- Eia au ke kali nei
- Aia la i hea ku'u aloha
- Eia au ke huli nei
- A loa`a `oe e ka ipo
- Maha ka `i`ini a ka pu`uwai
- Ua sila pa`a `ia me `oe
- Ko aloha makamae e ipo
- Ka`u ia e lei a`e nei la
Nou no ka `i`ini (nou ka `i`ini)
A nou wale no (wale no)
- A o ko aloha ka`u e hi`ipoi mau
- Na'u `oe (na'u `oe)
- E lei (e lei)
- Na'u `oe e lei
- A he hali`a kai hiki mai
- No ku`u lei onaona
- Pulupe i ka ua
Auhea `oe ka `i`ini a loko
Na loko a`e ka mana`o
Hu`e lani ana i ku`u kino
Ku`u pua ku`u lei onaona
A`u i kui a lawa ia nei
Me ke ala pua pikake
A o `oe ku`u pua (`O `oe ku`u pua)
Ku`u pua lei lehua (lehua)
A`u e li`a mau nei ho`opa`a
Ia iho k ealoha
He lei (he lei)
`Oe na`u (`oe na`u)
He lei `oe na`u
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- Here I am waiting
- Where is my beloved
-
- I've searched for you
- Now that I've found you
- Calm the desire of my
heart
-
- Sealed forever to you
- Sweetheart you are so
precious
- I pledge my love to you
alone
-
- I desire you (desire)
- True to you alone
(alone)
- With you joy will ever be
mine
-
- You're mine (you're
mine)
- Oh, my lei (Oh, lei)
- You`re mine, my lei
-
-
- Fond remembrance of the one who
came
- My fragrant lei
- Drenched in the rain
-
- Listen you, my heart's
desire
- To the thought within me
- Open the heaven within my
body
-
- My flower, my fragrant
lei
- I will string and bind
- Like the fragrant jasmine
flower
-
- You are my blossom (you, my
blossom)
- My lei of lehua (lehua)
-
- My desire is always to be with
and close
- To my love
-
- My lei (my lei)
- You're mine
- My lei, you're mine
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Source: King's
Blue Book, Copyright 1926, 1943
by Charles E. King - Commonly referred to as the Hawaiian
Wedding Song, King said he wrote the song while convalescing
in Queen's hospital in 1926 for his operetta, Prince of
Hawaii. Introduced by the Royal Hawaiian Band, this song
featured a duet by John Paoakalani Heleluhe and Lizzie
Alohikea.
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