Moanalua (two encampments) - Traditional
Moanalua haʻi ke ʻau Kahauiki hemo ka ʻumoki   Ke kula loa hoʻi o Kalihi Kaiwiʻula kikiʻi pau    Kapālama loʻi laiki Keoneʻula malu ke kiawe    Leleo a he loko wai Haʻalilia manu honi kāua   Kapuʻukolo i Kanēkina Holo lio lä`au me ka ulua    Kamanuwai moa liʻiliʻi Hauna ke kai ʻeha ʻoe iaʻu    He aha ē ke kumu o ka ʻeha ʻana 'Ōnoʻonou ʻia i ka hua noni   Auwe ʻeha 'ino i ku'u kīkala Pehea lā ia e lewa hou ai    Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana Moanalua haʻi ke ʻau	Noni	Moanalua, the shaft breaks Kahauiki, pull the cork   The long plain of Kalihi At Kaiwiʻula, tilt    Kapālama rice paddies Keoneʻula algaroba shade    Leleo, a pond Haʻalilia manu, we kiss    Kapuʻukolo and Kanēkina Ride a merry-go-round with the boyfriend   Kamanuwai, little chicks Strong-smelling soup and I hurt you   What's the reason for the pain A noni fruit forced in    Oh, how my hips hurt How then to wander anew    Tell the story Moanalua, the shaft breaks
Source: Nā Mele O Hawaiʻi Nei by Sam Elbert & Noelani Mahoe - A pleasure trip on Oʻahu starts at Moanalua where the transportation breaks down. Kahauiki, town side of Fort Shafter, is where thirst is quenched by uncorking the bottle and continuing on to Kalihi. Feeling a little tipsy at Kaiwiʻula, where Bishop Museum is now located, they continue on to Kapālama and Keoneʻula, the present site of Kaumakapili Church. Leleo and Kapuʻukolo are place names in this area. The wahine rides a merry-go-round with her sweetheart or ulua at Kanēkina, where Hotel Street meets Nuʻuanu stream. She flirts with some young men and they experience pain. Verse 7 stanza 2. Noni (morinda citrofolia) is bitter and used for medicinal purposes. Moanalua Gardens was the home of Kamehameha V (Lot Kamehameha), known for his grand luaus. Upon his death, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, who was born there, inherited the property. She deeded the property to Samuel Mills Damon, her husband's business partner, who built the beautiful Moanalua Gardens after her death in 1884. There was a Chinese Hall, made in China, shipped to Hawaiʻi and re-assembled by a pond and a two-story Japanese Tea Garden. A railroad sidetrack was built for his guests and is memorialized in the chant "Lanakila Ke Ka Ahi Aliʻi (Lanakila, The Royal Train)". Today, Moanalua Gardens is the site of the Prince Lot Hula Festival in July, that honors Kamehameha V, who encouraged hula when it was repressed by the missionaries.