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A‘ole I piliwi ‘Ï Kahi wai a‘o Alekoki Ua ho‘okohu ka ua i uka Noho maila i Nu'u-anu Anauanu makehewa au Ke kali ana i laila Kaiṇ paha ua pa‘a Kou mana‘o i ‘ane‘i. Ị ‘ane‘i au Ka pi‘ina a‘o Ma‘ema‘e Ha ‘ala onaona kou Ka i hiki mai i ‘ane‘i Ua malu neia kino Manuli o ḳ leo Kau nui aku ka mana‘o Kahi wai a‘o Kapena Pani a pa‘a ‘ia mai Nà mana wai a‘o uka Maluna a‘e ṇ au Ma nà lumi li‘ili‘i. Mawaho a‘o Màmala Hao mai nei ehuehu Pulu au i ka hunakai Kai he‘ehe‘e i ka ‘ili. Ho‘okahi ṇ koa nui Nàna e alo ia ‘ino, ‘Ino‘ino mai nei luna I ka hao a ka makani. He makani ‘aha‘ilono Lohe ka luna i Pelekane. A ‘oia p̣ uli nui Mea ‘ole i ku‘u mana‘o. E kilohi au i ka nani Nà pua o Mauna ‘ala. Ha‘ina mai ka puàna Kahi wai a‘o Alekoki. |
Unbelievable Waters of Alekoki Like the rains of the uplands In Nu‘u-anu. Cold Forsaken me Waiting there Believing certain Your thoughts were of me. Here I am At ma‘ema‘e Hill Where your sweet fragrance Has come to me. This body is captive To your voice. Thoughts linger At the waters of Kapena. Blocked Upland streams, And I am above In little rooms. Outside Màmala Spray flurries And I am wet with foam And sea slippery to the skin. One brave man Faces the storm, The streams above And the blustering wind. A wind bringing news That the King of England hears. This deep black night Cannot worry me. I behold beauty And the flowers of Mauna ‘ala. Tell the refrain- Waters of Alekoki. |
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The hula, Alekoki, has been attributed to Prince Luna-lilo in 1850 and tells
of his disappointment at not being able to marry Victoria Ka-mamalu, sister
of Lot Kamehameha and Liho-Liho. Màmala is Honolulu Harbor. "Spray flurries" mean opposition to the marriage. "Flowers" in the last verse means beautiful women. |
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