- Ha`aheo nö `oe ku`u lei pakalana
- Ke `ala onaona e moani nei
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- Me he`ala nö ia e `ï mai ana
- `O `oe ka `anoi nei pu`uwai
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- Na wai e `ole ka`u ho`ohihi
- Ua ha`i mua `ia `o `oe e ka nani
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- Ha`ina ke`ala o ku`u lani
- No ka pua pakalana kau i ka hano
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- You are indeed proud, my lei
pakalana
- The soft fragrance
wafting
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- As though saying
- You are the cherished one in
this, my heart
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- Who would not share my
enthrallment
- You have already been told, you
are the beauty
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- Let the fragrance of my
heavenly one, be told
- For the pakalana blossom, set
in glory
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Source: Vicki II Rodrigues Collection,
Recorded by Tony Conjugacion on "O Ka Wä I Hala" CD -
Pakalana is the Hawaiian name for the Chinese Violet,
(telosma cordata). This vine, native to South Asia, was
introduced by immigrants who arrived in the mid 1800's. The
flower is prized for its delicate fragrance and associated
with love-making
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