My Sweet Sweeting - Traditional

 
Ku`u `ohu lei ânuenue
Ko`iaweawe nei i ke pili
`O ka pai a ka makani Kiu
Ka `iniki `ana iho welawela
 
Hui:
Ho`i mai kâua e pili
My sweet sweeting
`A`ohe pili hemo `ole i ke kau
My sweet sweeting
My adornment, a rainbow lei
Lies spreading over the pili grass
When lifted by the Kiu wind
One feels a sharp pinch
 
Chorus:
Come, let us be together
My sweet sweeting
Never more to be separated through the seasons
My sweet sweeting

 

Source: Recorded by Dennis Pavao "Sweet Leilani" CD Translation by Mary Püku`i