- I Waikīkī anuanu au
- Hoʻi au i Kewalo pumehana au
Aia i Kalihi kaʻu aloha
- O ka hale kula nui ʻo Kamehameha
Mea ʻole ia loa i kahi manaʻo
- Ma hope hoʻi au me kuʻu aloha
He loa ka ʻimina a ka huapala
- ʻAlo aʻe i ke kula o Kaiwiʻula
ʻŌlelo kauoha na kuʻu aloha
- I ka hola ʻeiwa hiki aku wau
Kakali au a hala ka manawa
- Pau ka manaʻolana o ka hiki mai
Ke hulu hoʻi nei ʻo Lelesia
- Keiki o ka pua laʻi
Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
- Hoʻi au i Kewalo pumehana au
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- At Waikīkī I am cold
- Returning to Kewalo I am
warm
- There at Kalihi is my
love
- At Kamehameha High
School
I don't mind traveling the
distance
- To be with my love
A long time I searched for this
sweetheart
- Over the plains of
Kaiwiʻula
My love said be there
- At nine 'o clock
I waited long past the
appointed hour
- The thought came to me, she is
not coming
Lelesia is returning
- Child of the laʻi flower
Tell the refrain
- I return to Kewalo and I am
warm
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