Guwaabal
3 Dhinawan Ngay / My Emu
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Dhinawan Ngay |
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Ngaandiyaa dhaay 'naawaandaay,
bagaarr nhamanha yanaay. Waama nguu warray bagaaya. Dhurraamilday
ngaama, waal nganunda ngaandiyaabadhaay yanaay, gaay guwaaldaygu.
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Yilaalanga,
ngaya yanaanhi ngaama. Ngaya yanaaygu guwaay. "Yanaaya, yanaaya, garriyabala
nguwalay warraylaya!" Yilaala nhamanga gayarranhi, yanaaygu. Giirr
yanaanhi, ngarraagulay, minyaarruwaa, ngiyarrmanga warraylanhi, ngaarrma
dhinawan ngay. |
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Giirruu nhama yiiliyanbaa.
Waal ngaama ngaandiyaa nganunda waal yanaaylay, giirruu ngiyarrma
nguu dhurri bamba. |
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Ngiyarrmadhaay ngaama dhayn yanaawaanhi
wiyaybaa. Ngiyarrma nguu ngarray ngaama dhinawan ngay, warraylandaay.
Nhamanhabala dhirra 'naawaanhi, dhuwarrbiyaay, dhuwarr gaawaanhi.
Dhinawan ngaama nguungunda yanaanhi, dhuwarr ngaama dhaligu. |
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Ngaambala nguu wuurraanhi, wuurraanhi,
dhuwarr. Yilaala nguu ngaama dhunhi, dhuwarr, dhudhay nguu ngaama
dhuwarr. |
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Ngaambala nguu, dhayndu bumay bundidju,
dhaygali. Ngiyarrma nguu ngaamanga buurray. Ngiyarrma nguubala ngaarrma
gurru mawunhi, dhawumaligu. Ngiyarrma nguunga bamba dhay. |
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Buyumadhuul! |
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