Kauaheahe ka hanu mokihana
i ka Wailehua o uka
Lana hele mālie ka ‘ohu i ka malu koa

Ho‘olohe pono i ka leo o ke anianiau
Nianiau ho‘i nā kahu i ka mālama ‘ana

Lālā hākuma Alaka‘i
i ka laulā lapalapa ‘oliliko

Ke liko a‘ela ka ua i ke kuahiwi
Molokala a‘e i nā liko lehua makanoe

E pae, e pae mālana i ke ao pinao, e

The breath of the mokihana moves gently
on the Wailehua wind of the uplands
The mist drifts silent in the shade of the koa

Listening well to the voice of the anianiau
Caretakers quietly pursuing their stewardship

Moss-covered branches in the Alaka‘i
On the expanse of shimmering lapalapa trees

The rain glistens in the uplands
Opening the buds of the lehua makanoe

Land, land lightly in the realm of the pinao

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NOTES: Wailehua is a famous wind of the Kōke‘e-Alaka‘i region; mokihana is a Kaua‘i endemic plant whose fragrant berries are the signature lei of Kaua‘i; anianiau is an endemic forest bird of Kaua‘i; lapalapa is a distinctive tree of the Alaka‘i plateau and the montane wet forest; lehua makanoe is the classic plant of the Alaka‘i bogs; pinao is the native dragonfly, an animal of significance on Kaua‘i. This oli is filled with symbols of attentiveness and care, moisture and growth, and ends with a request for arrival in the realm of natives. Na Sam ‘Ohukani‘ōhi‘a Gon III, i haku ‘ia me nā hoa hana o ke ke‘ena Kaua‘i, 20 June 2008, for their use when entering the native uplands.