The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #168402   Message #4078155
Posted By: Stewie
03-Nov-20 - 09:57 PM
Thread Name: Mudcat Australia-New Zealand Songbook
Subject: RE: Rise Up Mudcat Songbook - Australia
BAPA
(G.Yunupingu)

Warwuyu ?arranha mulkana
?araku bapawu
?urununa gunipunharayu
ya..a, bäpa marrkapmirri

?athina wilawilayurruna
?uru?una djarrawalyurruna
liya-wayma Bekul?ura
ya..a bäpa marrkapmirri
m..m m..m m..m

?äthina Djotarra manda
garray Dhuwandjika Daylulu
?uru?una djarrapalwuyu
liya-wayma wä?a?ura Gunya?arri
m..m m..m m..m

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[english translation]
Grief have taken hold of me
for my father
when the sun sets
o..h, beloved father

Crying and crying
when the sun goes down
my mind there at Bekulnura
o..h, beloved father
m..m m..m m..m

Two Gumatj ladies crying
ancestor boss ladies Dhuwandjika and Daylulu
when the sun sets
my mind there at the place Gunyanara (Bekulnura)
m..m m..m m..m

Youtube clip

--Stewie.