nunda bulu-ngan nah-ngan burrah-yinmiyinmiwoninj ngah-wurdurd-ninj
this is something my father and mother used to tell me when I was a child

bunu ngah-djawadjawaninj
I used to ask them two

kenbo bulu-ngan kah-yininj
then my father said

nunda bah
and this one

djah-marnu-wokiyan
I will tell you

keninhbi-kun
about whatsit

bolung
the rainbow serpent

djirrbiyuk
the whistle duck

kanh warlang ngarrah-yin
and the orange bat we call them

mak-- mak warlang
the orange bat is not

kaye-yinmiwon am koloban
that we call am koloban

nunda bah
but this one

mud-mondimondih kah-yidjnjan
has a really nice fur

kah-yininj
he said

mah
well

kardu
maybe

dah-lng-yolyolmu bulu ngah-yininj
you can tell the story dad I said

korrehkun mak da-bengkey
a long time ago, didn't you know

nunh bah
these

keninjhbi-ngong dubmi manjhmanjh kah---
all the whatsit today's animals were

kah-bon dubmi kah-dolkan
that have got up and are walking around today

wah-kah kah-ning
were in the water

yadj-kah kah-ning nunh bah balah-mimih-ninj
they were in the grass but they were mimih spirits

balah-boninj mimih
they used to walk around as mimih spirits

buhkorrehkun
a long time ago

nunda wan-- nunda kanh
this is what

djah-marnu-yolyolmu
I'm tell you about

kanh djirrbiyuk
the whistle duck

kah--
she

yawkyawk-ninj
was a young girl

ngal-yawkyawk-kuno
she was in her teen age

kah-djikka-lan-dinj
her breast was pointing up

kanh djirrbiyukk
the whistle duck

nah-no bulu-no
her mother and father

yabok-no wulkundjan-no
her bigger sister and younger sister

rowk balah-ninj kanidjah
they were all there

keninjhbi-kah
at the whatsit

kanidjah
there

darnkih
close to

dulum-no-kah
the hill

kenbo kanidjah kah-djurdbuminj
and there was also a waterfall

wah
water

kanidjah kah-yunj
was lying there

kah-yurrinj
it laid there

ngal-mamuna-- kenh waridja yuno
the mamuna-- er the you know ?waridja?

bolung
rainbow serpent

bolung
the rainbow serpent

en kanidjah mahkih kah-dja-yongiinj
and there was also lying

warlang
the orange bat

kenbo: nunda
then this

kardu djirrbiyuk
like the whistle duck's

bulu-no kah-yininj
father said

wurdurd
children

kehninjbi-ngong nulah-mamang
pick up all your whatsit

balah-boniyan
they're going

djarra
there

keninjbi ngol bulah-marnu-kiyan
they will whatsit take us

balah-manboniyan
they are going to dance

balah---
they

kinjiyan mey-ngokorrng
will cook food for us

manjh keninjh-nokorrng
our what you call it

bulah-monhmonwoyan
they will make

kenbo
then

kenbo bulu
then them

bulu ngurrah-
we'll see them

niyan

kah-mar-yininj
he told them

ma ma ma balah-yininj
alrigh alright alright they said

kirdikird-ngong
all the girls

yo
yes

kah-dja--- djarra kanunh
it is-- there this

kardu yilah-
perhaps we

ngalHngalkiyan kardu biyi-njelng balah-yininj
will find men for ourselves they said

ma
alright

ka-mon
that's good

kanidjah bala-lng-boninj
so they went there

keninjhbi-ngong
all the whatsit

kunj-ngong balah-boninj
all the kangaroos

keninjhbi
whatsit

djakana
the jabiru

ngurrurdu
the emu

balah-boyenj
there were a lot

manjh bulu ngurrah-bengkan
the animals that we know

kanihdjah balah-
there they

boninj
went

ma kah-yininj
alright; said

kanh djirrbiyuk
the whistle duck's

bulu-no
father

kardu dubmi
maybe today

nalah-mon--
you

manboniyan
are going to dance

yawurrinj-ngong
young boys

kenbo derrhno
and then

kardû
maybe

nabikeninj-ngong
who's that

kirdikird-ngong balah---
the women will

bulah-
they

kinjiyan mey-ngong
will cook all sorts of foods

bulah-ngaHngalkiyan
they will find

dorrung-no-ngong keninjhbi-ngong
all sorts of whatsit

yawok-ngong kardu kenbo bulah-kinjiyan
all the cheeky yams maybe and then roast them

