Ngarrumureyene-ka ngarna, niyema Nimimba, umba kwa yilikaja yilyakwuwa yarndawarakina, nenukwa, niyema.

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1 Nimimba-langwa akwa nenikuwenikba-langwa (Blind man and his son) Told by Gula Lalara Ngarrumureyene-ka ngarna, niyema Nimimba, umba kwa yilikaja yilyakwuwa yarndawarakina, nenukwa, niyema. Narume-ka nenumamalya nakina nenikuwenikba. Yawa, niyema. Arakba nenilika-da. Nenalilikenu-wa, nenirringka yilyakwa. Neniridanga, ngarningka neniridanga, ngarningka neniridanga. Nenalilikenu-wa, nenambarringa awarruwalyamanja. Nare-ka, nenardada mungkwa madirrungwarne-ka mamawura makina-baba, mardidarre-ka. Ngardada-beka ningena-da! Umba yelakwa yakwuma umba akwungwa andiyalangwa yiminakarrngina akwungwa, ngarriyakwurre-ka arakba ngarnumamalya, niyema nungwenikba. Yawa, niyema. Arakba nilika-da. Yelakwa ambilya ena-manja awarruwalya ngawa, niyema. Nenuminilungkwuwabijuwa nilungkwarrngarna, nenuminilungkwuwabijuwa, nenilalika. Juj nilika-da. Nalilikenu-wa, nangwujiridinumanja adalyuma, akena nara ebina, engburingka. Niyamilkajuwa nandeya, nara ebina, engburingke-ka alarrkirrkarrnge-ka. Nara beka akwungw a ebina-da, niyema. Ngilikaja angabawa awurukwa mungkwa awarrngkakwudangwe-ka ena, niyema. Arakba nangkarra-da. Nangkidikarrinu-wa, mibina malarra iya ekbulkwuwurrariy a iya ekbulkwumadangkwa akina numurndakikbulkuwarrukwa-murra, nengkirrika aba. Kang, kang, kang, kang! yingiyama duwedirra. Wa! Akina dukwa akwungwa, mamarra makina? niyema-da. Nalilikenu-wa, amandangwa nakburranga nakwuwalarrina amakwulyumide-ka awurukwa. Adake-ka ngadumalya akina angalya, awurukwa akwambambilyinga akena yanda arakburakbakiya-wiya, akwa nilarrngwarndirranguma kembirra nakina nilarrkwangkwuwabijuwa-murra. Arakba nangkarra, nangkarra akwa jalburr! Nalkingamba, ningwur.dirruwajungwa. Nibibekinu-wa, niriberrka-da. Ambaka

