`Ôiwi Nani - Emma Defries


Ki`eki`e Kilohana i ka mâlie
Ulu wehi i ka maka o ka `ôpua
E pua maila i ka wêkiu
I ka `ôiwi nani o `Ahu`ula


He nui `oe na`u
I ku`i lima ia e Hauola
E ola `oe la e ka nani
Ku`u lei hiehie


Hiehie `oe noho mai luna
Lamalama i ka nui kino
I ka hapa ia e ka mana`o
Kuleana ai kâua


Nani wale ia pua i ka`iu
Eia i ke ao mâlamalama
Ua like no alike me Venus
Ka hôkû kau i ke ahiahi

 

Lofty Kilohana in the calm
Charming in the presence of the horizon clouds
Blooming at the tip top
In the beautiful presence of `Ahu`ula


You are important to me
Borne in the hands of Hauola
May you live on, beautiful one,
My precious lei


You are chaming sitting on high
Brightening my entire being
Lifted up by the thoughts
And draws us closer


Lovely is the blossom on high
Here in this brightened world
Equally alike as Venus
The star appearing in the evening

 

Source: "This Is Bill Kaiwa" CD - Lehua Records