `ole ko`u aloha
I ka ua loku mai i ka nahele
 
 
O hele i ka la o ke kauoha
A ho`i mai `oe pili kaua
 
 
O `oe a `owau ka i `ike iho
I nei mea nui la he aloha
 
 
Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana
`Eono no pua lawa ku`u lei
 
My sweetheart is in Kohala
With the wind-borne rain of Kawaihae
 
 
Wapine sets up a barking late at night
That dog that sniffs at the footprints
 
 
It was the telephone that told me
That you are again with your darling
 
 
Then my tears began to gather
Wetting the tips of my lashes
 
 
I have some right to you
For you are imprinted in my heart
 
 
How can I help loving
The rain pours in the forest
 
 
Go and obey the command given you
Then come back to be with me
 
 
You and I have known
This great thing called love
 
 
This ends my chant
For the six flowers that complete my lei
 

 

Source: Na Mele Welo - Translated by Mary Pûku`i