Manu `O`ö (Black Honey-eater) - Traditional
`O ka manu `ö`ö i mälama A he nani kou hulu ke lei `ia Mükïkï ana `oe i ka pua lehua Kähea ana `oe i ka nui manu     Hui: Hoi mai hoi mai Kö aloha ma nëia Kïhene lehua     Nö Hilo i ka ua kanilehua Papahi lehua ai Hanakahi Ho`okahi a`u mea nui aia `oe `O kou aloha ua hiki mai	Precious honey-eater Your beautiful and soft feathers are woven into a lei You sip the lehua blossoms And are called away by other birds     Chorus: Come, come to me To you beloved Lehua cluster     Your lehua-sounding rain of Hilo Decorative lehua of Hanakahi One greatest thing I love is you Your lover has come
Source: McKee Collection - The bird that sips lehua honey and the rain that pelts the lehua leaves are linked romantically. The girl is the Manu O`O, the nearly extinct black honey-eater whose yellow feathers were used for featherwork. The lover likens himself to the lehua blossoms. In the last stanza, the girl is the lehua-sounding rain of Hilo and the man is the lehua of Hanakahi, a place on the Hamakua side of Hilo noted for profound peace.