Aia I Kauaʻi Kō Lei Aliʻi
Composed by: Mrs. Nahaukapu, Iwilei, Dec. 17, 1894
Published in Ka Nupepa Ka ʻOiaʻiʻo, Dec. 21, 1894
ʻAe, Aia i Kauaʻi kō lei Aliʻi
Aia i Kauaʻi kō lei Aliʻi
Ka luna kiʻekiʻe o Hāʻupu
A he pua a he wohi nāu e Kawelo
Ke aliʻi mahamaha ʻia i ka wai
ʻO ka wai kaulana o Kemamo
A he wai e inu nou e Kalani
Eia ka pua e Manō Kalani
Ke kumu aliʻi ou kūpuna mai
Haʻina e ka wohi nona ka lei
O Liliʻu i ka walu o nā lani
He inoa nō Liliʻuokalani
There at Kauaʻi is your royal lei
The paramount ruler of Hāʻupu
A flower, an adornment for you, Kawelo
The chief comforted by the water
The famous water of Kemamo
Waters for you to drink
Here is the flower of Manō, the Heavenly one
The foundation of your ancestors
Told is the sacred one for whom is the lei
Liliʻu, the eighth of the chiefs
In the name of Liliʻuokalani
ʻAnapau
Traditional
ʻAe, He aha e ka hana ʻAnapau
He aha e ka hana ʻAnapau lā
Holo lio e ka hana ʻAnapau lā ea ea
He aha e ka hana ʻAnapau lā
Hoʻolewa e ka hana ʻAnapau lā ea ea
I luna aʻe ʻoe ʻAnapau lā
I luna loa ʻoe ʻAnapau lā ea ea
I lalo iho ʻoe ʻAnapau lā
I lalo loa iho ʻAnapau lā ea ea
He aha e ka lole ʻAnapau lā
He silika e ka lole ʻAnapau lā ea ea
Haʻina e ka hana ʻAnapau lā
Ua pau e ka lewa ʻAnapau lā ea ea
Haʻina kō maʻi ʻAnapau lā
Ua pau e ka lewa ʻAnapau lā ea ea
He maʻi no ʻAnapau
What does ʻAnapau do?
ʻAnapau rides a horse.
What does ʻAnapau do?
ʻAnapau goes here and there.
Up goes ʻAnapau.
Way up high goes ʻAnapau.
Down goes ʻAnapau.
Way down goes ʻAnapau.
What does ʻAnapau wear?
Silk clothing ʻAnapau wears.
Tell the refrain of what ʻAnapau does.
All is finished for ʻAnapau.
Tell the refrain of the maʻi of ʻAnapau.
All is finished for ʻAnapau.
The maʻi chant for ʻAnapau
(Procreation Chant for Queen Liliʻuokalani)