Ka Ano'i

Ka `Ano`i (Aia i Alaka`i) -Kamealoha/ Kamehaokalani

Aia i Alaka`i ka `ano`i

Nä pua keu a ke aloha

Ke aloha ka i hiki mau loa
No`u a no ia la kekahi

`O ia la ka pua i poni `ia
I kukuni pa`a `ia ka `i`ini

He `i`ini kau no ka mana`o
`O häli'a hana mau i ke kino

Ku`u kino ua lono i ka leo
I ke kani a nä manu o uka

Aneane hiki mai `o `Uila
Ke äiwaiwa o luna

Näna e kaomi na mäno
Häkuko`i ka wai i nä pali

Ha`ina `ia mai ka puana
Nä pua keu a ke aloha

There at Alaka`i is the desireable one

The flowers overjoyed with love

Love is forever coming

Just mine and sometimes, for her

She's the blossom blessed

Desire is branded permanently

Wanting takes over my thoughts

Good memories endlessly run through my being

My person is attentive to the voices

That are sounded by the birds of the upland

`Uila soon will be coming

The amazing one of the heights

It was she who dammed up the springs and wells

Water just overflowed over the cliffs

The story is told

About the flowers overjoyed with love

Source: Keola Donaghy & Sahoa - This mele was published in a songbook "Ka Ho`onanea o Nâ Home Hawai`i", printed in 1888, by the Honolulu Commercial Advertiser, forerunner of our present Honolulu Advertiser. The composer is credited as Kamealoha, which may have been John's adoptive father, Paulo Kamealoha. This song also appeared in the Hawaiian language newspaper "Ke Ko`o o Hawai`i", 29 Augate 1883, Buke 1, Helu 2, pg. 8. It is given as a mele inoa for Kapi`olani, is credited to Kamehaokalani, and includes different stanzas and lyrics from the mele credited to Kamealoha. The melody as it is sung today is different from the way it was sung then. The older mele is presented below

He Mele Inoa no ka Moiwahine Kapiolani - Haku Ia E Kamehaokalani

1. Aia i Alakai ka anoi,
Na pua keu a ke aloha,
He aloha ka-ii-mau loa,
A no'u, no ia la kekahi.

Chorus:
O ia la ka pua i poni ia,
I kukuni paa ia ka iini,
He iini kau na ka manao,
No halia hana mau i ke kino.

2. Kuu kino kai lono i ka leo,
I ke kani a ka manu o uka,
Ulu mai ka manao a nui,
Hoonua i ka lau laau.

Chorus:
Au mai nei holu i ka wai,
Ma ke kihi hema o ka aina,
Aneane hoolale na manu,
Na kapuai kani o Ulili.

3 Ke nu mai nei ka makani,
Ke owe mai nei ka moana,
Ane hiki mai paha o Uwila,
Ke aiwaiwa o luna.

Chorus:
Nana i kaomi na mano,
Hakukoi ka wai i na pali,
Puluelo ka liko o ka lehua,
Ua olu i ka ua ke hau.

Ka `Ano`i (Aia i Alaka`i) -Kamealoha/ Kamehaokalani
Aia i Alaka`i ka `ano`i Nä pua keu a ke aloha Ke aloha ka i hiki mau loa No`u a no ia la kekahi `O ia la ka pua i poni `ia I kukuni pa`a `ia ka `i`ini He `i`ini kau no ka mana`o `O häli'a hana mau i ke kino Ku`u kino ua lono i ka leo I ke kani a nä manu o uka Aneane hiki mai `o `Uila Ke äiwaiwa o luna Näna e kaomi na mäno Häkuko`i ka wai i nä pali Ha`ina `ia mai ka puana Nä pua keu a ke aloha	There at Alaka`i is the desireable one The flowers overjoyed with love Love is forever coming Just mine and sometimes, for her She's the blossom blessed Desire is branded permanently Wanting takes over my thoughts Good memories endlessly run through my being My person is attentive to the voices That are sounded by the birds of the upland `Uila soon will be coming The amazing one of the heights It was she who dammed up the springs and wells Water just overflowed over the cliffs The story is told About the flowers overjoyed with love
Source: Keola Donaghy & Sahoa - This mele was published in a songbook "Ka Ho`onanea o Nâ Home Hawai`i", printed in 1888, by the Honolulu Commercial Advertiser, forerunner of our present Honolulu Advertiser. The composer is credited as Kamealoha, which may have been John's adoptive father, Paulo Kamealoha. This song also appeared in the Hawaiian language newspaper "Ke Ko`o o Hawai`i", 29 Augate 1883, Buke 1, Helu 2, pg. 8. It is given as a mele inoa for Kapi`olani, is credited to Kamehaokalani, and includes different stanzas and lyrics from the mele credited to Kamealoha. The melody as it is sung today is different from the way it was sung then. The older mele is presented below
He Mele Inoa no ka Moiwahine Kapiolani - Haku Ia E Kamehaokalani
1. Aia i Alakai ka anoi, Na pua keu a ke aloha, He aloha ka-ii-mau loa, A no'u, no ia la kekahi. Chorus: O ia la ka pua i poni ia, I kukuni paa ia ka iini, He iini kau na ka manao, No halia hana mau i ke kino. 2. Kuu kino kai lono i ka leo, I ke kani a ka manu o uka, Ulu mai ka manao a nui, Hoonua i ka lau laau. Chorus: Au mai nei holu i ka wai, Ma ke kihi hema o ka aina, Aneane hoolale na manu, Na kapuai kani o Ulili. 3 Ke nu mai nei ka makani, Ke owe mai nei ka moana, Ane hiki mai paha o Uwila, Ke aiwaiwa o luna. Chorus: Nana i kaomi na mano, Hakukoi ka wai i na pali, Puluelo ka liko o ka lehua, Ua olu i ka ua ke hau.