Kuʻu Pua Lehua - Elizabeth Peters Tuttle & Peter Kalani


Nani wale kuʻu pua
Kuʻu pua i wili ʻia
Me ka maile aʻo Panaʻewa
He pua nani, he maile lani
A he lei no kuʻu ʻāina
A he lei, a he lei no nā kini

Hui:
Kuʻu pua lehua
I hilo lima ʻia
Nou e ke aloha
I kui a lawa
Hoʻoipo mau ʻia ana i ka laʻi
Aia lā i ke alo o ka Malanai

So lovely is my blossom
My flower entwined
With the maile of Panaʻewa
A beautiful flower and maile so heavenly
A lei for my beloved land
And all its people

Chorus:
My lehua blossom
Braided by hand
For you my love
Fashioned to completion
An on going romance in the calm
Braving the Malanai wind


Source: Kamehameha Schools HSI Translator unknown