| E ku’u morning dew, alia mai, alia mai
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| (my morning dew, wait, wait)
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| maliu mai 'oe i ka’u a hea nei
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| (heed hither me, to my calling here)
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| e kali mai 'oe, ia’u nei ia’u nei
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| (wait for me, to me here, to me here)
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| 'o wau iho nô me ke aloha.
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| (i am/remain deeply indeed with love)
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| Wehe mai ke alaula 'oli liko me lîhau
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| (open the joyful, budding light of the early dawn with gentle cool rain)
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| e ho’ohehelo ana i nei a pâpâlina,
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| (become proud of your appearance here and (?) cheeks)
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| i uka o mana i ka 'iu uhiwai
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| (to the uplands of mana to the heavily misted sacred place)
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| ma laila no kâua e pili mau ai
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| (there for you and me to join together)
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| ma laila no kâua e pili mau ai.
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| (there for you and me to join together.)
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| (e hana hou i ka paukû mua)
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| (repeat the first verse). |