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that it would be well for each kiimu-hula to have kept in mind tlie 

 wise adage that shines among the sayings of his nation: Aohe pan 

 lea ike i kau holau * — " Think not that all of Avisdom resides in your 

 halau." ^ 



Mele Kahea 



Li'u-li'ii aloha ia'u, 

 Ka uka o Koliola-lele, 

 Ka nahele mauka o Ka-papala " la. 

 Komo, e komo aku hoi au maloko. 

 5 Mai ho'ohewahewa mai oe ia'u ; oau no ia, 

 Ke ka-nae-nae a ka mea hele, 



He leo, e-e,. 

 A he leo wale no, e-e! 

 Eia ka pu'u nui owaho nei la, 

 10 He ua, he ino, he ami, he ko'e-ko'e. 

 E ku'u aloha, e, 

 Maloko aku au. 



[Translation] 



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Long, long have I tarried with love 

 In the uplands of Kohola-lele, 

 The wildwood above Ka-papala. 

 To enter, permit me to enter, I pray ; 

 5 Refuse me not recognition ; I am he, 

 A traveler offering mead of praise. 



Just a voice. 

 Only a human voice. 

 Oh, what I suffer out here, 

 10 Rain, storm, cold, and wet. 

 O sweetheart of mine. 

 Let me come in to you. 



Hear now the answer chanted by voices from within : 



Mele Komo 



Aloha na hale o makou i maka-maka ole, 

 Ke alanui hele mauka o Pu'u-kahea la, e-e ! 



Ka-he-a ! ^ 



E Kahea aku ka pono e komo mai oe iloko nei. 

 Eia ka pu'u nui o waho nei, he anu. 



a Sophocles {Antigone, 705) had said the same thing: ix-q wv ev ^So? ii.ovvov iv o-auTo! <p6pei, axr yjjs 

 uxi, KovSev aAAo, tout' op0S>i exei-v — "Don't get this idea fixed in your head, that what you say, and 

 nothing else, is right." 



''Halau. As previously explained, in this connection halau has a meaning similar to 

 our word " school," or " academy," a place where some art was taught, as wrestling, box- 

 ing, or the hula. 



■^ Ka-papala. A verdant region on the southeastern fiank of Mauna-Loa. 



