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| Lei aku au i ke ʻala Ke ʻala o ka ʻawapuhi Onaona wale hoʻi ia uka I ka uka ʻiuʻiu aʻo Nuʻuanu Noho aku au hoʻolono Ka hoene mai a nā manu Ke ʻala onaona o ka ʻawapuhi Kauikeōlani he inoa |
I am wreathed in
fragrance The fragrance of the ginger Sweet indeed is the uplands In the verdant mountains of Nuʻuanu I sit and listen The soft sound of birds The fragrance of the ginger Kauikeaōlani is your name |
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Source: This mele was composed for Emma Kauikeōlani Napoleon who came from a large family of 17 siblings. She and her husband, Albert S. Wilcox, son of missionaries Abner and Lucy Wilcox, championed health care for Hawaiians. Albert donated the land and $50,000.00 for the Children's Hospital in 1908, and named it for his wife. The Mahelona Memorial Hospital in Keālia, Kauaʻi, is named for their son Samuel Mahelona | |