Roselani - Words & music by W.J. Coelho

He haliʻa i kuʻu manawa
No welo i ka puʻuwai
Na ke ahe makani i ʻahaʻi mai
A loaʻa hoʻi au ko aloha

Hui:
Lei ʻohu ʻoe
Nani hiehie
Naʻu e honi mau ko ʻala onaona
Kūpaoa i ka uka `iu
Roselani kuʻu lei ʻoe

Ko aloha nō kaʻu e lei
Me maile lau liʻi o uka
Nohea a ka ʻōpua i kuʻu maka
Roselani lei o kuʻu ipo

 A yearning fills me within
Streaming through my heart
It was brought hither by a breeze
And so I was reached by your love

Chorus:
You are a lei to adorn me
A charming beauty is yours
I shall always smell the fragrance
That permeates the upland
Heavenly rose you are my lei

Your love I shall wear as a wreath
A lei of small leaved maile of the upland
Lovely is its appearance to my eyes
Heavenly rose lei of my beloved
Source: King "Hawaiian Melodies" - Translated by Mary Pukui © 1916, 43