Mî Nei (How About Me) - Words & music by Charles E. King

 

Ke huli hele (ke huli hele)
A`e nei `oe (huli `oe)
E ake ana e kô (e ake e kô)
Ka `ano`i a loko (loko)
 
 
Mauka makai (mauka makai)
I`ô i `a`ne`i (i`ô i `ane`i)
Kâu huli `ana (kâu huli `ana)
I kô ka `i`ini (ka` i`ini a loko)
 
 
Pehea nô ho`i (pehea nô ho`i)
I nâ ma`ane`i (ma`ane`i kâua)
Kilohi mai `oe (kilohi mai `oe)
I nêi a u`i
 
 
Nâ pâpâlina (nâ pâpâlina)
A`o mî nei (mî nei)
Nâu e `ike mai (nâu e `ike mai)
Noho ê ke onaona (ona)
 
 
Pali ê ke kua (pali ê ke kua)
Mahina ê ke alo (mahina ê ke alo)
Ma`ane`i poli `oe (ma`ane`i poli `oe)
Pumehana kâua (pumehana kâua)
 
 
Nâ maka nei (nâ maka nei)
Ka`ili p`uuwai (ka`ili pu`uwai)
Ke honi nei ihu (ke honi nei ihu)
`Olu `oe `olu au
 
 
Nêia mau lima (nêia mau lima)
Nêia po`ohiwi (lima)
`Alawa mai `oe (`alawa mai `oe)
Aia i lalo ia nani (nani)
 
 
Ke ki`ina nei lâ (ke ki`ina nei lâ)
A ka lawe mâlie (a ka lawe mâlie)
Ho`ohihi `oe (ho`ohihi `oe)
Ke `ike mai (ke `ike mai)
 
 
Ha`ina ka puana (ha`ina ka`puana)
Pili i ka`u kê pau (pili i ka`u kê pau)
`Ahahana lilo `oe (`ahahana lilo `oe)
Lilo iâ mî nei

 

Searching for love
Are you
Wanting love
In your heart
 
 
In the mountains, by the sea
From hither to yon
You're looking
For your desire
 
 
Why not
Look this way
Look here
At this loveliness
 
 
These cheeks
Of mine
You will see
Are soft and sweet
 
 
Straight as a cliff is my back
Bright as the moon my face
Come to my bosom
We'll both be warm
 
 
These eyes
Pierce the heart
Kiss and
You're satisfied, I'm satisfied
 
 
These hands
These shoulders
You, glance over here
There below is beauty
 
 
Inviting you
Take it easy
You'll be entranced
With what you see
 
 
The story is told
Tied fast to my leading string
Watchout, you're caught
Caught by me

 

Source: Kings's Blue Book of Hawaiian Melodies, Copyright 1948 by Charles E.King