Hilo Ê - Words & Music by Mary Heanu

 
Aia ê a`i Hilo ê
O ka nani ê pua ka lehua ê

I lei ê no ka malihini ê
Kipa`aku ai ê i ka `âina ê

E ake au ê a e `ike ê
I ka nani ê o Waiâkea ê

Kilohi au ê `o ka nani ê
I ka ulu lehua ê a`o Pana`ewa ê

Ha`ina ê mai ka puana ê
`O ka nani ê pua ka lehuaê
There at Hilo
Is the beautiful flower of the lehua

It`s a lei for the visitors
That come to this island

I desire to see
The beauty of Waiâkea

I glance to see
The lehua grove of Pana`ewa

Tell the refrain
Of the beautful lehua flower

 

Source: Noble's Hawaiian Hulas Copyright 1929, 57, Miller Music Corp