After carefully weighing the matter, the author can not avoid the conclusion that jealousy had much to do with the slight differences now manifest, that one version is as [Page 39] authoritative as another, and that it would be well for each kumu-hula to have kept in mind the wise adage that shines among the sayings of his nation: _Aohe pau ka ike i kau halau _[56]—“Think not that all of wisdom resides in you halau.”[57] [Footnote 56: Sophocles (Antigone, 705) had said the same thing:[Greek: me nun en ethos pounon en sautô phorei ôs phes su, kouden allo, tout’ orphôs echein]—“Don’t get this idea fixed in your head, that what you say, and nothing else, is right.”] [Footnote 57: _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, boxing, or the hula.] _Mele Kahea_ Li’u-li’u aloha ia’u, Ka uka o Koholá-lele, Ka nahele mauka o Ka-papala [58] 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, lie ino, he anu, he ko’e-ko’e. E ku’u aloha, e, Maloko aku au. [Translation.] _Password_ Long, long have I tarried with love In the uplands of Koholá-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. [Footnote 58: _Ka-papala._ A verdant region on the southeastern flank of Mauna-Loa.] 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. [Page 40] [Translation.] _Song of Welcome_