2 ngambarriya-langwa mena ninguwarrngburrida, ninguwerrikburrida. Umba erriberriba wurruweba iya duwedirra arakba nuwardijeyinume-ka. Nukwunumurrkwule-ka awarruwalya-manja akena numangkarre-ka marringa akwa niyakuwabija. Ngalaja dakina dadumiyerriya Dumekalya abalkaya yingambilyuma adirrungwarnamanja eyika-da. Yakwujina yingambilyuma-da, aba ngalaja yinginirrubirringkama nakinuwa-da. Biya yinginukwumija, yingka numungkwulinga. Arakba yingangkarra yingilarrina, yingangkarra yingurukwulyaka. Arrrrrr numiyama miyaja-da. Eneja nakina nar.dina ngawa-da. Yingangkarra akwa yingamburringa. Arakba yinginuwalkena yingilikena ngawa, yingengkirrika arakba nakadanga-da. Nijungwune-ka naka marringa-da dukwa? yingiyama-da. [Nalilikena] Yingalilikena yinginiyindada ayanda-manja, yingumenda ngala-langwa-murre-ka eminda ngawa. Arakba yinginuwardanga-da, yingalyelyubarina dakina yingumirandika nibina arrawalangwa ngawa biya, yinginijerrukwa nibina arrawa yinginikilyarrbaka. Umba kemba yinginuwilyaka abalkayuwa miyerriyawa-da, biya angakwuba yinginakwumarna miyerriya-manja-da. Karukwa! eneja niyama nibina neniyerringka. Nare-ka nibina abena-da. Nenakwuwardangumu-dangwa alyilyarra naka? Akena nirrakwumimbe-ka. Karukwe-ka! Nabaruma mibina miyarnawa biya numakburranga. Ngumaringandene-ka menba mamayama, niyema. Numarndarrka miyarnawa numangulkwarbaja akwa numarndarrka menba mebingkuwarra-langwa, numebingkiringandanga, arrrrr. Numawurra, nandiyinga namuradade-ka angalya. Ngarningka mingka-langwa, arrrrr, ngawa. Arakba nakina kemba nandiyinga arakba nilyakirndirrka amurndekibina enungkwa akwa yilyakwa yinda nilalika yilyakwa. Nangkarra arakba nenilukwamurrkajuwa [nenumalika-langwiya] nibina-langwiya nenumalika ngawa, nenilukwamurrkajuwama arakba ebina-manja adalyuma niyamilkajuwa-murra-manja, ebina-manja ekbulkuwurrariya [malarra-langwa] malarra-manja. Nalilikenu-wa, [nenakburranga,] nakburranga adalyuma ebina yindi awurukwa. Wa! Naka-bina nenikuwarrka nenakuwardanguma alyilyarra-na? Nandeya aba numarndakbadanga merra eyambalya angalya. Alyilyarra nenakwuwardanguma naka- na, nenikuwarrka-na? niyema. Nangkarra nalkingamba ningwur.dirrungwajungwa. Numelyekaburra miyarnawa niriberrkina-da, biya namburra. Yelakwa ngambarriya. Amiyambena ena alyilyarra nenakwuwardanguma n enikwuwarrka? niyema. Arakba numungkwulinga-da. Ebina-manja ngawa awarruwalya numungkwula-murra-manja nenikwuwenikba yakwujin a

3 nenilyambarringa numungkwulinga. Arakba numemimbaka-da, umba nirakayanguma numemimbaka. Yinginumukwumijangu-wa. Dukwa numungkwulinga naka? ngalaja yingiyema dibina Dumekalya-da. Arakba angaluba yinguwarumajungwa miyerriya-langwa-da. Wurr, wurr, wurr, wurr numiyama miyeja. Arrrrrr, numiyama miyeja-da. Aburraja wurribina wurrimimba warniyerringka narungwekburakajungwa. Ena bu alyilyarra nenakwuwardanguma nenikwuwarrka-na? niyema. Yikarba yibina ngaw a akwa mibina miyarnawa ngawa nilangwundadanga-murra ngawa, nilangwundadanguma arakba nambilyuma adinakba. Yingirukwulyaka yingangkarru-wa, yingarjiyinga akwuwabidjina awurukwa. Arakba yinginirringka-da, yinginirringkama yinginenengmukwamu-wa. Eneja ningengkuwanginuma. A-hi, a-hi, niyema-murra. Nara ngalaja kinginilyibilyukwa ambaka-da. Ngilekbama dukwa daka-baba, niyema numakajungwunuma. Ningengkuwanginuma arumuruma akena nara kingilyibilyibikajungwuna. Kemba niyakuwerribika. Ngakadena, niyema. Ngarr! Ngarr! niyema nakadanga arakba nakina-da. Wa! Amandangwa numungkwulingama-na? yingiyema. Arakba yingilikena erribaba-da yingilyambikine-ka ambaka-langwa, nara kingingkarringarna amarda nara kingingalyaka amarda, nara kingumirarrkingalyaka amamurarra eyika. Yingalilikena yingka akwudangwa bu. Nawarumajungwa kembirra wurringkijingka akwa yelakwa nangawaldada nalbarruma yukwudukwudu-manja dud arakba nangawardanga-da. Nangamurndumurndakingkarringarna dibina ebina-murra bangkilya nangamurndakarrijaka nangalalika. Yenjerra dukwa dukwala yingambilya, niyema. Ngarningka numungkwulinga-da. Ngalaja dadingiyadikba dadinungkwarba-dangwa Dumekalya akwuwakwuwarralangwa awurukwa. Nengkirrika miyeja-wiya, wurr, wurr, wurr, wurr numangkarrinuma arakba-da. Yingka numungkwuwarrukwajungwa arakba nangarringka arakba yingumeyindija mibinuwa miyerriya, arrrrrrr, yinguwurdinga miyerriya-manja. Arakba numungkwulinga ebina wuburra ngawa-da.

