He Nohea ʻOe I Kuʻu Maka - Words & music by Charles E. King

Ua like no hoʻi ʻoe a like
Me ka ʻōpua hiki ahiahi
A hiki mai la no hoʻi ʻoe
Maha ʻela nei puʻuwai, puʻuwai

Puana:
He nohea ʻoe i kuʻu maka
A he mea milimili na kuʻu lima, kuʻulima
He ʻanoʻai hemoʻole ʻoe naʻu
He aloha no na kau a kau, na kau a kau

Kohu wai māpunapuna la
Ko aloha i oʻu nei oʻu nei
E kakali no au a nau e kiʻi mai
Aloaʻa i ke aheahe a ka makani, ka makani

You are just like the horizon clouds
That appear in the evening
And when you come
This heart is appeased

Refrain:
You are lovely to my eyes
A person for me to fondle
A loved one never to be parted from me
One to be loved from season to season

Your love to me
Is like an over-bubbling spring
I will wait until you come to seek me
Where the gentle wind blows

Source: King's Hawaiian Melodies - Translation by Mary Pukui, Copyright 1917, 43 Charles E. King