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