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from: The Song Within The Song

track 2.  Pua Hone 4:10 (Rev. Dennis Kamakahi)

Dennis Kamakahi, one of Hawai‘i’s most prolific and beloved songwriters, wrote this song as a marriage proposal for his “Honey Flower,” now his wife of many years. Our arrangement is based on the version by George Kahumoku Jr. Jim plays the bass, guitar, and ‘ukulele parts on a single guitar.

Pua Hone

(Honey Flower)

By: Dennis Kamakahi

 

O ‘oe ka wahine a ke aloha              

I laila i ka uluwehi                            

Ku‘u pua hone i ka la‘i           

You are the woman that I love   

There in the lush verdure is 

My honey flower in the calm

 

Honi ‘ana i kēhau o Makiki             

O wau kou aloha i                            

Ka noe kuahiwi                                

Kissed by the dew of Makiki

I am your love

In the mountain mist

 

He u‘i no ‘oe i ke kula                      

I wili ‘ia me ka                                   

‘Ie‘ie o leilono                                  

You are a beauty on the plains 

Entwined with the sacred 

‘Ie’ie vine of Leilono

 

Ha‘ina mai ana ka puana                 

Ku‘u pua hone i ka la‘i           

He nani maoli nō                    

This ends my story

For my honey flower in the calm

A true beauty, indeed