Nuʻa O Ka Palai - Words & music by Prince William Pitt Leleiohōkū

Kau ano mai ana iaʻu la
Na kulu paka ua ʻeloʻelo la
Elo ʻoe ʻelo au i ke anu la
Pulupū pau i ka anu

Hui:
Aia i ka nuʻa ka palai la
Ka wewehi wai olu a loko la
Haliʻaliʻa mai ana la
Iaʻu puʻuwai ka palili

Kao Hanalei i ke anu la
Hānupanupa i ke koʻekoʻe la
Koʻekoʻe au iā ʻoe la
E ka pua kuʻu pua i ka ʻia


 Memories come back to me
Of a drenching rain
You were soaked, I was soaked
Made cold, well-drenched and very cold

Chorus:
There among the thickly growing ferns
We found a gentle rising of love within
Coming little by little
Into my fluttering heart

Hanalei was made icy with the cold
A cold that kept growing and growing
I was chilled by you
O flower, my flower so high
Source: Hopkin's Aloha Collection - Prince Leleiohōkū was the younger brother of King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani and hānai to Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani. Translation by Mary Pukui