Lâhainâ Luna - by Albert Kaleikini
 
`O ka malu `ulu o Lele
(nô e ka `oi)
Nâ kualono nani e
(kû kilakila)
Me ka ua kilikilihune
(a`o Hâlona)
Ho`opulu i ke oho o ka palai
 
 
 
Hui:
Lâhainâ, Lâhainâ Luna nani
Ka hôkû hele ho`i o ka Pâkîpika
Ipu kukui `a`â mau
Pio `ole io ka makani Kaua`ula
 
 
 
Huli ana ka wai ma uka
(wai piula)
Ka `owe nenehe i ka aumoe
(`olu e)
`Au`au na manu o ka uka
(o ka uka wele)
Ho`olono i ka leo Pelekane
 

 

 
The breadfruit shade of Lele
(is outstanding)
The magnificent mountaintops
(stand majestically)
And the fine rain
(of Hâlona)
Dampens the fronds of palai fern
 
 
 
Chorus:
Lâhainâ, lovely Lâhainâ Luna
The traveling star of the Pacific
A beacon ever shining
Undaunted by the Kaua`ula wind
 
 
 
The upland water turns cold
(water from a faucet)
Murmuring in the late night hours
(so cool and pleasant)
The birds of the upland bathe
(of the upland clearing)
Heeding the call of Western ways
 

 

Source: Kamehameha Schools HSI - Lele is the ancient name of Lâhainâ. Hâlona is an inland stream in Lâhainâ. Kaua`ula is the name of a Lâhainâ wind