ma
alright

bulah-yininj
they said

wal kenh---
well am--

mah kah-lng-
good it makes

mudda-yibkang
hair get up

kardu ngarrah-manbon
if we dance

didjirmdidjirrmu didjirmu
yardiyarda yardiyarda

balah-lng-manboninj
and they danced

yawurrinj-ngong
all the young men

nunda kanunh warlang
and the orange bat

ooo kah-dja-manboninj
oh he kept dancing

nunh bah kah-ngorrk-bakbakkarrinj
and there he was breaking his hips

ooo nunh bah kah-dja---
oh he was so

kah-dja--
he was

burrama
so good looking

kah-yininj nunh nakohbanj
the man said

nunda bah kah-mondi-duninj kah-manbomanbon
he's so good when he dances

kah-yaw-dorrung-bakbakkarrun
his little body movements

kah-yininj
she said

kenbo balah---
and then they

kah-lng-muna-yinminj
then it was night time

balah-yin mah
they said alright

kenbo derrhno ngarrah--- ?yarrah?--- keninjhbi kurlhkerriniyan kenh
then tomorrow we'll-- whatsit visit am--

ngarre-yawoh-manboniyan
when we dance again

kahnunh njing nakohbanj kenbo
this is when you man/judge then

kenbo
then

njel kah-kayhmiyan
you'll shout at us

nabikenj
for who

nabikenj kah-
for who is

mondi
the best

kah-manbon
among the dancers

bulah-marnu-
they said to

yininj kanh nakohbanj
the man/judge

ma wuhrah kah-yininj
well OK he said

kenbo ngah-kayhyinmiyan
I'll shout then

balah-lng-dudjminj wadda-kah
they went back home then

balah-yonginj
they slept

kenbo derrhno-yin balah-ya--
in the morrow they

yininj balah-manboninj kanunh
they danced the

djirrbiyuk
whistle duck

bukah-lng-marnu-keninjhbi-minj kanunh warlang
she whatsit the orange bat

ooo nunda
oh this one

nunh bah biyi-ngan biyi-ngan biyi-ngan kanunh ngah-ngalkanj kah-yininj
and this is my man my man my man that I have found she said

biyi-ngan nunh
this is my man

yo ngey kah-dja-nanHnan
yes, he's looking at me

kanh djah-manbomanbon ke
as he is dancing yeah

yurrkkuh kah-dja-naHnan kah-yininj kanh
he is looking at me in return she said

djirrkiyuk
the whistle duck

kardu ngey kah-marnu-yolh-mon
he loves me maybe

kah-dja-yininj
she was thinking

kah-lng-
and it

dabadabarngh-minj
was the next day

kardu
maybe

siknol barrah-worrinj
they gave each other a signal

bukah-marnu-yin
they said

kenbo nahdah kah--- djah-niyan
later there I will see you

kanidjah
tehere

keninjhbi-kah rorrbo-kah bukah-marnu-yininj
there are the open waters he said to her

mah

bulu kah-dja-lng-mumu-monmon-wong kanh
she was making sweet eyes to them this

keninjhbi djirrkiyuk
whatsit whistle duck

balay kah-bal-boboninj
she went far away

kah-bobong
she went away

kanidjah bukah-yidjnjayidjnjaninj
there she had him

kah-lng-mudda-yibkang
her hair got up

balah-lng-ngurdminj
they were staying quiet

yibung yibung-karn warlang kah-dudjdudjminj nahda
and him the orange bat as for him returned over there

