- E ku`u pua mae `ole
- A `u i kui ai a lawa
- I lei ho`ohiehie
- Nô ke ano ahiahi
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- Hui:
- Wehiwehi `oe e ku`u ipo
- He `i`ini ke ko`i`i waiho ho`i i loko
la ko loko
- Loko hana nui i ka pu`uwai
- `O kô leo nahenahe e maliu mai
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- E ku`u lei mai `ole
A`u i kui a lawa
I lei ho`ohiehie
No ke ano ahiahi
Ho`ohihi ka mana`o a`e `ike
- I ka lau `âhihi o ia uka
- I puia i ke `ala onaona
- Me ka ua hâli`i ka nahele
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- My flower that never
fades
- I string a lei
- For you, so lovely
- In the evening
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- Chorus:
- You are so decorative, my
sweetheart
- A longing, a desire for you lies within
- Surges within my
heart
- Your gentle voice speaks to me
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- O my ever fadeless lei
Which I strung and completed
Into a lei to adorn me
For the evening hour
One wants to know
and love
- The `âhihi of the
uplands
- Drenched with fragrance and
perfume
- And the spreading rain of the
forest
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