Pua Hone (Honey Flower) - by Dennis Kamakahi
O `oe ka wahine a ke aloha I laila i ka uluwehi ku`u pua hone i ka la`i     Hone `ana i kehau o Makiki `O wau kou aloha i ka noe kuahiwi     He u`i no `oe i ke kula I wili `ia me ka `ie`ie o Leilono     Ha`ina mai ana ka puana Ku`u pua hone i ka la`i he nani maoli no	You are the woman that I love There in the lush verdure is my honey flower in the calm     Kissed by the dew of Makiki I am your love in the mountain mist     You are a beauty on the plains Entwined with the sacred `ie`ie vine of Leilono     This ends my story For my honey flower in the calm, a true beauty, indeed
Source: Makalena, Translated by Dennis Kamakahi, Copyright 1977, Naukilo Publishing Co. - This song was written in 1977 at Tacoma, WA while the composer did a concert at the Federal Prison on McNeil Island in Puget Sound. It was a lu`au put on by the Hawaiian inmates (the first of it's kind). The composer was playing with Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii at the time. The group was invited to represent Hawaii by Governor George Ariyoshi. The composer was undecided, at that time, whether to return to Hawaii or go back to Alaska, where he had decided to make his home. Waiting back in Hawaii was his future wife. Perhaps absence does make the heart yearn for true love when one is separated by distance. After the concert, the composer called her on the phone and proposed to her with this song. Dennis Kamakahi and his wife just celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary July 16, 2002