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He aloha kuʻu ipo
- Kuʻu hoa maka onaona
- Noho i ke kuahiwi
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- E hoʻi mai nō kāua
- Me au e pili e kuʻu ʻiʻini
- A ka puʻu wai
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- O ka pā kōnane
- A ka mahina la
- Ahuwale no ka pae ʻopua
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- Haʻina mai ka puana
- Kuʻu hoa maka onaona
- Noho i ke kuahiwi
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Love for my sweetheart
- My gentle-eyed companion
- Who resides in the
mountains
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- Let us return, we two
- My desire (for you) is
- Always in my heart
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- Brightly shining
- Is the moon
- Revealing the cloudbanks
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- Tell the refrain
- My gentle-eyed companion
- Who resides in the
mountains
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Source: M. Leong - Written in 1937
for the composer's wife, Louise Leiomalama Walker Beamer.
She was the Hawaiian culture consultant for the movie
"Waikiki Wedding" starring Bing Crosby. Injuring her foot,
she was unable to work at the studio for a week, inspiring
Pono to set his desire to music; to return with his
sweetheart to their home in the kuahiwi of Alewa Heights. Music clip by Gippy Cooke
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