By And By Ho`i Mai `Oe - Words & Music by Queen Lili`uokalani
Aia i Mauna Kilohana
O a`u lehua `ula i ka wao
Na maka `ohe ki`i i ka wai
`Aha`i ka `i`ini a ka mana`o
Hui:
By and by ho`i mai `oe
E he `ala hoene i ka poli
By and by ho`i mai `oe
I `ane`i kaua e la`i ai
E `ae ana paha
wau i ka ualo
I ka leo hea a ka pololei
E ho`i aku no wau e pili
Me ka ua Kipu`u o ka nahele
Mehe ua noe ala ko aloha
E hana mau nei ku`u nui kino
`O kou kai ia e makoi ai
U`i `a`a ia pua i ka nani
Lili`uokalani
My red lehua of the forest
Sharp eyes fetch the water
And carry off the desire of the heart
Chorus:
By and by you will return
O fragrance that soflty flutters my heart
By and by you will return
Here you and I will spend our days in rapture
I shall perhaps yield to the urge
To the calling voice of the land shell
E shall return to be close
With the Kipu`u rain of the forest
Like a misty rain is your love
That thrills my whole being
It is the love which you tender
That flower glows with beauty