Kuʻu Pua Lehua

by Elizabeth Peters Tuttle & Peter Kalani
The use of maile and flowers is chronicled in this song of creating a lei.

Nani wale kuʻu pua
Kuʻu pua i wili ʻia
Me ka maile aʻo Panaʻewa
He pua nani, he maile lani
A he lei no kuʻu ʻāina
A he lei, a he lei no nā kini

Kuʻu pua lehua
I hilo lima ʻia
Nou e ke aloha
I kui a lawa
Hoʻoipo mau ʻia ana i ka laʻi
Aia lā i ke alo o ka Malanai