Na Lei O Hawaii - Na Moku Ewalu Leis of Hawaii - Eight Islands - by Rev. Samuel Kapu
Hanohano Hawai`i moku o Keawe E lei ha`aheo nei i ka lehua     Kilakila o Maui Haleakala Ua kapu roselani nau ho`okahi     Kaulana Oahu i ka `ilima Kohu kapa `ahu`ula kau po`ohiwi     Kaulana Kaua`i i ka mokihana Laua`e o Makana kau aloha     Kaulana Moloka`i nui a Hina I ka ulu kukui o Lanikaula     Lei ana Lana`i i ke kauna`oa Me he manu `o`o hulu melemele     Pupu Niihau auhea `oe Hoike a`e `oe a i ko nani     Eia mai au Kaho`olawe Ho`oheno ana au me ka hinahina     Hea aku makou o mai 'oe Molokini 'alo ke 'ehu o ke kai     Ha'ina ia mai ana kapuana Na lei o Hawaii e o mai     Ha'ina hou ia mai ana ka puana Hi'iaka ia ka poli a o Pele	Lehua Lokelani Ilima Mokihana Kukui Kaunaoa & Pupu Shells   Hinahina	Majestic Hawaii, home of Keawe Proudly wearing garlands of lehua     Regal Haleakala of Maui Reserved is roselani for you alone     Famed is Oahu for her 'ilima Adorns one like a feather cape     Famed is Kauai for mokihana Laua'e of Makana, given with love     Molokai, great isle of Hina The kukui grove of Lanikaula     The lei of Lanai, sweet kauna'oa Like the O'o bird's yellow feathers     Shells of Niihau, where are you? Show forth your beauty     Here I am waiting, Kahoolawe Hinahina decorates my shores     We call to you, oh give an answer Sea foam graces Molokini     Sing the refrain Garlands of Hawaii, answer us     Sing the refrain for the last time Hi'iaka in the bosom of Pele
Source: Folk Songs Hawaii Sings by John M. Kelly, Jr. Library of Congress Catalog Card #62-14118 - Composed in the 1890's, this is the earliest of several songs with the same title that celebrate the uniting of the islands into the kingdom of Hawaii. Red (`ula`ula) is the color of the big island of Hawai`i and lehua (metrosideros macropus) is their flower. Keawe was a distinguished chief of this island. Pink (`akala) represents Maui and the small pink rose or lokelani is their flower. Haleakala (house of the sun) is an extinct volcano on this island. The delicate ilima is the flower of Oahu and yellow (melemele) is its color. Purple (poni) represents Kaua`i and the green mokihana berry (pelea anisata) found only on this island is their symbol. Laua`e o Makana is a sweet fern from Makana, Kaua`i. Green (`omao`mao) is the color of Moloka`i and the kukui or candlenut tree (aleurite moluccana) is their symbol. Hina was the goddess-mother of Moloka`i and Lanikaula was perhaps the greatest prophet of ancient Hawai`i. Orange (`alani) is for Lanai and the kauna`oa (cuscuta sandwichiana) is their symbol. Pupu shells and white (ke`oke`o) honor the island of Niihau. Gray (ahina) is the color of Kaho`olawe and their symbol is hinahina (heliotropium anomalum) a low spreading beach plant with narrow, clustered silvery leaves and small white flowers. It is sometimes replaced with spanish moss. Molokini, a small, uninhabited island, has no symbolic color or flower. Hi`iaka, the youngest and favorite sister of Pele traveled extensively in the seas between the islands.