Ku`u Hoa (My Companion) - by Francis Keali`inohopono Beamer
He aloha ku`u ipo Ku`u hoa maka onaona Noho i ke kuahiwi     E ho`i mai nö kä ua Me a`u e pili e ku`u `i`ini A ka pu`u wai     O ka pä könane A ka mahina la Ahuwale no ka pae `opua     Ha`ina mai ka puana Ku`u hoa maka onaona Noho i ke kuahiwi	Love for my sweetheart My gentle-eyed companion Who resides in the mountains     Let us return, we two My desire (for you) is Always in my heart     Brightly shining Is the moon Revealing the cloudbanks     Tell the refrain of My gentle-eyed companion Who resides in the mountains
Source: Marion Leong - Written in 1937 for the composer's wife, Louise Leiomalama Walker Beamer. She was the Hawaiian culture consultant for the movie "Waikiki Wedding" starring Bing Crosby. Injuring her foot, she was unable to work at the studio for a week, inspiring Pono to set his desire to music - to return with his sweetheart to their home in the kuahiwi of Alewa Heights.