Aia i Nu`uanu kou lei nani
O ka `ahihi popohe i ka nahele

E haku `ia maila e ke Ki`owao
Ho`olawa i ka pua `o Kamakahala

E aha ka hana Waipuhia
E ho`oma`u nei i ke oho palai

Wehiwehi Lanihuli i ke kawelu
I puloku i ke alo o na pali e

Pau`ole ke onaona a`o Kekele
I ka ahui hala o ka hinano

Hanohano Mololani i ke `ehukai
I ka noho a ka ua a Puakea e

Ia kea ka `ohu i na kuahiwi
Makekaka`i pali `o Maunawili

E aloha ia wai anu i ka `ili
Ka ualo a ka leo o ke kahuli e

Ha`ina ke ali`i no na ka lei
O Kapi`olani ka `iu o luna

Kahea:
He Inoa No Kapi`olani

There in Nu`uanu is your beautiful lei
The shapely `ahihi flower in the woodland

That is woven by the Ki`owao wind
Made plentiful by the flower of the Kamakahala

The swirlingWaipuhia wind
That wets the palapalai fern

Adorned is Lanihuli in the wind blown grass
Bright and sparkling on the face of the cliffs

Endless is the fragrance of Kekele
The cluster of flowers of the hinano

Glorious is the Mololani seaspray
And the Puakea rain of the area

The mist on the mountains
At the cliffs of Maunawili

Love to the water that is cold to the skin
The calling out of the voice of the land shell

Answering is the chiefess whose lei it is
Kapi`olani at the highest point above

Call
In the name of Kap`iolani

 Source:Nikolo Kamuela Heola`opomaik`i Okami - The composer was the great grandmother of Kimo Kahoano, announcer of MMHF and Manu Boyd, lead singer of Ho`okena. This chant is one of many Oli given to Kapi`olani as a gift, just as a lei would be given. This name song for Kapi`olani describes Nu`uanu Valley. Jennie Wilson said the proper name for the Pali is Lele-a-`anae. Ki`owao is the name of the cliffs on the Kalihi side of Lihau, and also the name of the wind at the Pali. It is a gentle land breeze and also, a stationery heavy fog that becomes a cloudburst. Kamakahala is another name for the male hala flower also known as hinano. Waipuhi (wind-blown water) is the name of the Upside Down Waterfall. Palai, short for palapalai fern is symbolic of pubic hair. Lanihuli is the highest peak at the Pali. Kekele is the stream and the area at Waipuhi, below the Pali lookout. Puloku means a place to bathe and lie on the land. Translated by Theodore Kelsey

Queen Kapiolani