Nâ Moku Kaulana (The Famous Islands) - Lydia Kekuewa
Auhea `oe e Hawai`i
`Aina nani kaulana
Nâ kuahiwi `ekolu
Mokupuni nui o Keawe
E Hawai`i
Kaulana `oe i ka lehua
Ka lehua pua `ula nani lua `ole la
Maile a`o Pana`ewa

Auhea `oe e Maui
Kilakila Haleakalâ
Ua ku ho`okahi `oe
Mea nani lua `ole la
E Maui
O Maui no ka `oi
Kaulana roselani pua kala nani la
Na ho`okahi wale no

Auhea `oe e O`ahu
`Aina Kûkalahale
Honolulu ke kapitela
Kikowaena o ke kaona
E O`ahu
`Ohu`ohu `oe i ka `ilima
Hulu melemele o ke kuahiwi
Nani a no e O`ahu
Auhea `oe e Kaua`i

Kaulana i ka mokihana
Pua ia e ke hala
Holopuni oia kula
E Kaua`i
Ke `ala o ka mokihana
Ke `ala lawa a`e moani mai nei
Kaua`i i ka mâlie

Calling out to Hawai`i
Beautiful and famous land
The three mountains
The great island of Keawe
Hawai`i
You are famous because of the lehua
The red, beautiful, incomparable lehua
The maile of Pana`ewa

Calling out to Maui
Majestic Haleakalâ
You stand alone
An incomparable,beautiful thing
Maui
Maui is the best
Famous, beautiful rose flower
The only one

Calling out to O`ahu
Land of the Kûkalahale rain
Honolulu, the capital
Center of the town
O`ahu
You are adorned with the lei of `ilima
Yellow color of the mountain
Beautiful O`ahu

Calling out to Kaua`i
Famous is the mokihana
The hala in bloom
On the open plain
Kaua`i
The fragrance of the mokihana
Fragrance drifting here
Kaua`i in the calm
Translated by Kanani Kamai