Ka uka holo-kia ahi-manu o La’a,[61] I po-ele i ka uahi, noe ka nahele, Nohe-nohea i ka makani luhau-pua. He pua oni ke kanaka— 5 He mea laha ole la oe. Mai kaua e hea nei; E hea i ke kanaka e komo maloko, E hanai ai a hewa[62] ka wa’ha. Eia no ka uku la, o ka wa’a.[63] Translation] _Password—Song_ In the uplands, the darting flame-bird of La’a, While smoke and mist blur the woodland, Is keen for the breath of frost-bitten flowers. A fickle flower is man— 5 A trick this not native to you. Come thou with her who is calling to thee; A call to the man to come in And eat till the mouth is awry. Lo, this the reward—the canoe. [Footnote 60: This utterance of passion is said to have been, the composition of the Princess-Kamamalu, as an address to Prince William Lunalilo, to whom she was at one time affianced and would have married, but that King Liholiho (Kamehameha IV) would not allow the marriage. Thereby hangs a tragedy.] [Footnote 61: _La’a_. The region in Hawaii now known as Ola’a was originally called La’a. The particle _o_ has become fused with the word.] [Footnote 62: _Hewa ka waha_. This expression, here tortured into “(till) the mouth awry,” is difficult of translation. A skilled Hawaiian scholar suggests, it may mean to change one from, an enemy to a friend by stopping his mouth with food.] [Footnote 63: _Wa’a_. Literally a canoe. This is a euphemism for the human body, a gift often too freely granted. It will be noted that in the answering mele komo, the song of admission, the reward promised is more modestly measured—“Simply the voice.”] The answer to this appeal for admission was in these words: _Mele Komo_ E hea i ke kanaka e komo maloko, E hanai ai a hewa waha; Eia no ka uku la, o ka leo, A he leo wale no, e! [Translation.] Welcoming-Song Call to the man to come in, And eat till the mouth is estopt; And this the reward, the voice, Simply the voice.