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

Haku `ia mail la e ke Ki`owao
Hoolawa i ka pua o ke Kamaakahala

Ua nani ka noho a Waipuhia
E hooma`u nei i ke oho palai

Wehiwehi Lanihuli i ke kawelu
I puloku i ke alo a`o na pali

Pau`ole ke onaona o Kekele
Ka liko pua `a`ala o ka hinano

Hanohano o Waolani i ke Ehu wai
Ma ke kaka`i pali o Maunawili

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

Ha`ina ke ali`i nona ka lei
O Kapi`olani i ka `iu o luna

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 Kamaakahala

Beautiful is the resting place of Waipuhia 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 young fragrant flowers of the hinano

Glorious is Waolani in the `Ehuwai wind
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

 Source: Queen Kapiolani by Maili Yardley & Miriam Rogers, Translated by Theodore Kelsey - 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. Kamaakahala 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.

Queen Kapiolani