- O `oe ka`u i ha`upu a`e nei
- E ka `opua hiki ahiahi
- Hiki mai lâ no ho`i `oe
- Maha e la nei pu`uwai
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- Hui:
- Mai po`ina `oe ia`u
- E ka`u mea e li`a nei
- E ho`omaumau ka `ikena
- I mau ai ke koi`i koi a loko
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- `Oha`oha wale ho`i
- Ko aloha i o`u nei
- Me `oe pu aku no ia `upu
- I lei mau no na kau a kau
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- It's you that I think of
- The cloud that comes at
evening
- Your coming puts
- This heart at rest
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- Chorus:
- Do not forget me
- You are the person I long
for
- Visit often
- That love may remain fresh,
within
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- Ever fresh
- Is your love to me
- May you feel the same
- (Love is) a lei, cherished
forever
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Source: Leilani Sexton (grandaughter of
Lizzie and Alfred Alohikea) - Elizabeth Kahau Alohikea used
the pen name of Lizzie Doirin on some of her compositions.
She may have used this name to honor one of her aunts,
Doirin.
This mele was first published 1907, in the Hawaiian News Co.Ltd. |