- Hanohano e ka uka i Pihanakalani
- I ka leo o ka `ohe Kanikawi
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- Nana ho`oipoipo ke aloha
- A loa`a `o Ka`ililauokekoa
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- Ke kuini i ka home o na manu
- Ke `ala anuhea pua mokihana
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- E pa`ihi i ka wai o (kona piliahi no) Kawaikini
- E uwila i ka luna Wai`ale`ale
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- Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana
- `O Hali`alaulani kou inoa
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- He Inoa No Hali`alaulani
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- Glorious is the upland of
Pihanakalani
- And the voice of the flute
Kanikawi
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- It wooed with love
- And won Princes
Ka`ililauokekoa
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- She is the queen of the home of
the birds
- Amid the cool fragrance of the
mokihana
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- The water of Kawaikini sparkles
and sends
- Lightning messages to the
heights of Wai`ale`ale
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- Tell the refrain
- Hali`alaulani is your
name
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- The Name of
Hali`alaulani
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Source: Na Mele Hula by Nona Beamer - In
praise of the island of Kaua`i, this chant relates the
romance in the uplands amid the mountain shells, the birds
and the mokihana trees (pelea anisata) found only on this
island. Pihanakalani is the mountainous region above Wailua
River near the Wailua Falls. It was the home of the ruling
class of the island of Kaua`i. Wi is the mountain shell, a
native fresh and brackish water snail (neritina granosa).
Ka`ililauokekoa was the grandaughter of Chief Mo`ikeha and
Ho`oipokamalani. Her mother was the daughter of
La`amaikahiki and the wife of Kauakahiali`i, high chief of
Kauai. Hali`alaulani was the goddess of Pihanakalani
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