Posted by Uncle Charlie on May 12, 1998 at 20:40:55:
In Reply to: PUA HONE posted by JoAnn Robbins on May 12, 1998 at 05:35:54:
: Dear Uncle Charlie: I really enjoy reading your messages and have learned a great deal from your site. Can you help me with my request? I need the Hawaiian words and English translation to the song "Pua Hone". I also need the history behind the song. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Mahalo, JoAnn
Aloha here are the words and background. This song was written for Dennis Kamakahi's wife who lived in Makiki. Its a love song:
O'oe ka wahine a ke aloha
Ilaila i ka uluwehi ku'u pua hone i ka la'i.
(You are the woman of my affection
There in the beauty of the land is my honey flower in the calm.)
Honi 'ana i kehau no Makiki
Owau kou aloha i ka noe kuahiwi.
(Kissing the dew of Makiki
I am your love in the mountain mist.)
He u'i no 'oe i ke kula
I Wili'ia me ka 'ie'ie o Leilono.
(You are a beauty on the plain
Entwined with the 'ie'ie vine of Leilono.)
Haina mai ana ka puana
Ku'u pua hone i ka la'i, he nani maoli no.
(Tell the refrain
Of my honey flower in the calm, a true beauty.)
Aloha Uncle Charlie