HOOHENO NO KA PUA MIULANA.

Auhea wale oe pua Miulana,
E lana malie ko’u manao.
Huli mai ko alo owau ke hoa,
A o wau ko hoa pono ka nohona.
Noho ana kaua puuwai like,
Lokahi ka manao me ka makemake.
Mai puni hei aku oe ilaila,
I ka nani mae o ka Awapuhi.
Huli mai e maliu lono i ka leo.
Na ole i ka nui me ka lehulehu.
A o wau hookahi kau mea nui,
O ka lei hemo ole i ko puuwai.
Hainaia mai ana ka puana,
No ka pua Miulana a e o mai.

[“Don’t be captivated by that over there, At the fading beauty of the Ginger blossom…”

For more on the miulana plant, check out this article by Heidi Bornhorst in the Honolulu Advertiser, 6/10/2001.]

(Kuokoa, 12/19/1913, p. 2)

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 50, Aoao 2. Dekemaba 19, 1913.