wadda-no
to his camp

dulum-kah
at the hill

kah-dja-dudjdudjminj
he came back

kenbo kanidjah bukah-ngalkanj
and there then he found

ngal-keninjhbi djirrbiyuk
the whatsit the whistle duck

wo nunda kirdikird kardu ngey kah-marnu-yolh-mon kah-yininj
yeah, this women maybe she loves me he thought

barrah-dja-yenjdjunginj kanidja:h
they staid there and ta:lked

noborra kardu
over there maybe

kanh dird
the moon

noborra kardu kah-danginj
over there it was standing

kodj-burrng-kah
over their heads

kenbo burrah-wonang
then they heard

booooooo
boooo

ngal-djirrbiyuk
whistle duck girl

djirrbiyuk marruh-kah mah djah-boninj
whistle duck where about have you gone

djah-lng-dududjmu kardu
you should come back

kah-yininj nah-no
her mother was going

woy wurdurd malung ngarra-yawayawan kanunh ngal-djirrbiyuk
children come over we willl look for whistle duck girl first

barrah-lng-njon-boninj
they all went

nah-no yabok-no wulkun-djan-no
her mother, her older sister and her younger sister

bulah-lng-yawayawaninj
they were looking for her then

worda worda wordah
oh oh oh

korreh kah-yin djah-bon
quick you go she said

djah-dudjmu na
go back now

djah-dudjmu
go back

kenbo derrhno djeh-narruniyan
we'll see each other tomorrow

bukah-marnu-yininj
she said to him

ma ma ma ma ma
OK OK OK K

kenbo derrhno
see you tomorrow

yibung kah-wurdiwurdi
he sneaked away

ka-bal-wurdiwurdihminj nahda dulum-no-kah
he vanished far away there, went to his hlll

wadda-no-kah
to his home

kenbo djirrbiyuk kah-mar-kayhminj
then the whistle duck shouted to ?them

ma djarrabay kardu
aright over here maybe

ngey bah nidjarra ngah-dja-boboninj
but I just came here

ngah-kurnh-nanganan
I'm taking a look

nunda bah
this is

kardu bulu-ngan
like my father

wadda-no
place

ngah-dja-worhbon
I'm just walking around

kuhyin
indeed

manjh keninj mah
and why are you

bulah-yawayawan kah-yininj
looking for me she said

nunh bah mah kanunh kah---
but why are you

djah-yenjdjungiyan
talking to me like this

kah-yininj nah-no
her mother said

djilah-yawayawaninj ke
we were looking for you indeed

ma djah-lng-bon
alright, come on

ngarrah-dudjmu
we're going back

bukah-marnu-yininj
she said to her

balah-lng-dudjminj wadda-kah
they went back home

balah-njenguyonginj
they slept

kenbo muna-yin
it was nighttime

balah-yawoyh-
they danced again

manboninj

bulah-kinjinj mey
they roasted food

kirdikird-ngong kardu
like the women

keninjhbi-ngong balah-lng---
all ths whatsit they

bulah-lng-winjhminj kanh
they won this

keninjhbi mey-ngong
whatsit the food

keninjhbi ke
whatsit indeed

djakana-ngong
the jabiru mob

yibung-karn
as for the

ngurrurdu
emu

kah-winhminj
he won

keninjhbi-kun balah-yurdyurdminj
the whatsit the race

balah-yurdminj yibung-karn kah-yaw-winhminj
in the race, he won good on him

kanh ngurrurdu
the emu

keninjhbi mahkih
and also this whatsit

mey-kun
for the food

keninjhbi bulah-dadjdadjkanj
that they whatsit were cutting

keninjbi-dorrungh
with whatsit

keninjbi ke lob-dorrungh
with a whatsit with a ?stone knife

nunh bah
this is

djila-wanjkih
like a stone axe

keninjhbi-ngong bulah-yaw-winhminj
the whatsit won this

ngarradj-ngong
the white cockatoo mob

ngalelek
the corrella

ah balah-dja-
ah there were

bakah-ninj
lots of them

ma nunda
and this

wanjingh-kun ngarrah-lng---
for one we

ngarrah-lng-yidjnjan
we'll have

nabikeninj kah-lng-winhmiyan kanh
who will win the

kah-manboniyan munguyh
dancing through the night

balah-yininj
they said

kanh warlang
the orange bat

kah---
he

kininjhbi
whatsit

bim kah-
the painting he

baworrinj
?was removing?

