Hui! Welina mai ke aloha!
ʻO mākou ʻekolu kēia nō hoʻi,
ʻO Keoki, ʻo Moke Kahumoku
A ʻo wau nō hoʻi,ʻo Aunty Edith Kanakaʻole
E haku lei ana mākou ā pau,
Ka lei pua melie nō hoii.
Nani a uluwehi ō hoʻi.
Nō laila, a e kipa mai a i lei nō hoʻi,
I lei ʻohuʻohu ō ka
pua melie
Haʻaheo wale ʻoe e ka pua melie
He pua ʻoi ma ka hanohano
ʻUa like kou nani me ke ānuenue
Kau mai i luna
I luna aʻe ʻoe e hoʻolaʻilaʻi
I laila koʻu manaʻo pili me ʻoe
ʻO ʻoe a ʻo wau, ʻua ō ka ʻiʻini
Ke aloha e hiʻipoi nei
I neʻi kou ʻala hali ʻia mai
He ʻala onaona puni nei ʻāina
Haʻina ka puana, nou e pua melie
Kau mai i luna |
- Yoo-hoo! Greetings of
love!
- This is the three of us,
- George and Moses Kahumoku
- and I, Aunty Edith
Kanaka`ole
We are weaving a lei,
- A plumeria flower lei.
- Beautiful and decorative
indeed
- Therefore, join us and wear
- A lovely lei of plumeria
flowers
How proud you are o plumeria
flower,
- A flower honored by many
- Your beauty is like that of the
rainbow
- Up above so high
Up above, poised
serenely,
- My thoughts are there with
you.
- You and I, my desire is
fulfilled
- A cherished love held close to
the bosom
-
- Your fragrance is borne to
me,
- A sweet fragrance which
embraces the land
- Let the story be told of the
plumeria flower
- Up above so high
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