Kani ʻUʻina - Traditional

Kani ʻuʻina lâ
Ka wai aʻo Nāmolokama
Nākolo e oe oe nei i
Ke alo o nā pali
Hoʻohākuʻi ana i ka pae ʻōpua
Hoʻohihi wale aku nō wau i laila

Hui:
ʻUʻina ʻuʻina ʻuʻina
Ka wai aʻo Nāmolokama

ʻUʻina ʻuʻina ʻuʻina
Nākolo e, nākolo lā, nākolo e, nākolo lā

Rumbles
The waterfall of Nāmolokama
It roars before
The face of the cliffs
The sound reaches the cloud banks
How I long to be there again

Chorus:
Rumbles, rumbles, rumbles
The waterfall of Nāmolokama rumbles

Rumbles, rumbles, rumbles
Roars, roars, roars, roars

Source: H. Farden - This song was found in an old Hilo manuscript. Nāmolokama is the waterfall in the Nāmolokama mountains at the head of Hanalei Valley, Kauaʻi. Translation by Mary Pukui