Kuʻu Lei Lehua

by Charles E. King
This sweet love song compares a romantic lover to a lei and mentions the maile lei.

Aia me ʻoe kuʻu liʻa
E kuʻu lei lehua
I wili ʻia me maile lauliʻi
Aʻo ka uka o Panaʻewa
He lei a he wehi ʻoe
No kuʻu kino nei
A ʻo kou nani ke hoʻohihi mau ʻia
E ka malihini

Ahe lua ʻole ʻoe me kou nani
E kuʻu lei
Nawai e ʻole ka liʻa ʻia a me
Ka hoʻohihi ʻia
Aia no me ʻoe me ʻoe hoʻokahi
E lei lehua
E kuʻu lei lehua ke aloha,
Ke aloha pau ʻole kuʻu lei, lei lehua

E lei, kuʻu lei, lei lehua makamae
I nei puʻuwai a ʻo ʻoe koʻu hoapili
Pili mau me aʻu no na kau a kau
Aʻo ʻoe a ʻo wau ka i ʻike
I ka ʻeha huʻi koni a loko
Eia me aʻu ke aloha pauʻole nou
E kuʻu lei lehua