Aia Hiki Mai - Emma Kapena
Ma`e ma`e Lîhau pô i ka lehua
Kupu kelekela i ke `alo `o Malama
Mehe lama ala ke aloha o ka ipo
Ke hiki mai hiki mai



Hui:
Aia hiki mai ka hali`a i ou nei
Me he uila ala i ka maka ka `ôpua
Ua pua e ka liko pua ka hinano
Ke hiki mai hiki mai

Hiki mai ana ka mahele alo anu
A`i lawe ia mai e ke `ala laua`e
Ua hele a puia i ke onaona
Ka noua e ke kehau

Beautiful is Lîhau
Dense with lehua blossoms growing tall
before the face of Malama
Like a torch is love of a loved one
When it comes, when it comes


Chorus:
 When fond recollections come to me
It is like the flash of lightning before the clouds
It is like an unopened bud, the flower of the hinano
When it comes, when it comes

A portion of coldness has come to me
Bringing with it the fragrance of laua`e ferns
Surrounding me with their sweetness
As the dew lies heavy around
Source: Johnny Noble's Collection credits this mele to Princess Likelike but Mary Pukui's notes have the composer as Emma Kapena. Chorus, Lahilahi Webb tells of a Hawaiian belief in the effect of words, "as Mrs Kapena wrote of lightning before clouds, just so she died; gay and happy one moment, the next moment dead". Malama is on Maui, Lihau, a mountain in Lahaina. Translated by Mary Pukui