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Waimanu I Ka Lauoha

by Kuana Torres Kahele

 

Kūmaka iā Waimanu

Mai ka lapa a‘o Muliwai

 

‘O Waihīlau i ka pali loa

Aia nō ka wai ola a Kāne

 

Pāhihi mai ‘o Wai‘ilikahi

Ka i hānai iā Ka‘ohimaunu

 

Kū mā‘ohe‘ohe ka wauke

‘A‘ohe pu‘u, ‘a‘ohe ke‘e

 

A‘ea‘e mohala i luna

O ke kukui o Māhoe

 

E lei nō au i ko aloha

I ka moena ‘ana o ka ‘āina

 

‘O Waipi‘o paoa i ke ‘ala

‘Āina ulupō me ka hāloa

 

Noho mai ka hale o Riroa

I ka maka o Paka‘alana

 

Pā‘eli‘eli ‘o Kānekoa

Haiwā ka huli a‘o Wahine

 

Hāliu au i ke āukauka

He ‘āina wehi ohaoha

 

Puana mai ka mo‘olelo

‘O Waimanu i ka lauoha

 

 

 

 

 

 

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