He aloha moku o Keawe
`Aina a ka nani me ka maluhia
Ho`okuku wau me Kaleponi
Hawai`i ka `oi o na `ailana
Na ka Aukekulia i kono mai ia`u
E naue i ka `aina malihini
`Aina kamaha`o i ka`u `ike
Ua uhi pa`a pu `ia e ka noe
`Ike i ka hau ho`okuakea `ili
Ho`opumehana i kahi kapuahi
Ka `iniki a ke anu mehe ipo ala
E koi mai ana ia`u e ho`i
I laila huli hope ko`u mana`o
A he kaukani mile ko`u mamao
Hu mai ke aloha no ka `aina
No ka poi `uo'uo kaohi pu`u
Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana
Ke aloha `âina ku`u lei ia
Beloved is the land of Keawe
Land of beauty and peace
I make a comparison with California
And find Hawai'i the better land
It was Australia which invited me
To visit this foreign land
This is a wonderful land in my opinion
Ever enveloped by fogs
I know the snow that bleaches the skin
That makes one warm oneself at a fireplace
The cold pinches like a lover
And urges me to go home
Then my mind goes wandering back
Though I am thousands of miles away
Love wells up for my homeland
And the smooth poi that soothes the throat
This ends my song
The love of my homeland is my wreath
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Lyrics submitted by kalei.