- Ua ike a`e nei au
- I ka nani o ka pua kolu
- Melemele kohu hulu manu
- Palupalu ke `ike aku
Na kuku e `oi ana
- Ho`eha`eha i ka lima la
- I ka hele `ana a kokoke
- O ka mea ho`ohihi i ka u`i
Loa`a ka pua kupaoa
- Pa`a na`e `oe i ke kuku
- O ka pua mae koke wale
- `A`ole `oe e pakele aku
Ha`ina `ia mai ka puana
- No ka pua kolu nani loa
- Hele no `oe a kokoke
- Pa`a a`ole pakele aku
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- I have recently seen
- The beauty of the Kolu
flower
- Yellow like the bird's feathers
- Soft to look upon
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- The thorns so sharp
- Hurt the hand
- When approached
- By a person taken with the
beauty
-
- The strongly perfumed flower is
obtained
- But you are caught on the
thorns
- Of that quickly fading
flower
- And you can`t escape
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- Tell the refrain
- Of the beautiful Kolu
flower
- You get up close
- And you`re caught, no
escape
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