​Chant for Kapawa                                                           

Ki‘i na Makoa DeVincent

​ʻO Kapawa, ʻo ke aliʻi o Waiʻalua
 I hanau i Kukaniloko
 ʻO Wahiawa ke kahua
 ʻO Lihuʻe ke ewe
 ʻO Kaʻala ka piko
 ʻO Kapukapuakea ka aʻa
 O Kaiaka i Maeaea
 Haʻulei i Nukea i Wainakia
 I Aʻaka i Haleu
 I ka laʻi malino o Hauola
 Ke liʻi ʻo Kapawa hoʻi no
 Hoʻi no i uka ka waihona
 Hoʻi no i ka pali kapu o na liʻi
 He kiaʻi Kalahiki no Kakaʻe
 ʻO Heleipawa ke keiki a Kapawa
 He keiki aliʻi no Wai'alua i Oʻahu
 


​Chant for Kapawa (translation)
(Composer unknown) 

 Kapawa, the chief of Waiʻalua,
 Was born at Kukaniloko;
 Wahiawa the foundation;
 At Lihuʻe the placenta, (taken away)
 At Kaʻala the navel cord, (buried)
 At Kapukapuakea (Heiau) the caul,
 (Heiau) of Kaiaka at Maeaea;
 He died at Nukea at Wainakia
 Through (the surf of) ʻAʻaka at Haleu,
 Through the calm stillness of Hauola,
 The chief Kapawa was taken,
 Returning the organs to the uplands of  Iʻao
 Taken to the sacred pali of the chiefs,
 Kalahiki is the "Watchman" of Kakaʻe,
 Heleipawa was the son of Kapawa,
 A chiefly child of Waiʻalua, Oʻahu

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 "e kūkaʻawe i nā kapu o Kūkaniloko nō ka mea aloha nō hoʻi kākou iā lākou i nā kau a kau..."
“to guard the kapu of Kūkaniloko because we love them for all time…”