Lyrics:

Ku'u 'ohu lei anunuenue
Ko'iaweawe nei i ke pili
'O ka pai a ka makani Kiu
Ka 'iniki 'ana iho welawela

Ho'i mai kaua e pili
My sweet sweeting
'A'ohe pili hemo 'ole i ke kau
My sweet sweeting

My adornment, a rainbow lei
Lies spreading over the pili grass
When lifted by the Kiu wind
One feels a sharp pinch

Come, let us be together
My sweet sweeting
Nevermore to be separate through the seasons
My sweet sweeting