Baywara

I heard my mother

from the long distance

making me cry

yä ŋäṉḏ.iMother dreaming

storm clouds building across the sky

wo.o, murryun wäŋa ŋupanThe place was changing

for the new season

yambaṯthun dhawalyu wirrpaŋuyaYä my mother, Baywara

you are creator, yä ŋäṉḏiḺikandja ŋäṉḏi walala, Guṉdjuḻpurr

Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi

m.m

Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Guwarruku

Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila, m.m

Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Wandjuḏupa

Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra, m.m

Wiripunydja ḻikam, ŋäṉḏi Dhämayi

Waŋarrthuḻa mala Birritjama

m.mYä my mother, Baywara

You are creator, yä ŋäṉḏi

Yä my mother, Baywara

You are Creator, yä ŋäṉḏiI heard my mother

from the long distance

making me cry yā ŋāṉḏiMy Mother dreaming

the storm clouds building across the sky

W.o murryun wäŋa ŋupan

The place was changing

for the new season

yambaṯthun dhawalyu wirrpaŋuyaYä my mother, Baywara

You are creator, yä ŋāṉḏiḺikandja ŋäṉḏi walala, Guṉdjuḻpurr

Buliyaŋu Dhawu-MinydjalpiWiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Guwarruku

Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila m.mWiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Wandjuḏupa

Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra

m.mWiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Dhämayi

Waŋarrthuḻa mala Birritjama

m.m[english translation]

I heard my mother

from the long distance

making me cry

Oh, motherMy Mother dreaming

storm clouds building across the sky

Wo.o, thunder travelliong across the countryThe place was changing

for the new season

time for thunder and lightening, approaching wet-seasonOh my mother, Ancestor Baywara

you are the Creator, oh MotherMother Ancestor, Guṉdjuḻpurr

Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi

m.mAnd Mother Ancestor, Guwarruku

Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila, m.m

And Mother Ancestor Wandjuḏupa

Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra, m.m

Mother ancestor's other names Dhämayi

Waŋarrthuḻa, the Birritjama nation

m.mOh my mother, Ancestor Baywara

You are creator, oh mother

Yä my mother, Baywara

You are the Creator, oh MotherI heard my Mother

from the long distance

making me cry oh MotherMy Mother dreaming

the storm clouds building across the sky

W.o thunder travelliong across the countryThe place was changing

for the new season

time for thunder and lightening, approaching wet-seasonYä my mother, Baywara

You are the Creator, oh MotherMother Ancestor, Guṉdjuḻpurr

Buliyaŋu Dhawu-MinydjalpiAnd Mother Ancestor, Guwarruku

Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila, m.mAnd Mother Ancestor Wandjuḏupa

Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra

m.mMother ancestor's other names Dhämayi

Waŋarrthuḻa, the Birritjama nation

m.m

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