Mai'ka'i Waimea i ka uka
Fine is Waimea in the uplands
Kilakila Kelakela i ka la'i
Majestic, proud in the calm
Na pu'upu'u kinikini lehulehu
The many countless hills
'Ohu 'ohu ka mana 'o ke 'ike
Please the mind to see
(complete song below)

Mai'ka'i Waimea i ka uka

Fine is Waimea in the uplands
Kilakila Kelakela i ka la'i
Majestic, proud in the calm
Na pu'upu'u kinikini lehulehu
The many countless hills
'Ohu 'ohu ka mana 'o ke 'ike
Please the mind to see
Waimea i ka ua o ka Pa'ahoa
Waimea in the Pa'ahoa rain
Kahiko i luna o Ka'ala
Ornaments the top of Ka'ala
Kuahiwi 'alo anu o Waimea
Mountains sharing the cold of Waimea
'Ohu 'ohu i ke oho o ka palai
Adorned with shoots of the palai fern
Ke kokolo mai ke anu
The cold comes creeping
Hu'ihu'i konikoni i ka 'ili
Numbing, tingling the skin
"Olala i ka la a me ke ahi
Basking in the sun and the fire
Pumehana keia 'aina
Warm hearted is this land

written by
Reverend John Kalino
Imiola Church
middle 1800's