Onaona i ka ihu ke honi
Ka pua `opu u i môhala
`Ômau `ia iho i ka poli
Ho`opumehana ho`i ia loko

Hui:
Li`a wale aku ka mana`o
`O ka ne`e mai i ke alo
I mea na`u a`e ho`oma`u ai
Ka welina ana me ia pua

Ho`nanea ho`i ka nohona
Me ka ipo i ke ano ahiahi
Ka moani a`e o ke `ala
Ho`oheno i ka pu`uwai

A fragrance delightful to the nose
Is that of a bud, opening into a flower
A flower to be pinned on the bosom
Causing a glow within

Chorus:
A longing comes to the mind
To go close to the presence of the loved one
There ever to be
To share with the blossom

There to while the time with her
With the loved one in the evening hour
Where her fragrance is wafted by the breeze
And ever appealing to the heart