Lei Lehua O Pana`ewa - Words & music by Charles E. King

`O `oe no ia e ku`u lei lehua
Ke `ala onaona o Pana`ewa

Ua kohu no `oe me ka nani mae `ole
I lei ho`ohie no Hilo Bay

`O `oe no ia e maile lauli`i
Ke `ala onaona o Hanakâhi

Ho`okahi no li`a e ho`i e `ike
E pili me iala me mahina la`ila`i

Ua li`a no au e `ike ia `oe
I ka wai lehua a ka manu

I ka ua kilihune noenoe i ka lehua
E wehi a`e la i ku`u home

Ho`i mai ke aloha me ku`u lei lehua
E lei i ke one o Punahoa

He hoa no `oe i ka wai kilihune
I ka wai hu`ihu`i o Hilo Bay

Me `oe ke aloha e ka nani mae `ole
Ke `ala onaona o Hanakâhi

`Akahi ke aloha ua hiki mai
E pili ka lehua o ku`u home

Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana
Ku`u lei lehua o Pana`ewa

 The one that I adore is my lei lehua
Endowed with lovely fragrance in Pana`ewa

Yours is a lovely and fadeless beauty
A lei to be worn with pride at Hilo Bay

It is you, o fine-leaved maile
That is the soft fragrance of Hanakahi

One thing I long for, to return, to see
And be with her and the bright moon

I have longed to see you
And the honey of the lehua of which birds are fond

The light rain, the mist among the lehua
Are the adornments of my home

Love returns with my lehua lei
A lei to be worn on the sands of Punahoa

You are my companion in the fine rain
In the cold rain of Hilo Bay

With you is love, o fadeless beauty
The soft fragrance of Hanakahi

Love has come at last
To be with the lehua of my home

This is the end of my song
Of my lehua lei of Pana`ewa
Source: King's Songs of Hawai`i - The lyrics may not have been written by King. Verse 1, translation from King's Songs of Hawai`i. Verse 2 - 11 translated by Mary Pukui. Copyright 1916, 1942 Charles E. King