ʻOhuʻohu Oʻahu me ka lei ʻōpua
ʻAʻala ka hau o Kaʻala i ka ʻUlalena
ʻEnaʻena ke kula maʻo o ʻEwa
I ke kai manauea aʻo Honouliuli

Uliuli Palikea me ka pā lehua
Lei popohe haʻa i ka Māunuunu
Nani Pālailai ka hoa puʻu o Kapo
Lei kui na Wahine i ka malu o ka ʻōhai

Kilo ihola i ka lae loa ʻo ʻEwa
Kau ka maka i ka peʻa o ka waʻa
Pā mai Hānaiakamalama, ke kuhi lā
Ala hōkū ana i ka waʻa hoʻokele

Punawai e ka puaʻi ana i lalo
ʻO Kāneloa ka i hili i ka lepo
Pohā ke ēwe ʻauwai o ka loʻi kuʻuna
Kuʻu lei hoaka aʻo Kualakaʻi

Kū ana ʻo Hiʻi i ka wēlau o ka mauna
Ma ka puʻu ihona nō o Kuʻukuʻua
A i ka lihi wai ola ʻo Hoakalei
Hoa papa ʻia ke aʻa ulu o ka haʻi

Aloha Kapolei i ka lā loa o Makaliʻi
Kū i ka welona a Kānehoalani ē
Mālama ʻia nā pua ʻo Hawaiʻi nei
Lei pumehana a Kalanianaʻole

Oʻahu is bedecked with a lei of clouds
Misty Kaʻala made fragrant by the ʻUlalena rain
Glowing, the maʻo covered plains of ʻEwa
By the manauea-rich sea of Honouliuli

Palikea ridge, evergreen with lehua enclosures
The rounded blossom wreath dances in the Māunuunu wind
Beautiful Pālailai, the companion hill of Kapo
Lei sewn by Wahine in the shade of the ʻōhai tree

Stargaze towards the long point of ʻEwa
Set eyes upon the sail of the canoe
Hānaiakamalama reveals the way
Illuminating the navigator’s path

Springwater bubbles from within
It is Kāneloa who struck the land
Ancestral channels from Kaloʻi break forth upon the land
Endearing crescent-shaped lei of Kualakaʻi

Hiʻiaka stands on the top of the mountain
Descending to the slope of Puʻu Kuʻua
Until arriving at the border of Hoakaleiʻs living water
Binding together the roots seeded at water’s edge

Beloved Kapolei, in the long days of Makaliʻi
Thriving in the emanating heat of Kānehoalani
The Hawaiian people are provided for
A lei of affection given by Kalanianaʻole
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A message from the Haku Mele:
We have so many reflections of aloha for our tūtū who loved her ‘ohana so much that she fought to ensure that she would have a home to pass on to us. The home that we reside in belongs to Elliott Ku‘ulei Keahi Makali‘i Whitford. Our kūpuna continue to guide us, through mo‘olelo, through access to our ‘āina and through the assurance that we have a way to remain connected to our ‘āina and ‘ohana. If we truly live in harmony with our ‘āina, we become part of the sustainability of that land. When we look into the spring of Hoakalei, who do we see? We are a reflection of our kūpuna and the promise of the sustainability of our ‘ohana.