Ke Kali Nei Au (1926)
by Charles E. King
288842Ke Kali Nei Au1926Charles E. King

Eia au ke kali nei
Aia la i hea kuʻu aloha

Eia au ke huli nei
A loaʻa ʻoe e ka ipo
Maha ka ʻiʻini a ka puʻuwai

Ua sila paʻa ʻia me ʻoe
Ko aloha makamae e ipo
Kaʻu ia e lei aʻe nei la

Nou no ka ʻiʻini (nou ka ʻiʻini)
A nou wale no (wale no)
A o ko aloha kaʻu e hiʻipoi mau

Naʻu ʻoe (naʻu ʻoe)
E lei (e lei)
Naʻu ʻoe e lei

A he haliʻa kai hiki mai
No kuʻu lei onaona
Pūlupe i ka ua

ʻAuhea ʻoe ka ʻiʻini a loko
Na loko aʻe ka manaʻo
Huʻe lani ana i kuʻu kino

Kuʻu pua kuʻu lei onaona
Aʻu i kui a lawa ia nei
Me ke ala pua pikake

A o ʻoe kuʻu pua (O ʻoe kuʻu pua)
Kuʻu pua lei lehua (lehua)

Aʻu e liʻa mau nei hoʻopaʻa
Ia iho ke aloha

He lei (he lei)
ʻOe naʻu (ʻoe naʻu)
He lei ʻoe naʻu


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The author died in 1950, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.