Kipu Kai - words by Mary Puku'i music by Maddy K. Lam

 
No Kipu Kai ke aloha
Home i ka pili kahakai
Ilaila au i ike ai
I ka nui loko maika'i
 
 
Nanea i ka ho'olohe
I ka halulu mai o ke kai
Ka nalu nui e holu ana
I ka lae a o Kua-honu
 
 
Pau'ole ko'u ho'ohihi
I ka nani a o Ha'upu
Mauna ki'eki'e iluna
Hanohano ke 'ike aku
 
 
Makemake wale ka ikena
Ina manu pikake nani
E kaka'i e ha'aheo ana
I ka malu a o ke kiawe
 
 
Puana ia me ke aloha
No ka nani a o Ha'upu
Me Keaka loko maika'i
Ka haku a o Kipu-Kai

 

For Kipu Kai is my affection
Where there is a home by the sea
It was there that I found
Such unbounded hospitality
 
 
I enjoy listening
To the roar of the sea
As the large waves come rolling in
To Kua-honu point
 
 
Endless is my admiration
For the beauty of Ha'upu
A hill so high
Majestic to my sight
 
 
It is a delight to see
The pretty peacocks
Strutting by together
In the shade of the kiawe
 
 
Thus ends my song with affection
For the beauty of Ha'upu
And for Jack, the kind-hearted
The owner of Kipu-Kai

 

Source: Copyright Criterion Music Corp - This mele is in praise of the Jack Waterhouse estate on Kauai.