- Hanohano ka inoa a,o Lana`i
- Lei ana i ka pua o ka kauna`oa
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- `Olelo kauoha na ku`u aloha
- Hina wau i ka hewa mamuli o`u
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- Ua ola na kini o ka `aina
- I ka hui hana hala a`o ke kaona
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- Ke moani mai nei `ala e ka hala
- Ke hea mai nei ia`u e kipa
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- He aku no wau e o mai `oe
- Lei ana Lana`i i ka kauna`oa
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- Distinguished is the name of
Lana`i
- Wearing the kauna`oa flower
lei
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- My beloved speaks a
command
- I fall in sin myself
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- The people of the land
live
- By the pineapple, the work of
the town
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- The fragrance of the hala wafts
hither
- Calling me to visit
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- I call and you answer
- Lana`i wears the kauna`oa
lei
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Source: John Noble's Hawaiian Hulas,
Copyright 1932, 1960 Miller Music Corp. Translated by Sam
Elbert & Noelani Mahoe - Mary Pula`a Robins lived on
most of the islands with her husband, a lighthouse keeper.
The hala or hala Kahiki in verse #4 refers to pineapple not
the pandanus.
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