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ooo kah-dja---
oh he

kah-dja-boninj kanidjah
he went there

mah ngarrah-manbon ngah-yininj
well let's dance shall we

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balah-dja-manbomanbo
they kept dancing

balah-dja-manbo: ?nunh?
they danced

bah? yibung-karn kah-dja-bakbakkarrinj kardu kah---
but him he was moving so sexy like he

kah-
he

ngorlingorlihminj
he was ondulating

bulu kah-berrmanginj ooo
he was facig them oh

ngalewoh kurrubruk
that's it, true

yibung na kah-winhmyan
he is the one who is going to win

kah-mar-yininj namakke nakohbanj
the man/judge declared

kardu kurubruk-duninj
like this is really true

keninjbi
whatsit

warlang kah-winhminj
the orange bat has won

kenbo kardu
then maybe

mey-ngong
the foods

djilah-woyan
we'll give you

manjh
the games

bulu dah-yidjnjan
you have them

bukah-marnu-yininj
he said to him

kenbo mah
and then

kanidjah djirrbiyuk kah-mar-boboninj djehneng bukah-beyunginj
there comes the whistle duck coming to him thinking she would take him with her

bah
but

balah-dja-bakah-ni kirdikird
there were a lot of women

kanidja bulah-beyunj
there grabbing him

bulah-lng-djongdjongminj ke
they were kissing him indeed

bulah-lng-yidjnjayidjnjaninj
holding him

bulah-ngarrinj-yidnjaninj
holding his hands

bulah-lng-ngorrkang nahdah bulah-lng-ka? kanunh kirdikird-ngong
they were all gettng him there taking him all the girls

ooo kah-lng-yininj djirrbiyuk
oh she thought, the whistle duck

manjh kenjh-kun
wait what's that

mah kun--
and this

mah kanh biyi bulu kah---
and this man they

bulu kah-marnu-yin kanunh
they are doing that to him there

kirdikird-ngong
women

bulu kah-yinmiwoy
he should tell them

ngey kahnunh yarrah-narrun
that he is seeing me

mh

kah-marnu-yininj
she said to ?

nunh bah kenbo dubmi ngah-marnu-yinmiyan
I'm going to tell him about this in a moment

kah-dja-lng-djudminj
she ?went away?

mumu-malu-dorrungh
with tears

kah-yurdminj nahda
flowing there

kah-mayahmayahminj
she was losing control

kah-dja-yurdminj nahda
she ran over there

kenbo keninjhbi kah---
and then whatsit where

kah-djurrhbumu-kah
where the waterfall was

kanidja kah---
there kah--

kah-lng-wodnarrinj
she threw herself in

kah-wodnarrinj
she threw herself in

bardi kanidjah kah-
and there was

daddinj keninjhbi bolung
the whatsit the rainow serpent

kah-dja-lng-ngoyeHminj
and when she splashed

barlbbu kah-yaw-dorrung-me
? he grabbed her little one

manjh kenjh-kun mah dah--- djah-buburrun
why are you trying to kill yourself

barna njing mak biyi da--- djah---
and what about no man

djah-yidjnjan
I'm holding you

mah ngey
and me

ngey mahkih ngah-biyi bukah-marnu-yininj
me too I'm a man he told her

djah-lng-yidjnjanj borrkm--
I'm just holding you

dubmi
now

djah-lng-yidjnjanj
I'm just holding you

njing ke bah djah-yin
you indeed you say

wurdurd
little girl

kah-yininj
he said

kardu biyi dah-yidjnjanj
you may have ha a man

kardu narrah-yonginj
you probaly slept together

kanh djirrbiyuk ?bard?
he whistle duck ?

