Ua Like Nō A Like (My Heart's Choice) - Words & music by Alice Everett

Ua like nō a like
Me ka ua kani lehua
Me he ala e ʻi mai ana
Aia i laila ke aloha 
 
Hui:
ʻO ʻoe nō kaʻu i ʻupu ai
Kuʻu lei hiki ahiahi
ʻO ke kani a nā manu
I nā hola o ke aumoe
 
Maʻanei mai kāua
He welina paʻa i ka poli
A nāu nō au e ʻimi aʻe
A loaʻa i ke aheahe a ka makani

He moani kaʻu i honi
ʻOiai eia i ka midnight
Me nā kipona waianuhea
Ka maʻalo aʻe i kuʻu maka
It is like the rain
That produces the lehua blossom
It seems to be saying
"Love is there"
 
Chorus:
You are the one I'm thinking of
My beloved who comes in the evening
When the song of the birds are heard
And when night has fallen
  
That you and I are here together
With a love that binds us both
So let me go to seek you
Where the gentle breezes blow

I smell a wind borne perfume
Here at midnight
With other subtle odors
That pass before me

Source: King's Hawaiian Melodies - First published in 1812, the composer was a contemporary of Queen Liliʻuokalani Translated by Mary Pukui © 1923, 1943 Charles E. King