- Lei `awapuhi ku`u lei ia lâ
- Ahe lei ahi`hi kau po`ohiwi
- Ke `ala onaona a `oia pua lâ
A neia pu`uwai e hi`ipoi nei
- Uluwehi i ka luna a`o Nu`uanu lâ
- I ka ho`opê `ia e ka ua noe
- Pulu wau i ka ua hô`eha `ili lâ
- Mea `ole na`e ia a ku`u mana`o
- Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana lâ
- Lei `awapuhi ku`u lei
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Ginger lei, it's my lei
An evening lei that rests on my
shoulders
The sweet fragrance of that
flower
Is cherished in my heart
Verdant in the heights of
Nuuanu
It is drenched by the misty
rain
I am soaked in the
skin-stinging rain
But this is nothing, to my way
of thinking
The story is told
The ginger lei is my lei
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