Hawaiian Wedding Song/Ke Kali Nau - English lyrics by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, 1958.
This is the moment I' ve waited for. I can hear my heart singing. Soon bells will be ringing. This is the moment Of sweet Aloha. I will love you longer than forever. Promise me that you will leave me never. Here and now, dear, All my love I vow dear. Promise me that you will leave me never. I will love you longer than forever. Now that we are one, Clouds won't hide the sun. Blue skies of Hawaii smile On this, our wedding day. I do love you With all my heart.
Ke Kali Nei Au (Waiting For Thee) - Words & music by Charles King, 1926.
Eia au ke kali nei Aia la i hea ku'u aloha Eia au ke huli nei A loa`a `oe e ka ipo Maha ka `i`ini a ka pu`uwai Ua sila pa`a `ia me `oe Ko aloha makamae e ipo Ka`u ia e lei a`e nei la Nou no ka `i`ini (nou ka `i`ini) A nou wale no (wale no) A o ko aloha ka`u e hi`ipoi mau Na'u `oe (na'u `oe) E lei (e lei) Na'u `oe e lei A he hali`a kai hiki mai No ku`u lei onaona Pulupe i ka ua Auhea `oe ka `i`ini a loko Na loko a`e ka mana`o Hu`e lani ana i ku`u kino Ku`u pua ku`u lei onaona A`u i kui a lawa ia nei Me ke ala pua pikake A o `oe ku`u pua (`O `oe ku`u pua) Ku`u pua lei lehua (lehua) A`u e li`a mau nei ho`opa`a Ia iho k ealoha He lei (he lei) `Oe na`u (`oe na`u) He lei `oe na`u	Here I am waiting Where is my beloved   I've searched for you Now that I've found you Calm the desire of my heart   Sealed forever to you Sweetheart you are so precious I pledge my love to you alone   I desire you (desire) True to you alone (alone) With you joy will ever be mine   You're mine (you're mine) Oh, my lei (Oh, lei) You`re mine, my lei   Fond remembrance of the one who came My fragrant lei Drenched in the rain   Listen you, my heart's desire To the thought within me Open the heaven within my body   My flower, my fragrant lei I will string and bind Like the fragrant jasmine flower   You are my blossom (you, my blossom) My lei of lehua (lehua)   My desire is always to be with and close To my love   My lei (my lei) You're mine My lei, you're mine
Source: King's Blue Book, Copyright 1926, 1943 by Charles E. King - Commonly referred to as the Hawaiian Wedding Song, King said he wrote the song while convalescing in Queen's hospital in 1926 for his operetta, Prince of Hawaii. Introduced by the Royal Hawaiian Band, this song featured a duet by John Paoakalani Heleluhe and Lizzie Alohikea.