Rain Tuahine O Mānoa - by Julia Walanika Paka
Wehiwehi nei pua naʻu e kui Ke kipona ʻia me ka maʻo A he pua kapu ʻia nā ka manu Nā ka ʻiʻiwi polena o ka uka Hui: Kaulana e ka ua i Waʻahila I ka hehi i ke oho o ke pili Hoʻokahi no ʻoe o laila Me ka rain Tuahine o Mānoa	These flowers I'll string as an adornment Combined with the yellow flowers of the cotton shrub A blossom sacred to the birds The honeycreepers of the uplands Chorus: Famous is the rain at Waʻahila Falling upon the pili grass You are the only one there With the Tuahine rain of Mānoa
Source: R. Teves, great-grand niece of the composer, Julia Walanika Paka - This mele describes the valley of Mānoa and Tuahine, the name of its gentle rain. The lover is likened to the ʻiʻiwi or honeycreeper. Waʻahila is the ridge between Mānoa and Pālolo Valleys. In the 1950's, Mānoa Elementary School received permission to use the song, 1st verse and hui with slight revisions, as their alma mater. Translation by Kamehameha HSI. Recorded by Leo Nahenahe Singers "Folk Songs of Hawai`i" CD