Hualâlai - Words & Music by Dennis Kamakahi


I Keauhou ua `ike mâua
I ka wehi o Hualâlai

Kuahiwi kû kilakila i ke ao `ônohi
Wahine `ilikea a`o Kona

`O Kealakekua he lei pâpahi
No kô mâua mau kino

E komo mâua i Ho`okena
E `ike i ka pua naupaka

A laila i Miloli`i i ka lawe malie
Ua lohe mai kahi mele

Aloha ka hale a ke kai i Waikini
Piha me ke aloha

Ha`ina ka inoa o Hualâlai
Kuahiwi kû kilakila


At Keauhou I saw
The adornment of Hualâlai

Mountain standing majestically in the rainbow-hued cloud
(You are the) fair-skinned woman of Kona

Kealakekua is a decorative wreath,
For our bodies

Let us enter Ho`okena
To see the naupaka kuahiwi

Then at Miloli`i in the calm
A certain melody is heard

Beloved is the house of the sea at Waikini
Filled with love

The name of Hualâlai is told
Mountain standing majestically


Source: Ka`au Crater Boys CD "Making Waves" Copyright 1976 Naukilo Publishing Co