Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Ka Pua U'i lyrics

Panini Pua Kea - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

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1K views · 153 reactions | Saturday October 25 A "panini" is a prickly pear...(the other translation is an Italian sandwich), and "pua kea" is a white flower. So "Panini Puakea" is the white cactus flower, with a juice so sweet like honey. The composer compares his sweetheart to the cactus flower, and he says in the fourth verse, "How can you escape its influence, after tasting the honey of the white flowered cactus". Aloha, Kanoe | Kanoe Miller | Facebook