He `Olu Ia No`u (That's Just Fine For Me) - Words & music by Charles E. King


Ahe u`i `oe la a i ka`u `ike la
Ho`okahi no `i`ini a e lilo `oe ia`u
Auwê a he `olu ia no`u

Ahe pua noho ia e ke onaona la
Kui au a i lei no`u a i wehi no ku`u kino
Auwê a he `olu ia no`u

A eia ho`i au ke kakali nei la
Elua hana nui o ka li`a me ka kuko
Eia na`e a he `olu ia no`u

Ka `iniki welawela ` i ka pu`uwai la
Mea `ole na`e ia ka ke aloha hana mau ia
Eia na`e a he `olu ia no`u

Ho`olohe mai `oe a i ka puana
He lei makamae `oe a e ha`aheo a i au
Auwê a he `olu ia no`u


You are beautiful to my sight
My one desire is to have you for my own
Oh, that's just fine for me

You are a flower imbued with sweetness
I'll string you in a lei to adorn my person
Oh, that's just fine for me

Here I am waiting for you
With two things in mind, yearning and longing
There now, that's just fine for me

There's a sharp pinch within my heart
I don't mind it, for that is the way with love
There now, that's just fine for me

Listen to the theme of the my song
You are a precious lei of whom I am proud
Oh, that's just fine for me


Source: King's Hawaiian Melodies - Translation Mary Pukui, Copyright 1910, 43 Charles E. King