Nä Moku `Ehä (The Four Islands) - J. Kealoha & Noelani Mähoe

 
Hanohano Hawai`i lä
Lei ka lehua
Kuahiwi nani lä
`O Mauna Kea
 
 
Kilakila `o Maui lä
Lei i ka roselani
Kuahiwi nani lä
`O Haleakalä
 
 
Ha`aheo O`ahu lä
Lei ka `ilima
Kuahiwi nani lä
`O Ka`ala
 
 
Kaulana Kaua`i lä
Lei mokihana
Kuahiwi nani lä
`O Wai`ale`ale
 
 
Aïwaïwa Moloka`i lä
Lei i ke kukui
Kuahiwi nani lä
`O Kamakou
 
 
Hiehie Läna`i
Lei i ke kauna`oa
Kuahiwi nani lä
`O Läna`ihale
 
 
Ua kapu `o Ni`ihau
Lei i ka püpü
Kuahiwi nani lä
`O Pänï`au
 
 
Panoa Kaho`olawe
Lei i ka hinahina
Kuahiwi nani lä
`O Luamakika
 
 
Ha`ina `ia mai
Ana ka puana lä
Kuahiwi nani lä
`O nä moku `ewalu
 
 
Ha`ina `ia mai
Ana ka puana lä
Nä moku `ehä
O ka Päkipika
Honored is Hawai`i
Garlanded with the lei of lehua
And it's beautiful mountain
Of Mauna Kea
 
 
Majestic is Maui
Garlanded with the lei of roselani
And it's beautiful mountain
Of Haleakalä
 
 
Proud is O`ahu
Garlanded with the lei of ilima
And it's beautiful mountain
Of Ka`ala
 
 
Famous is Kaua`i
Garlanded with the lei of mokihana berries
And it's beautiful mountain
Of Wai`ale`ale
 
 
Mysterious Moloka`i
Garlanded with the kukui
And it's beautiful mountain
Of Kamakou
 
 
Cherished Läna`i
Garlanded with the lei of kauna`oa
And it's beautiful mountain
Of Läna`ihale
 
 
Forbidden Ni`ihau
Garlanded with the lei of shells
And it's beautiful mountain
Of Pänï`au
 
 
Barren Kaho`olawe
Garlanded with the lei of hinahina
And it's beautiful mountain
Of Luamakika
 
 
Tell the
Refrain
Of the beautiful mountains
Of the eight islands
 
 
Tell the
Refrain
The four islands
Of the Pacific

 

Source: Ea Collection Verses 1-4, 10 by J. Kealoha Verses 5-9 composed by Noelani Mähoe