Queen Lydia Kamakaeha Lili’uokalani

Listen, Sanoe Dewy lehua bud Here I am Waiting for your voice. The answer comes I am satisfied Softly, sweetheart You excite my whole being. My body is waiting Waiting there in yearning belief How are we to fulfill The desire of our thoughts? Calling to you, my water lily Budding for the two of us Here close by is a compliment The manu comes to deliver. The Queen is listening The aroma of the scents comes together Mixes and rises upward So similar, so alike.

As if the flow of the waters From the triple streams of heavenly showers So the sacred Ao of the eighth heavens Whose flames have scorched the land. Chorus: Should our hearts’ love be restored And our rights be ours once more Then will our sacred beloved shoals of Kane Be the firm foundation of the land. The heavens expand and bestow Her beauteous crownlets free Its life to her people for offerings given And from loyal hearts ascended prayers. Cold words and looks reprove Oh, turn not thus away Give kindly greetings, words of love And a heart which beats within.

Proudly swept the rain by the cliffs As on it glided through the trees Still following ever the liko The Ahihi lehua of the vale. Chorus: Farewell to thee, farewell to thee Thou charming one who dwells in shaded bowers One fond embrace ere I depart Until we meet again. Thus sweet memories come back to me Bringing fresh remembrance of the past Dearest one, yes, thou art mine own From thee, true love shall ne’er depart. I have seen and watched thy loveliness, Thou sweet Rose of Maunawili And ’tis there the birds oft love to dwell And sip the honey from thy lips.