Paroles de Kaho'olawe

Ha`aheo wale ho`i `oe
E kaho`olawe `ina kaulana
Ho`oheno ana oe
Me ka hinahina

E aloha i ke k a ka wai
I ka`i mai ua anu kua
A luna au
O kaho`olawe

Ahuwale n pua hinahina
Lua`ole n hano a ka makani
O ke kiu ke`e ia
A`o n pali

Ha`ina `ia mai
Ana ka puana
Nohona a mana`o mai
`o au e ke hoa

You are proud, indeed
Kaho`olawe, famous land
You are so cherished
With your hinahina

Enjoy the water
We seek shelter from the chilly rain
High
On kaho`olawe

Abundant, the hinahina blossoms
Incomparable, the breeze that blows
The wind named kiu ke`e
Of the cliffs

Tell
The refrain
My thoughts return to my home
And my friends

Source: baker collection - ka huakai alii a kalani moi davida kalakaua (the royal journey of his majesty, king david kalakaua) was an article dated dec. 30, 1875, that appeared in ka lhui hawai`i, a hawaiian