Waianuenue - Poomaikelani

Nani Waiânuenue
Kilihune mai la i uka
Ia wai maka‘ika‘i
A Po‘omaikelani

Hui:
Lei aloha lei lehua lipo i ka wao
Onaona oia uka anuhea i ke ‘ala
He mâpu ‘ala hu‘ihu‘i
Ho‘ala hiamoe
E ‘iniki mai ana ia‘u inâ kâua e ke hoa

Nani Lanikealani Hale
Wehi i ka lehua
Ulu wehiwehi i nâ pua
Onaona ‘oia home

Hanohano Kilohana i ka uka
Wehi i ka lehua
I lei kâhiko ia
No Po`omaikelani

Beautiful is Waiânuenue
With droplets of the uplands
That water visited
By Po‘omaikelani

Chorus:
Beloved lei, the dark lehua lei in the upland
Imbued with cool fragrance
Its cool fragrance wafting about
Awakening the sleeper
Pinching me, suggesting, “Let us go sweetheart

Beautiful is Lanikealani Hale
Adorned with the lehua
Flourishing with fragrant blossoms
Is that home

Charming Kilohana in the upland
Adorned with lehua
A lei to beautify
Poomaikelani

Source: CD “This Is Bill Kaiwa"