- Lei ʻawapuhi kuʻu lei ia lā
- Ahe lei ahiʻhi kau poʻohiwi
- Ke ʻala onaona a ʻoia pua lā
A nēia puʻuwai e hiʻipoi nei
- Uluwehi i ka luna aʻo Nuʻuanu lā
- I ka hoʻopē ʻia e ka ua noe
- Pulu wau i ka ua hōʻeha ʻili lā
- Mea ʻole naʻe ia a kuʻu manaʻo
- Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana lā
- Lei ʻawapuhi kuʻu lei
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Ginger lei, it's my lei
An evening lei that rests on my
shoulders
The sweet fragrance of that
flower
Is cherished in my heart
Verdant in the heights of
Nuʻuanu
It is drenched by the misty
rain
I am soaked in the
skin-stinging rain
But this is nothing, to my way
of thinking
The story is told
The ginger lei is my lei
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