A heaha kou makemake
E Mauna ʻAʻala huʻihuʻi
E ko mai nei i ke ʻala o ko hanu
A ilihia na manu o ka laʻi

Hui:
Wehiwehi ʻoe e Mauna ʻAʻala
Ka huina o ke aloha me ke onaona
ʻAla ona paha na ke onaona
Ke ʻala i pili paʻa i ka pua
E moani ke ʻala nahenahe
Nowelo mālie i ka puʻuwai
A he waiwai ka pilina a ke aloha
I mehana i ka poli o Lehua

What is it that you want
O cool Mauna ʻAʻala
Hither is borne the fragrance of your breath
Till it overcomes the birds in the calm

Chorus:
Lovely are you, O Mauna ʻAʻala
Where love and fragrance meet
A sweetness most desirable
The fragrance that belongs to flowers
The gentle fragrance is wafted about
And quietly finds its way into the heart
It is a treasure, a mate to love
That warms the bosom of Lehua