Kaʻena (1917)
Samuel K. Halstead
289014Kaʻena1917Samuel K. Halstead

Aia i Kaʻena kuʻu lei momi
I ka hoʻopulu ʻia i ka ehukai

Kou maka onaona kaʻu i aloha
Kou leo kani hone hone i ke kula
 
Akahi hoʻi au ke ʻike maka
Ka ukana luʻuluʻu a ke aloha [1]

Hoʻona ae ana i ke aloha
Ka pilina o ke kula Lauhulu

Me he lei hulu mamo e lei ke aloha
A ka puʻuwai a e malama nei

Malama pono oe e ipo aloha
I ka puni kauoha a kaua

Uluhua wale au i ke kaiuli
I ka makani kaulana ao Waianae

Nana e kaomi malie nei
Me ka malu launiu o Pokai

Ka hone a ke kai o Puʻuloa
Me he ala o kuʻu aloha kekahi

Hea aku no au o mai oe
O ka ua koko ula ku kamahao

A hiki i ke kula o Moanalua
Hoʻohihi na maka ke ike aku

Ke hoi nei au no ke kaona
E hui me ka liko pua ahihi

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
Aia i Kaʻena kuʻu lei momi [2]

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  1. Alternate stanza
    (Kou kino palupalu kaʻu i aloha)
  2. Alternate stanza
    (Ko leo kani hone, hone i ka puʻuwai)


  This work was published before January 1, 1929 and is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 100 years or less since publication.