Uluhua Wale Au - Words & music PrincessTheresa Owana La`anui Cartwright Wilcox

 

Onaona e ka uka o Ka`ala
Kuahiwi `au i ke kai
Ho`omâhie mai ana i ka nahele
I ka nani o Kûwaipô  
Hui:
Uluhua uluhua wale au
Uluhua i ka wai a ka nâulu
Ia wai nihi a`e i na pali
Ka lewa mauka o Mikilua
 
`Elua no pu`u i `oi a`e
A Hâlona e hi`ipoi nei
O ka uhi wai no me ka lalana
`Ekolu i ke onaona Iâpana

The fragrance from Ka`ala
Mountain washed by the sea
Permeates the woodland
And beautiful Kuwaipo
 
Chorus:
    I am teased and tantalized
    Vexed by the ever-present showers
    That water that sweeps silently across the cliffs
    And floats past the uplands of Mikilua
 
Two hearts are besti
At cherished Hâlona
The heavy fog and the warming heat
Joined by the fragrance of the night-blooming Cestrum
 

Source: King's Songs of Hawai`i - A waltz composed by Princess Theresa Owana La`anui Cartwright Wilcox, a true princess of Hawai`i. Love is expressed in nature’s wonder by the fragrance from Ka`ala, the highest mountain on O`ahu, that permeates Kûwaipô. Teased and tantalized by the ever-present showers that sweep across the cliffs, floating to the uplands of Mikilua. Two hearts cherish Hâlona. The heavy fog and warming heat are joined by the fragrance of the night blooming Iapana (Cestrum). . Kûwaipô, Mikilua and Hâlona are land sections in the Schofield -Wai`anae area. Iapana is night blooming Cestrum. Translated by Martha Webb Costa