Hui! Welina mai ke aloha!
`O mäkou `ekolu keia nö ho`i,
`O Keoki, `o Moke Kahumoku
A `o wau nö ho`i,`o Aunty Edith Kanaka`ole
E haku lei ana mäkou ä pau,
Ka lei pua melie nö ho`i.
Nani a uluwehi ö ho`i.
Nö laila, a e kipa mai a i lei nö ho`i,
I lei `ohu`ohu ö ka
pua melie
Ha`aheo wale `oe e ka pua melie
He pua `oi ma ka hanohano
`Ua like kou nani me ke änuenue
Kau mai i luna
I luna a`e `oe e ho`ola`ila`i
I laila ko`u mana`o pili me `oe
`O `oe a `o wau, `ua kö ka `i`ini
Ke aloha e hi`ipoi nei
I ne`i kou `ala hali `ia mai
He `ala onaona puni nei `äina
Ha`ina ka puana, nou e pua melie
Kau mai i luna |
- Yoo-hoo! Greetings of
love!
- This is the three of us,
- George and Moses Kahumoku
- and I, Aunty Edith
Kanaka`ole
We are weaving a lei,
- A plumeria flower lei.
- Beautiful and decorative
indeed
- Therefore, join us and wear
- A lovely lei of plumeria
flowers
How proud you are o plumeria
flower,
- A flower honored by many
- Your beauty is like that of the
rainbow
- Up above so high
Up above, poised
serenely,
- My thoughts are there with
you.
- You and I, my desire is
fulfilled
- A cherished love held close to
the bosom
-
- Your fragrance is borne to
me,
- A sweet fragrance which
embraces the land
- Let the story be told of the
plumeria flower
- Up above so high
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