kahke
no

ngey bah mak nabikeninj yarra-yo hey
I don't sleep with anybody hey

yonginj
didn't sleep

nunda bah
and this

dubmi
now

ngah-dja-lng-
I'lljust

mayahmayahminj kah-yininj
got ma she said

kokoh
ah dear

djarrabay djah-bon ngey-- ngey--
come over here I'll-- I'll

ngey djah-yolh-mon-woyan
I'll love you

bukah-marnu-yininj
he said to her

kanidjah bukah-lng-yidjnjang
and he was holding her there

yibung-karn
as for the

warlang kah-dududjminj
orange bat was coming back

bardi kah-dje-boyenj-ninj
and jesus he had a big nose

dah-bengkan keninjhbi
you know this whatsit

ammm
am

wombet
wombat

wombet
wombat

dah-bengkan kanunh
you know this

dje-no lajad na
a nose like that

kanh kah-dja-yininj kanh
that's how he was the

warlang
orange bat

kah-dja-dudjdudjminj
he was coming back

kah-dja-dudjdudjminj kenbo
he was coming back and then

ah
ah

kah---
he

kah-wonang balah-redjiredjing
he heard them laughing

ah
ah

bordo
crap

kanh
this

malung bulu ngayh-kurlkka
first I try to go and see them

kah-yininj
he thought

kah-dja-lng-djemhdjemhminj
he sneaked up on them

kah-dja-lng-djemhdjemhminj
he sneaked up on them

royh
take a look

kah---
he

bulkah-nang keninjhbi
he saw them whatsit

kanh
the

dird
moon

bunu kah-
was

keninjhbi wayalhminj
whatsit shining light upon them two

bukah-lng-ngalkanj kanidjah djirrbiyuk
he found her here, the whisle duck

ah
ah

marruh mah nunda kirdikird kah-yin
what is this woman doing now

nunda kanunh ngah-yawayawaninj
this is the one I was looking for

kah-yininj
he thougt

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bunu ngah-marnu-burlhmu malung
I'm going to come up on them first

kah-yininj
he thought

kah-lng-burlhminj
and he came out

njing
you

malung njing djah-yin
to start with, what are you doing

mak nunda dah-yidjnjiyan
don't hold this

biyi
man

ngey kanh biyi-ngu
me, I am your man

manjh kenjh-kun nunda
and why is it that

djah-lng--- kah-lng-marnu-yin
you're doing this to me

biyi-kinikun dah-bal--
another man you

dah-bal-worhdemH-mang
you mucked around with

bukah-marnu-yininj
he said to her

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mmm

njing ke bah bulu dah-yidjnjan
but it was you really you were hugging

baka kirdikird-ngong
all these women

kanh-kun ngey ngah-boninj djarra
his is why I came here myself

nunda ngey ngah-ngalHngalkanj biyi-ngan
and for this I found myself a man

kah-yininj
she said

wu:
oh

[inspiration]

warlang kah-lng---
then the orange bat

bukah-lng-nahnang
he stared at her

ma
alright

[click]

bolung
rainbow serpent

marruh djah-yinmiyan
what would you say if

djeh-burruniyan
you and me fight with each other

oH!
oh

[clicks]

kardu njing kanh
perhaps you

[inspiration]

djah-yolh-mon-miniyan
you would like it

kardu
perhaps

djeh-burruniyan
tha you and me fight

ngey mak nga-worimu
as for me I'm not worried

ngah-yimardek-
I will not

nga-yi-mardek-kong yibung
I will not feel sorry for you

ma

malung ngah-dudjmu wadda-ngan-kah
I'll go back home first

ngah-monwoyan keninjhbi danj-ngan
I will prepare my whatsit spear

njing-karn kardu
and yourself I suppose

keninjibi dah-lng-
whatsit you'll

mon--

djah-lng-monworrun
you'll get ready

nunh bah yirru-dorrungh
and then with anger

dubmi ngah-dudjmiyan bukah-marnu-yin
I'll come back today he told him

kah-dja-lng-yurdminj
then he ran

nahda wadda-no-kah kah-burlhminj
he arrived there at his camp

nah-no bulu-no kanidjah barra-lng-ni na
his mother and father were both in

kahke
but t no avail

kah-barrhbobarrhbom?hminj? kanh warlang
he threw himself onto the ground this orange bat

