Koke'e from Coconut Postcard by Na Hilahila

Upu aʻe he manaʻo
I ka wēkiu o Kōkeʻe
I ka nani, o ka āina
O ka noe poʻaiʻai

Hui:
ʻO Kalalau, he ʻāina laʻa
I ka ua liʻi liʻi
ʻO Waimea kuʻu lei aloha
Never more to say goodbye

Hoʻi mai ana i kahikina
I ka la welawela
I ke kai hāwanawana
I Poʻipū ma Kōloa

Mele au no ka beauty
I ka uka ʻiuʻiu
I Kōkeʻe ua ʻike au
I ka noe poʻaiʻai
A thought recurs
To the summit of Kōkeʻe
In the beauty of the land
Of the encircling rain

Chorus:
Kalalau is a sacred land
In the drizzling rain
Waimea is my beloved wreath
Never more to say goodbye

Returning to the east
In the doubly hot sun
To the whispering sea
At Poʻipū in Kōloa

I sing for the beauty
In the lofty uplands
At Kokeʻe I saw
The encircling mist

• Electronic
• electronic
• instrumental
• Seattle