Hoʻolehua - Clarence Kinney

Haʻaheo no kuʻu home lā
E ke kau mai la i ka laʻi
Hoʻopulu ia ma ka ʻehukai
I ka nani o Hoʻolehua

Kuʻu home i ka uka
I ka pā ka makani
Ko aloha pumehana
Mau ana no me iaʻu

Huʻi lā koni lā
I ka uka ʻiuʻiu
I ka pā kolonahe
A ke kēhau

Kuʻu home lā hoʻopulapula lā
Me ka nani of Hoʻolehua
Ma ka nani o Hoʻolehua

Proudly my home
Reposes in the calm
Dampened by the sea spray
In the beauty of Hoʻolehua

My home in the uplands
Where the wind blows
The warmth of your love
Will always be with me

Chilling, throbbing
In the distant upland
Where the wind wafts
With the dew

My home, a homestead
In the beauty of Hoʻolehua
In the beauty of Hoʻolehua

Source: G. Cooke Collection - Hoʻolehua (no seed), homestead area in Molokaʻi, was the home of the composer. Translated by Mary Pûkui