Hualâlai - words & music by Matilda Kauwe

 
Auhea wale `oe e Hualâlai `eâ
*Kaulana ka inoa `o Hualâlai `eâ
Ke kuini `o ke kai Pakipika `eâ
 
 
`O `oe ka `ulua a`o ka moana `eâ
A ka lawai`a a`e li`a mau nei `eâ
 
 
Ahê sure maoli no me ke onaona `eâ
Ua `ohu i ka lei o ka hînano `eâ
 
 
Ho`okomo i ke awa a`o Honolulu `eâ
Ua piha hau`oli nâ malihini eâ
 
 
Ha`ina `ia mai ana kapuana `eâ
*Ha`ina ka inoa `o `eâ Hualâlai `eâ
Ke kuini `o ke kai Pakipika `eâ
 
*alternate stanza
Listen, this is for you, Hualâlai
*Famous is the name of Hualâlai
Queen of the Pacific
 
 
You are like the ulua in the ocean
A favorite of the fishermen
 
 
Surely, I smell the native fragrance
As we are adorned with the hînano lei
 
 
Landing at Honolulu harbor
Newcomers are filled with joy
 
 
Tell the refrain of
*Tell of the name of Hualâlai
The queen of the Pacific
 
*alternate stanza

 

Source: Noble's Hawaiian Hulas Copyright 1930, Matilda Kauwe & Bina Mossman Rights by Miller Music Corp - Hualâlai was an inter-island steamer named for the famous Kona volcano