Album: Gurrumul

Dhuwala ŋarranha, mulkana warwuyun, ŋäthinana ŋarra, Guṉipunharayu
miny'tji ŋarraku gorruŋalana, Garrumara Baŋgarrari, Galaŋgarri Galathi
maŋan ŋarraku ḏurryurrunana, Wuḻpunduganawirra Gumbaḻkarra, mali-yolŋuyinana

nhenydja ŋarraku gunbilk ŋorrana, ŋakuna marra-wuḻwuḻ
yäpinanydhu djarrawalwuyu

Yä ŋarra dhuwala yä, yä yolŋu Loli
Yä ŋarra dhuwala yä, yä Galparra yolŋu Gurrumulŋa

watayu ŋarranha djirripuŋala, waṉayu ḻuŋgurrmayu yiwarryu ḏirrmalayu
ga märi'mirrinydja ŋarraku wäŋa, Bangulŋa Randulkuŋa Wuḏutjaŋa Gimiyala

Yä ŋarra dhuwala yä, yä yolŋu Loli
Yä ŋarra dhuwala yä, yä galparra yolŋu Gurrumulŋa

Ṉirrpunydja ŋarraku roŋiyinana, Bekuḻlili Galupayu dhärriŋlili Mayaŋ-ŋarakayu ŋäthinana djotarra maṉḏa
Dela Daylulu Dhuwanydjika warguyurrunana

Yä ŋarra dhuwala yä, yä yolŋu Loli
Yä ŋarra dhuwala yä, yä Galparra yolŋu Gurrumulŋa m..m

(english)
Here I am, grieving, I'm crying, because of this sunset
My colours across the afternoon sky, Garrumara Baŋgarrari, Galaŋgarri Galathi
My clouds are rising, Wuḻpunduganawirra Gumbaḻkarra, shapes like people
Reflections on the calm water for me, shimmering on the water
With this sunset

O..h I am, oh I am Loli (ancestors)
O..h I am Galparra, Gurrumulŋa (ancestors)

The wind caresses me, the arms of the northern winds
An my grandmother country, Bangulŋa Randulkuŋa Wuḏutjana Gimiyala

O..h I am, oh I am Loli
O..h I am Galparra, Gurrumulŋa

My mind has gone back, to Bekuḻ, Galupayu, dhärrin and Mayaŋ-ŋaraka
Those two Gumatj women are crying
Dela Daylulu Dhuwanydjika grieving

O..h I am, oh I am Loli
O..h I am Galparra, Gurrumulŋa

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