Ua Like Nô A Like (My Heart's Choice) - Words & music by Alice Everett

 

Ua like nô a like
Me ka ua Kanilehua
Me he ala e `i mai ana
Aia i laila ke aloha 
 
Hui:
`O `oe nô ka`u i `upu ai
Ku`u lei hiki ahiahi
`O ke kani a nâ manu
I nâ hola o ke aumoe
 
Ma`anei mai kâua
He welina pa`a i ka piko
A nâu nô au `imi a`e
A loa`a i ke aheahe a ka makani

He moani ka`u i honi
`Oiai eia i ka midnight
Me na kipona waianuhea
Ka ma`alo a`e i ku`u maka


It is like the rain
That produces the lehua blossom
It seems to say to me
Love is there
 
Chorus:
You are the one I'm thinking of
My beloved who comes in the evening
The songs of birds are heard
In the hours of night
  
Come, let us be here together
With a love that binds us both
I will let you come to seek
And find me where the gentle breezes blow

I smell a wind borne perfume
Here at midnight
With other subtle odors
That pass before me


Source: King's Hawaiian Melodies - First published in 1812, the composer was a contemporary of Queen Lili`uokalani - Translated by Mary Pukui