Verse:

E lilo au i lāʻau, he pua ʻoe, eia nō, 

(I will be the tree if you are the flower,)

 

E pua au i ka hau kakahiaka, ʻo ʻoe nō. 

(Or I the blossom, if you are the morning dew)

 

E hau au i ke ao, he kukuna ʻoe e pā, 

(I will be the dew upon the clouds, if you are the sunbeam that touches,)

 

I hui ai ko kākou aloha i ka lā. 

(So that our love may be joined in the light.)

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E kuʻu ipo nani, he Lani ʻoe ma luna, 

(My lovely beloved, if you are Heaven above)

 

He hōkū au e kau ana i ke ao luna. 

(I shall be the star hanging high in the sky)

 

E kuʻu aloha loa, ke ahi ʻoe o ka pō, 

(My deepest love, if you are the fire of the night)

 

E māmake au i laila, i hui pū nō kākou. 

(I will cling to you always — this love endures forever)

 

 

Chorus (Hui)

E hui, e pili, e hoʻokō i ke aloha, 

(Unite, draw close, fulfill our love)

 

ʻAʻole he paia e kū i mua loa; 

(No wall stands before us.)

 

I ka lā o ka make, i ka pō o ka ao, 

(In the day of death, in the night beyond,)

 

E pili mau au iā ʻoe — mau nō kēia aloha. 

(I will cling to you always — this love endures forever.)

 

Verse:

E nalu au i ke kai, he ʻale ʻoe e holo, 

(I will be the swell of the sea if you are the traveling wave,)

 

E ʻale au i ka makani, ʻo ʻoe nō ke ao holo 

(I will be the wave in the wind — for you are the drifting cloud)

 

E makani au e nāueue, he puʻuhonua ʻoe, 

(I will be the trembling wind, and you are the place of refuge)

 

I loaʻa ai ka mālie, ke pili aku iā ʻoe. 

(So I may find peace whenever I draw near to you)