Lānaʻi - Alice Johnson
 

Hanohano Lānaʻi i ke kaunaʻoa
Kohu kapa ʻahuʻula kau poʻohiwi

ʻŌiwi nani ʻoe kû kilakila
Kehakeha i ka maka ke ʻike aku

ʻAlawa iho ʻoe i kona nani
Honi aku i ke ʻala o ka palai

Ha`ina Lâna`i ana ka puana
Kohu kapa ʻahuʻula kau poʻohiwi 
Honored is Lānaʻi by the kauna'oa
Like a feather cape on its shoulder

You are beautful
Standing proudly for eyes to behold

As you glance at her beauty
The scent of palai is wafted

Tell the refrain of Lānaʻi
Like a feather cape on its shoulders 


Source: - This song honors Lāna'i, the 6th largest in the island chain. Kaunaʻoa (cuscuta sandwichiana), the native Hawaiian dodder, is the official flower. It is a parasitical vine in the morning glory family, is bright orange and grows near beach areas.

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