- Ke holo aʻe nei kāhi neki
- I waiho ʻaoʻao mai nei ʻea ʻea
- Maikaʻi kūlana hale he pili
- ʻAʻohe mea hana aʻo loko ʻea ʻea
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- Kau aku i lio Hawaiʻi
- Ke ʻami i ka lina poepoe ʻea ʻea
- Kau aku i lio Kaleponi
- Hoʻonui kailina o ka pono ʻea ʻea
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- Ku me ka maʻa i ke one
- Pilipu kaʻili ka moena ʻea ʻea
- Ua anu ka pua o ka hale wili
- Ka wahine noho laʻi i ke kula ʻea ʻea
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- Luaole i ka hana ka hale wili
- Kuʻu lei i wainapanapa maikaʻi ʻea ʻea
- Haʻina ʻia mai ka puana
- Ke holo aʻe nei kahi neki ʻea ʻea
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- Some bulrush is traveling
along
- And has stopped to the side of
me
- It has a fine appearance, good
enough for a pili house
- There is nothing left to do
about it
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- Mount upon a Hawaiian
horse
- And you go around in
circles
- Mount upon a California horse
- And your estate
increases
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- Appearing accustomed to the
sand
- And the association with the
surface of the ocean
- Is made cold the flower of the
mill
- Its woman reposing calmly in
the uplands
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- Unsurpasssed is the work of the
mill
- My wreath that is well
twisted
- The refrain is told
- Of the bulrush traveling
hither
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