Kipu Kai - Words by Mary Pukui Music by Maddy K. Lam

 
No Kipu Kai ke aloha
Home i ka pili kahakai
I laila au i ike ai
I ka nui loko maikaʻi

Nanea i ka hoʻolohe
I ka halulu mai o ke kai
Ka nalu nui e holu ana
I ka lae a o Kua-honu

Pauʻole koʻu hoʻohihi
I ka nani a o Haʻupu
Mauna kiʻekiʻe i luna
Hanohano ke ʻike aku

Makemake wale ka ikena
I na manu pikake nani
E kakaʻi e haʻaheo ana
I ka malu a o ke kiawe

Puana ia me ke aloha
No ka nani a o Haʻupu
Me Keaka loko maikaʻi
Ka haku a o Kipu Kai

For Kipu Kai is my affection
Where there is a home by the sea
It was there that I found
Such unbounded hospitality

I enjoy listening
To the roar of the sea
As the large waves come rolling in
To Kua-honu point

Endless is my admiration
For the beauty of Haʻupu
A hill so high
Majestic to my sight

It is a delight to see
The pretty peacocks
Strutting by together
In the shade of the kiawe

Thus ends my song with affection
For the beauty of Haʻupu
And for Jack, the kind-hearted
The owner of Kipu Kai

Source: Pamai Tenn collection - This mele is in praise of the Jack Waterhouse estate on Kauaʻi © 1956 Criterion Music Corp