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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gurrumul
Gurrumul
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Michael Hohnen
Michael Hohnen
Composer
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Composer
Errki Veltheim
Errki Veltheim
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Michael Hohnen
Michael Hohnen
Producer
Craig Pilkington
Craig Pilkington
Recording Engineer
Matthew Cunliffe
Matthew Cunliffe
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Buŋgul. buŋul. buŋgul. buŋgul. buŋgul bunana. djaw' Dhiyakuŋuna watawuŋu ḏirrmalawuŋu. djaw' Waṉa ṉirrpuna banuydjina bili wuḻungupayina. djaw' Barrŋbarrŋ dhuwalinydja galiku watawuŋu. djaw' Giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. wuyupthhurrunana djaw' r.r djaw' Barrŋbarrŋ galiku. waṉa ṉirrpu. Giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. baṉdjarrŋulili. wuḻungupa banuydji Ganydjarrwuyaŋina wuḏuminyba. gaŋgayparrana Nhenydja buŋgul waŋana. watawuŋ ḏirrmalawuŋu Rrondhu marrtji ŋunha Mindharrŋura. Wilirrŋura Muthamul Nhumanydja rrondhu märi walala. mala Mandjikay. m.m. m.m Lomuyinana lomu Mawuyul. wäŋaŋura Yanhdhaḻa Yulpa? Bäpadjambaŋba. wäŋaŋura Djulkayalŋgi Wiripunydja burakina Birrinydjiwala. Djindjiray Baḻawuku Māwuḻmirri. Gandjamarr Birrapirra Nhenydja ŋäthili. wutthurra wurrminyba Wäŋaŋura, Seki Gurrumuru, m.m. m.m Dhuwalana dhārriŋdja, Gāḏinŋura Djaltjunbi Dhiyaŋi Dhuwa dhawal. Girriwaḻa Ṉambatjŋu Djarpanbulu. Raŋimula Gaṉdjitji ṉirrpunydja burakina. Gätjiŋba. m.m. m.m Wanhaŋuru buwapuŋala Ḻuku-ḏumdhunawala Melwula Barrthanagaŋuru. Dholtji Manunu Yä märiwala. Ḏilingarra Yawunbaŋuwala Bungurrukurruwala. Walaywalayunawala. m.m. m.m Giḻaŋ'thurrunana dhoṯthinana Djalinda yuṯa, djaw' Giḻaŋ'thurrunana ŋaeaka dhuwalinydja Yamaliny Ḏaṯarrwaŋa. djaw' Djanŋala miyamara Gapala namba Barrumbarru. djaw' Bili nhanbalay dhuwali namba Gätjiŋba. djaw' Giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. wuyupthurrunana. djaw' r.r djaw' [English translation] Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance is here, take it From this northerly wind, take it On the mass the flags are playing, take it The flags torn by the wind, take it Giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, fraying to pieces, take it Torn flags. mast arms Giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ. on the masts. shredded flags Shredded by the power of wuḏuminy. gaŋgayparra winds You (flags) asked to fly dancing. from the northern wind Flags dancing there at Mindharrŋura. Wilirrŋura. Muthamul You grandmother-flag mob, you Mandjikay families. m.m. m.m Soft sands of Mawuyul. at the place Yanhdhaḻa For who? For Bāpadjambaŋ. at the place Djulkayalŋgi Also playing there for the Birrinydji. Djindjiray Baḻawuku Māwuḻmirri. Gandjamarr Birrapirra nation You first, clash the knives At the place, Seki Gurrumuru, m.m, m.m Here is the trepang oven, at the Gāḏinŋura Djaltjunbi (Bawaka) This Dhuwa country. Girriwaḻa Ṉämbatjŋu (Yāŋunbi) Djarpanbulu. Raŋimula Gaṉdjitji (Barrkira) The mast flags flew, for Gätjiŋ. m.m. m.m Where have the masts come from to be with Ḻuku-ḏumdhuna (ancestor) From Melwula Barrthanaga, to Dholtji Manuna Oh my grandmother families. Ḏilingarra Yawunbaŋu Bungurrukurru, Walaywalayuna m.m, m.m (Warramiri nation) Raising a new folded flag, take it 'Giḻaŋ' as it is raised up the mast. take it Singing the country Djanŋala. Gapala, Barrumbarru, take it Because this is marked for Gätjiŋba, take it Giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ. disappears from sight *' giḻaŋ' the sound made by mast rope against the mast and a flapping flag at the masthead
Writer(s): Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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