Pua Lasana (Lantana Blossom) - Traditional 

Aloha e ka pua ē
Ka pua lasana ē
Makana kā ke aloha
Hoʻoluhi nei nui kino

Kou kino kai ʻalo aku
I nā pali Koʻolau
Lalau hele aku ana
I ka nui leo o ka manu

He manu a haʻilono
I nā pali aʻo Peleʻula
Kāua i laila
I ke kula o ka hanohano

He hana nui no kaʻu
I ke eʻe wai pue one
I ka wai aʻo Asia
Hoʻi mai e kuʻu aloha

He aloha ka makua ē
Aia mahope
He aloha o ka ipo ē
Māmua aia manu aʻe

Haʻina mai ka puana
Ka pua lasana ē
Makana ka ke aloha
Hoʻoluhi nei nui kino


Oh, beloved blossom
Blossom of Lasana
The gift of the beloved
I feel so overwhelmed

Your appearance is reflected
Through the Koʻolau cliffs
I am captured
By the voice of the bird

This bird who spreads the news
Through the cliffs of Peleʻula
We are there
In the glorious land

It is a great deed for me
In the moving waters amongst the sand dunes
In the waters of Asia
Return to me, my love

Love of a parent
Is after
The love of a sweetheart
There love, it is first

Tell the refrain
Of the Lasana blossom
The gift of the beloved
I feel so overwhelmed

 

Source: Translated by Kanani Kamai


Lantana (Lasana) Flower