kah-marnu-djirdmanginj
he stole her from me

kirdirkird-ngan kah-marnu-djirdmaginj
he stole my woman

kah-marnu-djird ?wa? bulah---
he stole wah--

bulah-wan malung danj ngah-buyan kanunh
?? firt I will kill him with a spear

bolung ngah-buyan ngah-buyan ngah-buyan kah-yininj
the rainbow serpent I'll kill him I'll kill hil I'll kill him he said

ooo kah-m-- kaykayminj
oh he was shouting

kahke kuyin wurd-ngan
no don't indeed my son

kah-yininj kanh
said his

nah-no
mother

mak marruh djah-lng-yinmiyan bonj
don't do that that's over

dah-ban
leave it

haha ngey mak ngah-bawoyan
ah ah me I won't let it go

nunh be-- nunh bah
and this

ngey dubmi ngah-ngalkanj kirdikird-ngan
I had found my woman now

kirdikird kirdikird kanunh ngah---
this woman, this woman I

ngah-marnu-yolh-mon
I loved her

ngah--- ngah-dja-buyan kanunh
I'll kill him inded this

bolung ngah-dja-buyan kah-yininj
I'll kill the rainbow serpent he said

ooo kah-lng-?-yirru
oh he was so angry

kah-boninj nahda kah-yawayawanj
he went there and looked for

danj danj kah-yawayawanj
a spear he looked for a spear

kah-dja-yawayawanj kah-dja-yawayanj
he looked around he looked around

kenbo nahda kah-
and then there it

merlkminj
shinning

kah-nang
he saw

djurr-no wanjkih
one that looked sharp

kah-merlimhmerlimhminj
it was shining

mudda-walung
in the sun

ah kah-yininj
ah he thought

manjh kenjh mah nunh kah-
why is this one

keninjhbi-mu
whatsit

kah-
it's

wayalmu kah-yininj
shining he said

ngah-djih-kurlh?wun? malung
I'll quickly look around first

kah-dja-lng-bong
so he went

kanidjah
there

kah-nang
he saw

ah
ah

kah-ngalkang lawk
he had found a stone knife

weHe kah-yininj
wehey he said

ngah-ngalkanj
I found

keninjhbi-ngan
my whatsit

nunda kanh
this

lawk ngah-monwoyan
blade, I'll make

ngey-kun
mine

[inspiration]

nunh bah ngah-dja-ngurl-djabmiyan
and I will just poke his heart

kanh bolung mmm
of this rainbow serpent mm

manj-kerlk-dih kah-yininj [click]
I'm serious [withouth softness] he thought

kah-dja-lng-kurdme kanh
then he pulled out this

woh djal-wanjing
yeah he went on [Kunwinjku]

wanjing kah-dja-lng-kurdme kanunh lawk
he pulled out one of the blades

kah-dja-lng-ye-dududjminj nahda wadda-kah
then he brought it back home

kardu nahda kah-yinmi
he may have done that

bah kah-lng-
but he

djurrlbong kanh lawk
sharpened the blade

kah-nang kanunh lawk
he saw this blade

ooo
oh

nunda bah dje-ngan-walung ngah---bah
and what if with my nose I

ngah-monwong
I prepared it

kah-yininj
he thought

kardu dje-ngan kanh
like with my nose

ngah-lng-keninjbi-miyan
I'll whatsit

ngah-bodjobodjohmiyan kah-yininj
I'll keep rubbing it he thought

kah-dja-lng-keninjhbimong
and then he whatsit

bodjohminj
rubbed it

dje-no-ka:h
on his nose

kah-boledboledkang
he turned it all around

kah-dja-lng-bodjohbodjohminj
he kept rubbing it

kah-lng-monwong
he made it good

[sigh]

