Nani Ahiahi

Composed By: Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole


'Auhea 'oe ka makani koni 'ili
Pāwali ana me ka 'ehu ahiahi

Where are you the wind that titillates the skin?
Being touched softly by the evening mist

Me he lehua mamo i popohe mai nei
Nēia pua alo lani wehe i ka lani

Like a yellow lehua blossom in full bloom
Is this handsome blossom (of mine) open to the heavens

E kiss my gently kāua e ke hoa ē
'O ku'u hoa alo leo o ka pō

Let the two of us kiss gently my companion
My companion of the evening in the midst of my voice

Puana ke aloha ō mai 'oe
No ka beauty ahiahi poina 'ole

The sentiments of my love have been said, please heed my call