- Ua ʻike aʻe nei au
- I ka nani o ka pua kolū
- Melemele kohu hulu manu
- Palupalu ke ʻike aku
Nā kukū e ʻoi ana
- Hoʻehaʻeha i ka lima la
- I ka hele ʻana a kokoke
- O ka mea hoʻohihi i ka uʻi
Loaʻa ka pua kūpaoa
- Paʻa naʻe ʻoe i ke kukū
- O ka pua mae koke wale
- ʻAʻole ʻoe e pakele aku
Haʻina ʻia mai ka puana
- No ka pua kolū nani loa
- Hele no ʻoe a kokoke
- Paʻa aʻole pakele aku
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- I have recently seen
- The beauty of the Kolū
flower
- Yellow like the bird's feathers
- Soft to look upon
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- The thorns so sharp
- Hurt the hand
- When approached
- By a person taken with the
beauty
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- The strongly perfumed flower is
obtained
- But you are caught on the
thorns
- Of that quickly fading
flower
- And you can`t escape
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- Tell the refrain
- Of the beautiful Kolū
flower
- You get up close
- And you`re caught, no
escape
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Source: "Cracked
Seed" by Sunday Manoa Panini
Productions, Inc, Po Box 15808, Hon HI 96815. The Kolū (Acacia farnesiana) is a thorny shrub with fragrant round orange flowers used in the perfume industry. |