- Ke ala o ka rose
- Ua hapa mai
- Ka maile lau li'i
- O ke kuahiwi
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- Ka hala o kai
- Maile a'o uka
- Kui a`e kaua
- A lawa ku'u lei
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- Ia oe e ke kula
- Me ke kaimana
- Kumu manako
- Ho'oluliluli
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- Hawela pono iho
- Ke kaula ili
- Ma ku'u o ka noho
- Ili salia
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- Kani e ka pio
- Hone i ke kula
- Mana`o iho `oe
- O wau ia
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- Ha'ina ia mai
- Ana kapuana
- Ke ala o ka rose
- Ua hapa mai
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- The scent of the rose
- Blossoming forth
- The small leaf maile
- Of the mountains
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- The pandanus from the
sea
- The maile of the uplands
- Let us string them into
- A lei for me to treasure
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- You mean more to me than
gold
- And diamonds
- The mango tree
- Is swaying
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- The lasso draws tight
- Upon the saddle horn
- We'll have to sit and wait
- After the long ride
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- When you hear a sweet -sounding
whistle
- On the plains
- You will know that
- It is me
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- Let the story
- Be told
- Of the fragrance of the rose
- Blossoming forth
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Source: Ronald K. Lee, Recorded by Peter
Ahia Talena Album - Danny Ka`opio,
from the island of Niihau, composed this in 1932, at age 17,
when he was courting a beauty named Loke.
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