Here Indeed is Kona, part 2

I Ho‘olulu, Kī‘ope o Waihā ala Ke one ōneo, Wai ola o Waikūpua I Lani ā kea Ōneo, ‘Ena o ka lae pa‘akai Waiwai o Waiaha, Kahului o Puapua‘a I Hōlualoa o Ka Moa, Kapu o Keolonāhihi Eia la, ‘o Kona nō iaAia ‘o Pāhoehoe, La‘aloa i Ka pala ‘ala ea I ka lae o Lāhae, Nuku momi, Moi, Niu Kūkahi Ma ka Lae Manō, Hinahina, Ka ūmu ‘ōhua I Kau maha ‘ole, Pū‘ē, ‘Uke‘Uke o Līloa Aia i Kahalu‘u, malu o Hualālai Eia la, ‘o Kona nō iaKahalu‘u, lu‘ulu‘u i ka ua o Hualālai Waiku‘i kahi wai ola, Wai kua‘a‘ala I ka la‘au o ka lei kini, wai kahuna Iliki wai la Pāni‘au i kapukini o Keauhou Lae Nui, lae Līpoa, Lae Kapehe Eia la, ‘o Kona nō ia I He‘eia, Wai ‘ula‘ula a Lae Manō Lae Pueo, Kū hala lua i Ka ‘uku laelae Aia ‘o Kū‘ala nui, Mā‘ihi o Kuamo‘o I ka lae Lei nō kano, Pāaoao o Hōnalo I kai Keiki waha, Nēnue o Pu‘u ‘Ōhau Eia la, ‘o Kona nō ia

There is Ho‘olulu, Kī‘ope of Waihā Sands of Ōneo, living waters of Waikūpua Upon Laniākea is Ōneo, radiant point of Pa‘akai Richness of Waiaha, Kahului of Puapua‘a Behold Hōlualoa of KaMoa, sacred Keolonāhihi Here indeed is KonaAt Pāhoehoe is La‘aloa until Kapala‘alaea Upon Lāhae, Nuku momi, Niu Kūkahi There is Manō, Hinahina, Ka ūmu ‘ōhua Behold Kaumaha‘ole, Pū‘ē, ‘Uke‘uke of Līloa At Kahalu‘u below Hualālai Here indeed is KonaKahalu‘u, below the rains of Hualālai Waiku‘i of living waters, Waikua‘a‘ala Until La‘auokaleikini is Waikahuna and Wai Iliki Upon Pāni‘au is Kapukini of Keauhou There is Nui, Līpoa and Kapehe Here indeed is Kona He‘eia is Wai‘ula‘ula until Manō From Pueo to Kūhalalua is Ka‘ukulaelae There is Kū‘alanui, Mā‘ihi of Kuamo‘o Upon Leinōkano and Pāaoao of Hōnalo At Keikiwaha, Nēnue of Pu‘u ‘Ōhau Here indeed is Kona

Kaulana ka inoa kō Kona ‘Ākau i ka malu o Mauna Kea ā i ka la‘i o Hualālai, Eia la ‘o Kona nō ia. I Kaiālua ho‘i, aia nō o Ho‘olulu ma kahi o Kī‘ope i Waihā. Kupu maila o Waikūpua i ka lae Pa‘akai. Ha‘aheo o Waiaha i Hōlualoa o Ka Moa, kahi kapu o Keolonāhihi. Mai La‘aloa i Kapala‘alaea o Kahalu‘u, malu o Hualālai. Aia i Keauhou Kapukini o Pāni‘au, ho‘i i He‘eia ā i ka lae Manō. Eō e Ka‘ukulaelae i Mā‘ihi o Kuamo‘o, kapu o Hōnalo i Pu‘u ‘Ōhau ala. Eia la ‘o Kona nō ia.

Famous are the names of North Kona under Mauna Kea until the calmness of Hualālai, Here indeed is Kona. From Kaiālua is Ho‘olulu beyond Kī‘ope near Waihā. Sprouting forward is Waikūpua until the point of Pa‘akai. Proud is Waiaha beyond Hōlualoa of Ka Moa, sacred is Keolonāhihi. From La‘aloa to Kapala‘alaea until Kahalu‘u below Hualālai. At Keauhou, Kapukini of Pāni‘au behold is He‘eia until Manō. Rejoice is Ka‘ukulaelae near Mā‘ihi of Kuamo‘o, sacred is Hōnalo at Pu‘u ‘Ōhau. Here indeed is Kona.

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