Haʻaheo wale hoʻi ʻoe
E Kahoʻolawe ʻāina kaulana
Hoʻoheno ana ʻoe
Me ka hinahina

E aloha i ke kō a ka wai
I kaʻi mai ua anu kāua
A luna au
O Kahoʻolawe

Ahuwale nā pua hinahina
Luaʻole nā hano a ka makani
O ke Kiu Keʻe ia
Aʻo nā pali

Haʻina ʻia mai
Ana ka puana
Nohona a manaʻo mai
ʻO au e ke hoa

You are proud, indeed
Kahoʻolawe, famous land
You are so cherished
With your hinahina

Enjoy the water
We seek shelter from the chilly rain
I was high
On Kahoʻolawe

Abundant, the hinahina blossoms
Incomparable, the breeze that blows
The wind named Kiu Keʻe
Of the cliffs

Tell
The refrain
My thoughts return to my home
And my friends

Source: Baker Collection - Ka Huakai Aliʻi a Kalani Moi Davida Kalākaua (The Royal Journey of His Majesty, King David Kalākaua) was an article dated Dec. 30, 1875, that appeared in Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, a Hawaiian Language newspaper. The article, translated by Jason Mejia and Adam Mick, described a morning visit to Kahoʻolawe by the King. Accompanied by Gov. Sam Parker, members of his royal court and the paddlers of two skiffs, he walked along the road decorated with ʻieʻie vines from the edge of the ocean to the homes. After breakfast, he met with the chief of Kahoʻolawe, Lewis Richards, a whaler from France, who arrived in Hawaiʻi, 186l. The total population of the island was 6, including Richards, (his Hawaiian wife, Paiulumoku Pahupu,) another foreign man, his Hawaiian wife and 2 children. Although he was disappointed there were no qualified natives to teach him about the island, the king and his retinue traveled inland to Puʻu o Ulapuʻu hill and on to the point of Kealaikahiki. He described the upland forest plants including māmane, ʻākia neneʻe, wiliwili, mahiki, mauʻu pilipili and the beach plants of puawa and nohu. He saw creeks and bubbling water springs and described the land as sufficient to support ranching for the 20,000 sheep and a population of not more than 50 people. It was necessary to bring food and provisions from the other islands. Bidding farewell to the residents, the royal visitors returned to the ship at 11:00 A.M.

Deed conveying land in Kaluaaha, Molokaʻi,
from Kolo to Lewis Richards of Kahoʻolawe,
dated July 13, 1875