- Aia i Pauoa ka liko ka lehua
- Ka `i`ini pau `ole a ka makemake
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- Makemake nô wau la e `ike lihi
- *(makemake no au a`e i
ka lihi)
- I ka lawe ha`aheo a ke kîkala
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- Pâlua, pâkolu i ke kekona
- I ka ho`i `âkau ho`i i ka hema
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- Hemahema ka palena ua lolelole
- `Ua `ewa ka pilina me ka nihoniho
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- Nihoniho mai nei ko pelekoki
- I ka iho `akau ho`i i ka hema
- *(I ka iho makawalu o ka
lihilihi)
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- A he lihi kuleana ko`u i
He aloha kahi wai o `Auwaiolimu
Ia wai lomi lima me ku`u aloha
Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana
Aia i Pauoa ka liko lehua
- *Alternate Stanzas
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- There at Pauoa is the lehua
bud
- My endless yearning and
desire
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- I'd like to catch even a
glimpse
- *(Of the proud swaying hips)
- Of her figure strutting
about
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- Twice, thrice in a
second
- Back and forth, right to
left
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- Not fitting right, the border
is turned inside out
- The toothed edges do not fit
perfectly
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- Your petticoat is
scalloped
- Swaying to the right and then
to the left
- *(The inner layers of quantities of
lace)
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- I took a rightful interest
there
- The sweetheart bent over with a
sidepain from
- walking too fast
Beloved is the stream of `Auwaiolimu
The water where hands were fondled with my loved one
- Tell the refrain
There at Pauoa is the lehua bud
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