- Eia au ke kali nei
- Aia la i hea kuʻu aloha
- Eia au ke huli nei
- A loaʻa ʻoe e ka ipo
- Maha ka ʻiʻini a ka puʻuwai
- Ua sila paʻa ʻia me ʻoe
- Ko aloha makamae e ipo
- Kaʻu ia e lei aʻe nei la
Nou no ka ʻiʻini (nou ka ʻiʻini)
A nou wale no (wale no)
- A o ko aloha kaʻu e hiʻipoi mau
- Naʻu ʻoe (naʻu ʻoe)
- E lei (e lei)
- Naʻu ʻoe e lei
- A he haliʻa kai hiki mai
- No kuʻu lei onaona
- Pūlupe i ka ua
ʻAuhea ʻoe ka ʻiʻini a loko
Na loko aʻe ka manaʻo
Huʻe lani ana i kuʻu kino
Kuʻu pua kuʻu lei onaona
Aʻu i kui a lawa ia nei
Me ke ala pua pikake
A o ʻoe kuʻu pua (O ʻoe kuʻu pua)
Kuʻu pua lei lehua (lehua)
Aʻu e liʻa mau nei hoʻopaʻa
Ia iho ke aloha
He lei (he lei)
`Oe na`u (`oe na`u)
He lei `oe na`u
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- Here I am waiting
- Where is my beloved
-
- I've searched for you
- Now that I've found you
- Calm the desire of my
heart
-
- Sealed forever to you
- Sweetheart you are so
precious
- I pledge my love to you
alone
-
- I desire you (desire)
- True to you alone
(alone)
- With you joy will ever be
mine
-
- You're mine (you're
mine)
- Oh, my lei (Oh, lei)
- You`re mine, my lei
-
-
- Fond remembrance of the one who
came
- My fragrant lei
- Drenched in the rain
-
- Listen you, my heart's
desire
- To the thought within me
- Open the heaven within my
body
-
- My flower, my fragrant
lei
- I will string and bind
- Like the fragrant jasmine
flower
-
- You are my blossom (you, my
blossom)
- My lei of lehua (lehua)
-
- My desire is always to be with
and close
- To my love
-
- My lei (my lei)
- You're mine
- My lei, you're mine
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Source: King's
Blue Book, Copyright 1926, 1943
by Charles E. King - Commonly referred to as the Hawaiian
Wedding Song, King said he wrote the song while convalescing
in Queen's hospital in 1926 for his operetta,"Prince of
Hawaiʻi". Introduced by the Royal Hawaiian Band, this song
featured a duet by John Paoakalani Heleluhe and Lizzie
Alohikea. |