Baywara Songtext

von Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

I heard my mother
From the long distance
Making me cry
Yä ?ä??.i

Mother dreaming
Storm clouds building across the sky
Wo.o, murryun wä?a ?upan

The place was changing
For the new season
Yamba?thun dhawalyu wirrpa?uya

Yä my mother, Baywara
You are creator, yä ?ä??i

?ikandja ?ä??i walala, Gu?dju?purr
Buliya?u Dhawu-Minydjalpi
M.m

Wiripunydja ?ikan ?ä??i Guwarruku
Ba?pa?una, M?mbila, m.m
Wiripunydja ?ikan ?ä??i Wandju?upa
Gapu-wa ?ka ?mirri, Nu?guritjmarra, m.m
Wiripunydja ?ikam, ?ä??i Dhämayi
Wa?arrthu?a mala Birritjama
M.m

Yä my mother, Baywara
You are creator, yä ?ä??i
Yä my mother, Baywara
You are Creator, yä ?ä??i

I heard my mother
From the long distance
Making me cry y? ????i

My Mother dreaming
The storm clouds building across the sky
W.o murryun wä?a ?upan

The place was changing
For the new season
Yamba?thun dhawalyu wirrpa?uya

Yä my mother, Baywara
You are creator, yä ????i

?ikandja ?ä??i walala, Gu?dju?purr
Buliya?u Dhawu-Minydjalpi

Wiripunydja ?ikan ?ä??i Guwarruku
Ba?pa?una, M?mbila m.m

Wiripunydja ?ikan ?ä??i Wandju?upa
Gapu-wa ?ka ?mirri, Nu?guritjmarra
M.m

Wiripunydja ?ikan ?ä??i Dhämayi
Wa?arrthu?a mala Birritjama
M.m

[english translation]
I heard my mother
From the long distance
Making me cry
Oh, mother

My Mother dreaming
Storm clouds building across the sky
Wo.o, thunder travelliong across the country

The place was changing
For the new season
Time for thunder and lightening, approaching wet-season

Oh my mother, Ancestor Baywara
You are the Creator, oh Mother

Mother Ancestor, Gu?dju?purr
Buliya?u Dhawu-Minydjalpi
M.m

And Mother Ancestor, Guwarruku
Ba?pa?una, M?mbila, m.m
And Mother Ancestor Wandju?upa
Gapu-wa ?ka ?mirri, Nu?guritjmarra, m.m
Mother ancestor's other names Dhämayi
Wa?arrthu?a, the Birritjama nation
M.m

Oh my mother, Ancestor Baywara
You are creator, oh mother
Yä my mother, Baywara
You are the Creator, oh Mother

I heard my Mother
From the long distance
Making me cry oh Mother

My Mother dreaming
The storm clouds building across the sky
W.o thunder travelliong across the country

The place was changing
For the new season
Time for thunder and lightening, approaching wet-season

Yä my mother, Baywara
You are the Creator, oh Mother

Mother Ancestor, Gu?dju?purr
Buliya?u Dhawu-Minydjalpi

And Mother Ancestor, Guwarruku
Ba?pa?una, M?mbila, m.m

And Mother Ancestor Wandju?upa
Gapu-wa ?ka ?mirri, Nu?guritjmarra
M.m

Mother ancestor's other names Dhämayi
Wa?arrthu?a, the Birritjama nation
M.m