Lei Lehua O Panaʻewa

Lei Lehua O Panaʻewa (1916)
by Charles E. King
288847Lei Lehua O Panaʻewa1916Charles E. King

ʻO ʻoe no ia e kuʻu lei lehua
Ke ʻala onaona o Panaʻewa

Ua kohu no ʻoe me ka nani mae ʻole
I lei hoʻohie no Hilo Bay

ʻO ʻoe no ia e maile lauliʻi
Ke ʻala onaona o Hanakāhi

Hoʻokahi no liʻa e hoʻi e ʻike
E pili me iala me mahina laʻilaʻi

Ua liʻa no au e ʻike ia ʻoe
I ka wai lehua a ka manu

I ka ua kilihune noenoe i ka lehua
E wehi aʻe la i kuʻu home

Hoʻi mai ke aloha me kuʻu lei lehua
E lei i ke one o Punahoa

He hoa no ʻoe i ka wai kilihune
I ka wai huʻihuʻi o Hilo Bay

Me ʻoe ke aloha e ka nani mae ʻole
Ke ʻala onaona o Hanakāhi

ʻAkahi ke aloha ua hiki mai
E pili ka lehua o kuʻu home

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
Kuʻu lei lehua o Panaʻewa


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