Pele A Me Lohiau - Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett


ʻAuhea wale ʻoe e ka manu
ʻIʻiwi hoapili ʻoe naʻu
Kohu kou nani me ka lehua
Ka wehi kapu ʻula

Eia hoʻi au, i ka uka o Kīlauea
E kuʻu ipo e pili mai,
E pili mai ʻoe iāʻu

Ua inu ʻoe a kena
I ka wai onaona ʻola pua
Paheʻe i ke momoni
Ka wai anuhea lehua

Malia o ʻike ʻoe iāʻu,
Ma ae lihi aʻo ka lehua
E kuʻu ipo e maliu mai,
E maliu mai ʻoe iāʻu

Kou leo kaʻu aloha
E hea mai iāʻu
Nani ka ʻiʻini i loko
Kapalili puʻuwai

E huli mai ʻoe iāʻu,
I ka nani iʻaneʻi
E kuʻu ipo e na ū mai,
E naʻū mai ʻoe iāʻu

Listen ʻiʻiwi bird
Companion mine
Whose beauty is like
The sacred lehua

Here I am at Kīlauea
My love come to me,
Come to me

You have drunk
The fragrant nectar of the flowers
So delicious
The fragrant water of the lehua

Perhaps you can see me
Amongst the petals of the lehua
Heed my call my love,
Heed my call

Your voice
Beckons me
Such beautiful thoughts
that make my heart flutter

Turn to find
The beauty that is here
My love come to me,
Come to me


Source: Del Beazley CD "Night and Day"