Hawai‘i Wisdom — January 2018

Photo by Léo Azambuja

Pali ke kua, mahina ke alo

“Back (as straight) as a cliff, face as bright as the moon.”

Said of a good-looking person.

Source: Ōlelo Noʻeau, by Mary Kawena Pukui.

The full moon is seen here brushing against a tall, dark cliff at Miloli‘i, Napali Coast last August at about 3 a.m.