E ka uʻi mae ʻole
O ka uka ʻiuʻiu
E maliu mai ʻoe
A ʻo wau kou hoa
A e kohukohu ai
Maʻaneʻi mai kāua
A i ʻolu hoʻi au

Hoʻohihi au e ʻike
I ka nani ʻoia pua
A he pua mae ʻole
A he wehi no ka uka
ʻO Pauoa liko lehua
A ʻo kou hoapili
O lei pua rose nani

Aia i laila
Ke koʻiʻi koi a loko
Mao ʻole ka ʻiʻini
I ʻanoʻi au e ʻike
I ke kumu o ke ʻala
A he ʻala onaona
I ka maka o ka ʻōpua

E hōʻike ka puana
No ka lau liko lehua
O ka uka o Pauoa
I lei kāhiko noʻu
No ka ua Kūkalahale
A he lei ua pūia
I ke ʻala me ke aloha

O fadeless beauty
Of the distant uplands
Pay attention to me
Let me be your companion
A suitable one for you
Come here to me
And make me glad

I long to see
The beauty of that blossom
The never fading blossom
That adorns the upland
The beautiful lehua bud
The close companion
Of the rose lei

It is there
That the heart longs to be
There the desire that never ends
I long to see
The source of the fragrance
The sweet fragrance
Before the face of the clouds

This ends my praise for
The leaf-bud of the lehua
Of the vale of Pauoa
To be worn by me
In the Kûkalahale rain
A rain imbued with fragrance
And with love