He ahu aʻo Lanihuli No ka noe o Nuʻuanu Nu`alia i ka pōʻai pali Ika pā iki mai o ke Kona ē | He ohu i ka leu haliʻa ʻAla māpu i ke anuhea Hea mai i ke aumoe Moemoeā, moe mālie i ka poli Luhiehu ka lau o ka palai Pāpālua i ke kilihune Kilihea ka liko ʻāhihi Hīhīmanu, hihipe`a me ka maile ē ʻAuamo ʻo Konahuanui I ke ao hākumakuma Kū māhiehie Kilohana Ua pō i keʻala hīnano ē Lanihuli is laden like an altar For the mists of Nuʻuanu Amassed there in the circle of cliffs By the sultry buffeting of the Kona wind Adorned with a lei of fond recollection A permeating fragrance that comes sweetly Beckoning to me in the deep of the night Dream sleep gently there in the heart The fronds of palai are luxuriant Doubly so in the fine misty rain Bedewed are the fine shoots of the ʻahihi Elegant entwined in the abundance of maile Konahuanui shoulders the burden Lifting the dark heavy clouds That Kilohana in its glory may rise Mantled in the heady fragrance of hinano
He ahu aʻo Lanihuli
No ka noe o Nuʻuanu
Nu`alia i ka pōʻai pali
Ika pā iki mai o ke Kona ē |
He ohu i ka leu haliʻa
ʻAla māpu i ke anuhea
Hea mai i ke aumoe
Moemoeā, moe mālie i ka poli
Luhiehu ka lau o ka palai
Pāpālua i ke kilihune
Kilihea ka liko ʻāhihi
Hīhīmanu, hihipe`a me ka maile ē
ʻAuamo ʻo Konahuanui
I ke ao hākumakuma
Kū māhiehie Kilohana
Ua pō i keʻala hīnano ē
Lanihuli is laden like an altar
For the mists of Nuʻuanu
Amassed there in the circle of cliffs
By the sultry buffeting of the Kona wind
Adorned with a lei of fond recollection
A permeating fragrance that comes sweetly
Beckoning to me in the deep of the night
Dream sleep gently there in the heart
The fronds of palai are luxuriant
Doubly so in the fine misty rain
Bedewed are the fine shoots of the ʻahihi
Elegant entwined in the abundance of maile
Konahuanui shoulders the burden
Lifting the dark heavy clouds
That Kilohana in its glory may rise
Mantled in the heady fragrance of hinano