(Pauku 1)
*(Alakai)*
Keia la Valentine, ua nalowale au i ka pō,
*(Ka hope)*
Auhea ka malamalama?
*(Alakai)*
ʻO kēlā me kēia puʻuwai he hāwanawana, ʻoki ʻia e like me ka pahi.
*(Ka hope)*
ʻO kēia ke aloha a me ka hakakā?
(Chorus)
*(Alakai)*
Makemake au iā ʻoe, e ka pēpē, e uhaʻi ana iaʻu,
*(Ka hope)*
ʻAe, e haehae ana iaʻu,
*(Alakai)*
I ka malu, auwana au me ka naau kaawale.
*(Ka hope)*
He puʻuwai ʻole.
(Pauku 2)
*(Alakai)*
Hoʻohui nā lā i nā pō, Ke luʻu nei au i ka hina,
*(Ka hope)*
E, e lawe ia'u,
*(Alakai)*
ʻO kēlā me kēia waimaka aʻu e uē ai, ua like ia me ka hōʻino,
*(Ka hope)*
ʻO kēia manaʻo, ʻoi aku ka ʻino.
(Chorus)
*(Alakai)*
Makemake au iā ʻoe, e ka pēpē, e uhaʻi ana iaʻu,
*(Ka hope)*
ʻAe, e haehae ana iaʻu,
*(Alakai)*
I ka malu, auwana au me ka naau kaawale.
*(Ka hope)*
He puʻuwai ʻole.
(Bridge)
*(Alakai)*
Ua hōʻino ʻia e nā mea hoʻomanaʻo, ua hoʻohauʻoli lākou i koʻu ʻuhane,
*(Ka hope)*
E hele mai e hoola ia'u,
*(Alakai)*
ʻO kēlā me kēia minoʻaka aʻu e ʻike ai, he hoʻomanaʻo wale nō iā ʻoe,
*(Ka hope)*
ʻAe, he aha kaʻu e hana ai?
(Pauku 3)
*(Alakai)*
Keia la Valentine, e hemo anei au?
*(Ka hope)*
E hoʻokuʻu mai iaʻu,
*(Alakai)*
Ke ake nei i kou paʻi ʻana, akā ʻaʻohe wahi i kēia pō,
*(Ka hope)*
ʻAʻohe wahi i ʻike ʻia.
(Chorus)
*(Alakai)*
Makemake au iā ʻoe, e ka pēpē, e uhaʻi ana iaʻu,
*(Kaahope)*
E, e haehae ana ia'u,
*(Alakai)*
I ka malu, auwana au me ka naau kaawale.
*(Ka hope)*
He puʻuwai ʻole.
(Owaho)
*(Alakai)*
Keia la Valentine, ke kaumaha nei ko'u naau,
*(Ka hope)*
ʻAe, he moeʻuhane,
*(Alakai)*
E ʻimi mau ana au i ke aloha, manaʻolana e kokoke mai ʻoe,
*(Ka hope)*
ʻAe, e ʻoluʻolu, e hele mai i ʻaneʻi.
*(Alakai)*
Keia la Valentine, ʻaʻole pau kēia ʻiʻini,
*(Ka hope)*
ʻO kēia ahi pau ʻole.