Lamentation for Lahainaluna' 



Kanikau no Lahainaluna* 



Love to you Lahaiiialuna, 

 The chief parent of the Hawaiian Isles, 

 The beautiful golden garment of the poor; 

 The glory of the orphans. 

 5. You are the one greatly thought of 

 By the new students from Hawaii to 



Kauai. 

 W'e are happy over your everlasting 



beauty ; 

 Our minds are ever longing 

 Just to see your honored home, 

 10. And yotir beautiful golden fence. 

 O Lahainaluna, love to you. 

 Where wise men have dwelt, 

 There were our hearts made ever glad 

 With the shady trees of your grounds 



15. Where yoiu- brethren encamp around thee. 

 O Lahainaluna, love to you. 

 The shelter of the learned. 

 A'ou have found a new chief 

 For the residents. 

 20. From you have come forth 



The honored men of the Hawaiian 



government ; 

 From your bosom there were sent out 

 Deacons and disciples of the Lord. 

 O Lahainaluna, I love you 

 25. Who brought out the goodness of the 



Hawaiian Kingdom. 

 Where shall I find the one you long to see ? 

 Let us consider the learned men 

 From Hawaii to Kauai. 

 Is it right to have the flag half-masted 

 30. By the Hawaiian Kingdom ? 



The sumach flowers turn toward the , 



plain of Puopelu 

 Resting safely with the breeze, the aa, 

 Here we are the orphans, longing to be 



with thee. 

 O Lahainaluna, I love thee, 

 35. The breast of the orphans. 



Aloha oe e Lahainaluna, 



Ka makua alii o ko Hawaii paeaina, 



Ke kapa gula nani o ka poe hune; 



Ka lei alii o na keiki makua ole. 



O oe ka mea i manao nni ia 



E na haumana huu mai Hawaii a Kauai. 



Ke olioli nei makou i kou nani pau ole; 



Ke iini nei no hoi na naau n makou 



E ake e ike aku i kou hale hanohano. 



10. Me ou pa gula nani. 



E Lahainaluna e aloha oe ; 



Kahi i nolio iho ai o ka poe noiau, 



Malaila no hoi i hauoli nui aku ai ko 

 makou manao 



Ma. na laau malumalu o kou kahua hele 

 15. Kahi e hoomoana ai o kou man hanauna. 



E Lahainahnia, e aloha oe, 



Ka puuhonua o ka naauao. 



I'a loaa iho nei oe he pali alii hou 



Xo na kupa Hawaii. 

 20. Noloko mai hoi ou i hoopuka ia mai ai 



Xa kanaka hanohano o ke Aupuni Hawaii ; 



Xoloko o kou poli i hookuu ia mai ai. 



He niau luna haiola na elele o ka Haku. 



E Laliainaluna e aloha oe 



25. Ka mea e maikai ai ke Aupuni Hawaii. 

 Mahea la i hull aku ai kau mea i 



manao ai ? 

 Xoonoo pu kakou i na kanaka noiau 

 Mai Hawaii a Kauai 



Pono anei ka hae hapa hoailona o ka make 

 30. E ke .\upuni Hawaii^ 



Ka pua-nele-au nenee i ke kula o Puopehi 

 I walea ka noho ana i ka pa aheahe a ka 



makani, he aa, 

 Eia makou na keiki makua ole e ake aku 



ana e launa me oe 

 E Lahainaluna. e al(.)ha oe, 

 35. Ka waiu o na keiki makua ole. 



*From certain of her students when they heard that they were to leave tlic Seminary of Lahainaluna because 

 tlie building was decaying, therefore tliis song of mourning was sung for her, 



*No kckahi man haiunana kula o na knaaina no ka lolie ana mai e waiho ia ana ke Kulanui o Lahainaluna i 

 keia manawa e hiki mai ana, no ka hiolo ana o ka hale ; nolaila kanikau iliola makou i ke aloha nona. 



