Minoʻaka - Lyrics by Joseph Kailiwihea Music by Genoa Keawe

E kuʻu ipo aloha
He wahine uʻi
Me kou minoʻaka
E hula mai ana ʻoe

Kou maka palupalu
Kaʻu aʻe aloha mau
Ko leo nahenahe
He leo hone i ka pō

Like ole kou uʻi
Me hōkū o ka lani
Kou mau minoʻaka
He uʻi maoli nō

Ua kaʻapuni au
A puni ka honua
Aʻole noe like me ʻoe
He wahine uʻi

Haʻina ka puana
He mele no kuʻu lei
Me kou minoʻaka
He uʻi maoli nō

Genoa Keawe
My love is
A beautiful woman
Your smile
Draws me to you

Her gentle eyes
Express her love
Her sweet voice
Like a gentle breeze in the night

Her beauty is like
A star in the heaven
Her smile,
Her beauty, so genuine

I have travelled
Throughout the earth
There is no one like you
A beautiful woman

Tell the refrain
A song for my lei, my love
Her smile
And her genuine beauty

Source: - Genoa Keawe's " Hula Volume #1" - In the 1950's, a sailor moku presented these beautiful lyrics to Genoa to set to music.