'Ohu'ohu O'ahu i ka lei 'ohi'a LakaOahu is adorned in a lei ohia of LakaLa'au pua 'ula hikina, kea komohanaTree with red blossom eastward, white westwardKomo ka 'ohu i ka hana komo 'apanaThe mist enters on its dutiful district roundsHana ka 'ohu e ho'ohui ke ala 'ohi'aThe mist combines the fragrance of ohia'Ohu kani 'ohi'a wehiwa noho kuahiwiThe mist that waters the sacred ohia of the uplands'Ohu 'ohumuhumu ka wahine noho maunaThe mist that lends ear to the woman of the mountain'Ohu pahio i ka pali ku kawahawahaThe mist that leans on the straight furrowed cliffPali ku i ka pa makani ku makuaA cliff that stands in the strong gusts of the ku makua windHakali ka 'ohu, lewa 'ia e ka Laua'eThe mist is placed high, lifted there by the Lauae windHaka 'ano 'ole keia 'ohu nokenokeWithout break is this continual mistHaka lala ke kia manu i ka 'ohu, i ka 'ohi'a hamauThe bird-catcher awaits silently in the mist on the branch of the ohia hamauMai ho'ohamau i ka leo o ka lehua 'apaneDon't silence the voice of the red lehuaA pane mai paha i keia mamo e!Until an answer, perhaps, is given to this descendantHaku 'ia e Kamuela 'Ohukani'ohi'a Gon III ma ka la ma hope o ka 'uniki 'ana ona he kahuna kakalaleo, Pepeluali 22, 2003, Papa 'Uniki Laua'e o Kumu John Keolamaka'ainana Lake. Nui na mea hili 'ia ma keia oli: na 'ano like 'ole 'ohi'a a me lehua ('apane, mamo, hamau, a me Laka), na 'ano 'ohu: ho'ailona hana kahuna (komo 'apana, hui, 'ohumuhumu), a me na mea ho'ohanohano no Kumu Lake a me ka Papa Laua'e (Ku makua, makani Laua'e, lehua 'apane). Wahi a ka mo'olelo, he pua 'ula ko ka 'ohi'a Laka ma ka 'ao'ao hikina, a ma ka 'ao'ao komohana, he pua kea kona. 'O O'ahu ke one hanau o ka mea haku. He ho'okupu aloha keia no Kumu Lake a me ka Papa Laua'e, a he mea ho'omanao o ka inoa 'Ohukani'ohi'a.Composed by Samuel Ohukaniohia Gon III on the day following his passage as a kahuna kakalaleo, February 22, 2003, the Lauae Class of Kumu John Keolamaka.. ohia and lehua (red, yellow, silent, and of Laka), the forms of mist symbolic of the kahuna's work (appointed rounds, joining, counseling), and honorifics on Kumu Lake and the Laua`e Class (strength, support, wisdom). According to tradition, the ohia Laka bears red flowers on the east and white on the west. Oahu is the birth island of the composer. This is an offering of aloha to Kumu Lake and the Papa Lauae, and a name chant for Ohukaniohia.
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