4 Eneja neningiyadikba nenakar.darra awinyemba. Yingka nandeya aba yingarndakbadanga dadingiyenikb a ajiringka-manja duwarrngkuwarrngkidarrbawiya, dumurndakalarruwa. Arakba yingilarra-da, arrrrr, yingarjiyinga. Yingandeya arakba, naka numungkwulinga, numungkwumungkwula nakadange-ka marringa kwureya. Ngarningka ebina dibina wuburra ngawa niyama nakina nangawerrikbarruma nangawardanga dakina nangalirrakakumarna nangamurndakilarringa dibina nangalirrakakwumarna, umba nuwurdanga kemba nenikwuwenikbawa nibina, mibinuwa miyerriya-da. Nungwadine-ka nijungwune-k a angwada neniyerringka. Nenidirrirndijuwa ngawa biya, angalya-manja. Yadikina kemba arakba nuwilyaka nakina-da. Nenakamalyanga yakwujina umba nuwilyaka arakba angerriba ayakwa wurrangkwulyumida-murru-wa nuwambilya-murru-wa mijiyelyuwa numakina nakinada. Biya nuwambarrina arakba wurrakina kembirra adirrungwarna alukwanja nalukwayina-da, akwa narrumalyilyanga merra. Kemba nenangkarna nibina nenumadidira-da ebinuwa awurukwa biya nenumanga nenilawurrakajuwa biya, angalya-manja. Narrakwumarna ebina adidira awalya-manja akwa nalukwayin a kemba arakba wurrakina-da, wurrakina wurruwurrakwulyumidama-da. Nuwangkajeyinume-ka angaluba iya angaluba iya angaluba wurrakina namurndurndukwunuma akinu-wa angalya awilyaba-murru-wa alukwanji-yada nakina-murra-dungwa. Akina bu ngawa.

5 Blind Man and his Son (Nimimba-langwa akwa nenikuwenikba-langwa) Told by Gula Lalara Translated by Groote Eylandt Linguistics (June 2012) We are hungry said the blind man. So come let s go and look for sugar bag. You lead me, son. His son was a big boy. Yes, he said. So they set off. They kept on going (until they got the sugar bag). They kept on going (for a while and then) they sat down in the shade (they couldn t keep going any longer) because the sun was high and it was very hot. I m very hot! You leave me here, and look for water and get some for us because we re thirsty now, said (the boys) father. Yes, he said. So he went off. You stay here under this shade, he said. He made a shelter for him with broken branches and left him there and off he went. He kept on going (until he came to the place) where the river banks were high, but the river was dry. He went along the river and looked but there was no water, it was very dry (like) a desert. There s no water he said. Let me go over to that billabong, it s fairly close, he said. So he ran off. He kept on running (until) he was crossing a flat, stony, sandy place and he heard (something). Kang, kang, kang, kang! said the cockatoo. Oh! Maybe there is water there and paperbark trees, he said. He kept on going and sure enough, he found a big billabong. It was in its usual place, the billabong had always been there at the place, but it was so long (since he had been there) that he didn t recognise the place and so he had forgotten about it. He ran and splashed into the water and dived in and drank and drank and then came out. Let me sit down for a while because I m rather shaky, I m feeling a bit sick, (he said). In the bush parrots and cockatoos were calling. He lay down in the shade but he quickly went to sleep and forgot (about taking some water to his father). But there was a Jabiru nest above in a tree. The Jabiru was there, watching him. She waited (until) she could see he was asleep. Then she flew down and flew around. Arrrrr, went her wings. But he didn t hear anything. She flew down and landed. She started creeping up on him and kept on going (until) she could hear him snoring. Maybe he is fast asleep, she said. She kept on going (until) she could poke him and she stabbed him on the shoulder blade with her beak. She killed him and stared eating him and was fighting him from inside, and kept on going (until) she finished him and made him light inside. Then she took him up to her nest and put him in the nest. Oh dear! said the old man. He s not here! Has a dangerous creature attacked him? But he was blind (and couldn t see anything). Oh dear He felt around for his stone-headed spear and found it. Let me cut my

