Nani Na Pua Ko'olau

Nani na pua Ko‘olau I memele i ka uka Ka uka o Kuihanalei I lei mau no ke aloha ‘Auhea wale ana ‘oe E ka pua o ka lokelani? ‘O ka ‘oi aku nō ‘oe Ma mua o ka nae ‘ala Mahalo au ‘o ka nani Nā lehua o Līhau He ‘ala kūpaoa Anuanu o ka nahele I wili ‘ia me ka maile Lau li‘i o Kociahi ‘Auhea lā ia pua ‘Akipohe o Halealoha? ################## The Flower of Ko`olau The flow'rs of Koolau in their beauty Fill the vale, fill with golden gleam I cull and wreathe them for my lov'd one At morn and night she fills my waking dream Where art thou, fairest of all fair ones? Where art thou sweetest of all sweets? A flow'r of Paradise thou seemest That the morning breeze ever kindly greets I praise thy beauty, thou my fair one Thou the flow'r art of flow'rs to me The 'lehua' flower whose ardent sweetness O'erpowers the wand'rer o'er the lea And I cry 'Where art thou, my loved one My spirit would dwell with thee' To taste hours of tranquil pleasure And wander 'neath Koi-ahi's tree