Pô La`ila`i - Words by Mary Puku'i, Music by Maddy Lam

 

Kâua i ka holoholo
I ka pô mahina la`ila`i
E kilo ho`onanea
I nâ hôkû o ka lani
 
 
Kô mai ana ke `ala
O ka pua `o ka pîkake
I halihali `ia mai
E ka makani kolonahe
 
 
Ho`olono ana i ke kani
Honehone a ka `ukulele
Me ka mele ho`ohau`oli
Ho`olana i ka pu`uwai
 
 
Huli aku kâua i uka
I ka a`â nâ kukui
Ua like me nâ hôkû
E kau ana i nâ pali
 
 
Ha`ina mai ka puana
No ka pô mahina la`ila`i
E kilo ho`onanea
I nâ hôkû o ka lani
 
 
Ha`ina mai ka puana
No ka po mahina la`ila`i
Ho`olono ana i ke kani
Honehone a ka `ukulele

 

Maddy K. Lam
 
Mary Puku'i

 

Let's you and I go for a walk
On a clear moonlight night
To gaze with interest
At the stars in the sky
 
 
A fragrance is wafted hither
The perfume of the jasmine
Brought here to us
By a gentle breeze
 
 
We will pause to listen
To the `ukulele's sweet refrain
With a melody so cheery
Uplifting the heart
 
 
Let us turn to look inland
As the brightness of the lights twinkle
Like many stars
Nestling on the hillside
 
 
This ends my song
Of a clear moonlight night
To gaze with interest
At the stars in the sky
 
 
This ends my song
Of a clear moonlight night
We will pause to listen
To the `ukulele's sweet refrain

 

Source: Copyright 1958 Criterion Music Corp - Composed in 1955