6 eyelashes from my eyes, he said. He took the stoned-headed spear and took hold of his eyelashes on one side and cut them, arrrrr. He threw them away and looked and he could see the place. Again on the other one. arrrrr (and it was off). Then he looked around and took the spears and sugarbag, oh, he left the sugarbag. He ran and followed the (boy s) tracks; he followed the tracks where he had followed along the river, over the swampy area and over the stones. He went on until he (found him) reached the river or rather the billabong. Hey! Here s my son! A wild beast must have killed him, (he said). He looked around and there was blood everywhere in the cleared area. A wild beast must have killed my son, he said. He ran and dived right into the water. He put down his stoned-headed spear and came out of the water and sat down. Let me sit down. What kind of a beast killed my son? he said. Then he (laid down and) stretched out and went to sleep under the same shade where his son had slept. He closed his eyes but he slept with his body facing up and his eyes closed. The Jabiru waited and waited for him. Maybe he is asleep now, she said. She got up from her nest. Wurr, wurr,wurr, wurr, went her wings. Arrrrr went her wings. The old blind man made himself comfortable. Maybe this is the wild beast that killed my son? he said. He aimed his woomera and stone-headed spear and got ready. She flew down and circled round and round (until) she was standing at the edge of the billabong. She could see him now, she watched him and kept on looking. He was breathing (heavily). Ah-huh, ah-huh, he said. But she didn t come any closer yet. Maybe she is blaming me he said, talking to himself. He was breathing heavily but she wasn t coming any closer. Then he had an idea. I ll snore, he said. Ngarr! Ngarr! he said, snoring now. Hey! He must be really asleep, she said. Then she went towards him approaching slowly, she didn t break the grass, she didn t tread on the grass, she didn t tread on twigs. She kept on going and now (she was) close enough (to get him). But then he got up and speared her and split her chest open. Thud! He killed her. He cut her up into little pieces with the axe (until) he had scattered her everywhere and he left her there. Maybe there is some more Jabiru around here, he said. Again he started to go to sleep. But the Jabiru s mate (started coming) from the other side of the billabong. (The old man) heard its wings flapping, wurr, wurr, wurr, wurr. He turned around and saw the bird gliding towards the nest, arrrrrr. It flew up into the nest. (The old man pretended to) be asleep the same as before. The male Jabiru got very angry. He looked and there was his wife scattered on the ground in little pieces. He flew down, arrr and stood there. He looked around (and saw the old man) lying there and snoring pretending that he was sound asleep. (The old man) did the same as before, he split (the Jabiru s) chest open and killed him and put him together with his wife. Then he climbed up to his son in the nest. The old man started to cry and couldn t stop. He took him down until (he had him) on the ground. Then from there he took (the body). He put the body down

7 until (he had him) on the ground. Then from there he took (the body). He put the body up on a burial platform. Then he took the message to all the people who were staying down at the beach and told them. So they had a big ceremony dancing and holding the string (?). Then he fetched the bones from the billabong and took them back to the camp. They put the bones in the dilly bag and all the people danced there. They had fetched people from here, there and everywhere and they had all gathered together in one place for the ceremony for the boy.

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