Hanohano E - Traditional

Hanohano e ʻa o Hilo e
I ka ua e kani lehua e

Hanohano e o Hāmākua e
I ka makani e laua maʻu e

Hanohano e o Kohala e
I ka makani e apaʻapaʻa e

Hanohano e o Kawaihae e
I ka kai e hawanawana e

Hanohano e ʻa o Waimea e
I ka ua e kipuʻupuʻu e

Hanohano e ʻa o Mānā e
I ka noe e a ka uhiwai e

Hanohano e ʻa o Kona e
I ke kai e maʻokiʻoki e

Majestic is Hilo
With the rain that brings lehua

Majestic Hāmākua
With wind that blows through the fern leaves

Majestic Kohala
In the gales

Majestic Kawaihae
Of the whispering sea

Majestic is Waimea
In the hard, cold rain

Majestic is Mānā
In the mist and the fog

Majestic is Kona
With the streaked sea

Source: McKee Collection "Sonny Cunha Music Book" © 1902 William. H. Coney, Translated by Mary Pukui