O`ahu - Traditional

 

Mânoa he u`i nô i ka`u `ike
I ka pi`o mai a ke ânuenue
 
 
Waikîkî i ke kai mâlamalama
He wai ho`oheno a ka pu`uwai
 
 
Nu`uanu i ka makani lawe mâlie
I ke `ala o nêia pua o ka `awapuhi
 
 
Makiki ka home o nâ manu
He u`i ke ea mai i ka lani
 
 
Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana
O`ahu ka `âina o ke aloha
Mânoa is indeed a beauty for my sight
At the arching of the rainbow
 
 
Waikîkî in the glimmering sea
Cherished waters of my heart
 
 
Nu`uanu in the caressing wind
In the fragrance of this blossom of ginger
 
 
Makiki, the home of the birds
A beauty, a breath in the heavens, when they soar into the sky
 
 
Tell the refrain
O`ahu, the land of love

 

Source: Vicki II Collection, Recorded by Tony Conjugacion "O Ka Wä I Hala" CD