Maruru A Vau (Farewell For Just Awhile)
Words & music Eddie Lund, English lyrics by Jack Brooks
 
E maururu a vau
Te tiare Tahiti
E mauruuru a vau
Te tiare Tahiti

Aue te mauiui
Rahi i to reva
Ra a na te ara
Aue te aroha
Fa i tou mau hoa
E tau i here

E tae noa tu ai
Te mahana e hoi mai a vau
Ei reira tatou
E himene faahou
E maururu a vau

E maururu a vau
E maururu a vau
 
Farewell for just awhile
We're parting with a smile
Dreams will keep me near you
Farewell for just awhile

It's time for us to say
Farewell for just awhile
For just a little while
So let's be thankful
That we're parting with a smile
It's easy when you smile

I'll miss you so
But dreams will keep me near you, I know
We'll meet again
Farewell for just awhile
For just a little while

Farewell for just awhile
Farewell for just awhile

 

Source: Criterion's Hawaiian Sing-a-Song Lyric Book © 1950, 52, 78 Criterion Music Corp - Featured in the MGM movies"Mr. Roberts" and "Mutiny On The Bounty". Recorded by Alfred Apaka, Axel Stordahl, Alfred Newman, King Sisters, Don Tiare, The Surfers, Hal Aloma, Royal Tahitians