Kuilima Hula - Words by Emma Blanchard, music by Val Kepilino
 

He nani Kuilima ua ike ia
Kuʻu home hoʻokipa ka nui mālihini

Kipa hoʻonanea me kealoha
Pili mai Niukolu oluolu ʻoe

Walea i ka lai la o-o Kaunu
Kaunu mahia na malihini

ʻAuʻau ike kai a ʻo ka Lokoiki
Ke kai kuono kaulana nei

Haʻina ka inoa ua lohe ia
Aia Kuilima kuʻu home nani

Haʻina hou ia mai ka puana
Hoʻi kealoha a i Kuilima

The beauty of Kuilima, this I see
Home away from home for all visitors


Gathering all close with love

Right to Niukolu so comforting

Projecting point of Kaunu

Kaunu so clear, inviting for strangers

Bathing in the waters of the bay called Lokoiki

Water so warm itʻs really marvelous

Recall the name of the song, listen carefully

Here is Kuilima home of beauty

Again to repeat the invitation

Come back to love, there in Kuilima


Source: Momi Aarona, CD "Peter Sings", Copyright V. Kepilino - Composed for Kuilima Hotel in Kahuku, on the northern coast of Oʻahu, now the Turtle Bay Hilton Hotel