Na Lei O Hawaiʻi - Na Moku ʻEwalu - (Leis of Hawaii - Eight Islands) - by Rev. Samuel Kapu
Hanohano Hawaiʻi moku o Keawe E lei haʻaheo nei i ka lehua Kilakila o Maui Haleakalā Ua kapu roselani nau hoʻokahi Kaulana Oʻahu i ka ʻilima Kohu kapa ʻahuʻula kau poʻohiwi Kaulana Kauaʻi i ka mokihana Lauaʻe o Makana kau aloha Kaulana Molokaʻi nui a Hina I ka ulu kukui o Lanikāula Lei ana Lānaʻi i ke kaunaʻoa Me he manu ʻōʻō hulu melemele Pūpū Niʻihau auhea ʻoe Hoike aʻe ʻoe a i ko nani Eia mai au Kahoʻolawe Hoʻoheno ana au me ka hinahina Hea aku mākou o mai ʻoe Molokini ʻalo ke ʻehu o ke kai Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana Nā lei o Hawaiʻi e ō mai Haʻina hou ʻia mai ana ka puana Hiʻiaka ia ka poli a o Pele	Lehua Lokelani ʻIlima Mokihana Kukui Kaunaʻoa & Pūpū Shells  Hinahina	Majestic Hawaiʻi, home of Keawe Proudly wearing garlands of lehua Regal Haleakalā of Maui Reserved is roselani for you alone Famed is Oʻahu for her ʻilima Adorns one like a feather cape Famed is Kauaʻi for mokihana Lauaʻe of Makana, given with love Molokaʻi, great isle of Hina The kukui grove of Lanikāula The lei of Lānaʻi, sweet kaunaʻoa Like the ʻŌʻō bird's yellow feathers Shells of Niʻihau, where are you? Show forth your beauty Here I am waiting, Kahoʻolawe Hinahina decorates my shores We call to you, oh give an answer Sea foam graces Molokini Sing the refrain Garlands of Hawaiʻi, answer us Sing the refrain for the last time Hiʻiaka in the bosom of Pele
Source: Folk Songs Hawaii Sings by John M. Kelly, Jr. Library of Congress Catalog Card #62-14118 - Composed in the 1890's, this is the earliest of several songs with the same title that celebrate the uniting of the islands into the kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Red (ʻulaʻula) is the color of the big island of Hawaiʻi and lehua (metrosideros macropus) is their flower. Keawe was a distinguished chief of this island. Pink (ʻakala) represents Maui and the small pink rose or lokelani is their flower. Haleakala (House of the sun) is an extinct volcano on this island. The delicate ʻilima is the flower of Oʻahu and yellow (melemele) is its color. Purple (poni) represents Kauaʻi and the green mokihana berry (pelea anisata) found only on this island is their symbol. Lauaʻe o Makana is a sweet fern from Makana, Kauaʻi. Green (ʻomaoʻmao) is the color of Molokaʻi and the kukui or candlenut tree (aleurite moluccana) is their symbol. Hina was the goddess-mother of Molokaʻi and Lanikaula was perhaps the greatest prophet of ancient Hawaiʻi. Orange (ʻalani) is for Lanaʻi and the kaunaʻoa (cuscuta sandwichiana) is their symbol. Pupu shells and white (keʻokeʻo) honor the island of Niʻihau. Gray (ahina) is the color of Kahoʻolawe and their symbol is hinahina (heliotropium anomalum) a low spreading beach plant with narrow, clustered silvery leaves and small white flowers. It is sometimes replaced with Spanish moss. Molokini, a small, uninhabited island, has no symbolic color or flower. Hiʻiaka, the youngest and favorite sister of Pele traveled extensively in the seas between the islands.