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Ku`u Lei Lehua - by Charles E. King
Aia me `oe ku`u li`a
E ku`u lei lehua
I wili `ia me maile lauli`i
A`o ka uka o Pana`ewa
He lei a he wehi `oe
No ku`u kino nei
A `o kou nani ke ho`ohihi mau `ia
E ka malihini


Ahe lua `ole `oe me kou nani
E ku`u lei
Nawai e `ole ka li`a `ia a me
Ka ho`ohihi `ia?
Aia no me `oe me `oe ho`okahi
E lei lehua
E ku`u lei lehua ke aloha,
Ke aloha pau `ole ku`u lei, lei lehua


E lei, ku`u lei, lei lehua makamae
I nei pu`uwai a `o `oe ko`u hoapili
Pili mau me a`u no na kau a kau
A`o `oe a `o wau ka i `ike
I ka `eha hu`i koni a loko
Eia me a`u ke aloha pau`ole nou
E ku’u lei lehua

All my yearnings are for you
My lei of lehua
Entwined with fine-leaved maile
Of the upland of Pana’ewa
Your are a lei,
An adornment for my person
And your beauty much admired
By visitors


Your beauty is incomparable,
Lei of mine
Who can help longing for you and Taking a fancy to you?
Yours, and yours alone,
O lei of lehua,
My lei of lehua the love,
The endless love, my lei, lehua lei


My lehua lei, precious to my heart
You are my mate, my companion
Throughout the season
You and I have felt
The throbbing of love within
Here with me is an endless love for you,
My lei lehua

Source: King’s Book of Hawaiian Melodies Copyright 1934, 43