[blowing nose]

djurr-mah-kayen
the sharpest one

njamed djah---
and whatsit

namekke lawk
this blade

kenh kanh lawk kah-lng-monwong
am this blade, he made it good

djurr-mondimondih-
nice and sharp

duninj
really

kah-yunginj
he put it

danj-kah
on the spear

mhmh
mh mh

kardu neks dei kahnidja kah-lng-
and like the following day there he

yirru-- kah-lng-boninj yirru-dorrungh
he went with great anger

bunu kah-royh-minj
he peeped at them two

karr-walungwalung
from above

kanidjah barrah-dja-djudjuminj
they were swimming there

ah
ah

mak buka-bawoyan
she won't leave him

ngey bah kanidjah ngah-boniyan ngah-buyan kanunh
but me I'll go there and I'll kill him

kah-yininj
he thought

kah-dulhnadulhnang
he looked at the trees

oh
oh

kanidja darnkih-no
there close up

kanidja ngah-
there I

ngah-keninjhbi-kalHmiyan kanunh
I'll whatsit climp up this

kod kah-yininj
paperbark tree he thought

kanh kod kah-dja-kalHkalminj nahda
he went up the tree there

barna kah-nan
what about you see me

bukah-marnu-yininj
he said to him

bolung kah-nan
bolung look at me

oh kanidja kuyin djah-lng-nan
oh there indeed I see you

manjh keninj-kun
what is it about

borno ngey kah-malhmalwon
hey you are teasing me

djehneng mak ngey
you'd think that I

nga-yenjdjuyenjdjung
don't speak

marlHmarlh-dorrungh
with irony

nunba bah ngey ngah-boninj dubmi
this is why I came now

yirru-dorrungh djeh-burruniyan
with anger so you and I have a fight togeher

bukah-marnu-yin
he said to him

kah-balarn-yenjduyenjdunginj bonj
they were about to start talking, but that was it

kenh
am

bonj
that's it

balkkan-dorrungh bukah---
with the throwing sticks he

bukah-marnu-wodnawodnang
he throwed them at him

kedked
kedked

kedked
kedked

kedked kah-dja-leng-yininj warlang
kedked the orange bat was doing

ah ngey kah-
ah you don't

[sigh]

mak ka---
you didn't

ka-dord-ke
you didn't hit me

bukah-marnu-yininj
he said to him

bardi ngey
indeed I

nunda m--
this

dah-djih-wonan malung
you're going to feel it a bit first

djah-lng-danj-buyan bukah-marnu-yininj
I'll hit you with a spear he said to him

kah-dja-lng-wodnang kanunh danj
and he threw the spear

kenbo buka-wonang kah-lng-kayhmu
then he heard him he was shouting

[inspiration]

kah-lng-wayHkarrinj
he was going up

dorrung-no
his body

nunh bah kurlba kah-lng---
and the blood was

kah-lng-boninj
was spreading

kanunh
the

keninjhbi djirrbiyuk
whatsit whistle duck

kanidjah barrah-djarrk-nininj
they were there together

[click]

worda: kah-yininj
oh God she said

[inspiration]

nunh ke bah [strangled voice]
and indeed this

djah-wayhmu djah-wayhmu
you move out you move out

kanidjah kah-rakkiyan
he's going to fall here

kanidjah kah-rakkiyan
he's going to fall here

djah-wayHmu bukah-marnu-yininj
move he said to her

kahke ngey mak dja-woniyan
leave it, I won't listen to you

[inspiration]

nunda bah biyi-ngan kah-marnu-buninj
because you have killed me my man

nunda bah biyi-ngan ngah-marnu-yolh-mon-mininj
and this was my man that I loved

[inspiration]

mak njing djah-marnu-yolh-mon-muni
I didn't love you

kahke nunda kanunh biyi-ngan kah-marnu-buninj
not at all and here you have killed me my man

kah-dja-lng-rakkanj kanunh
and then it fell the

bolung
rainbow serpent

[strike on the table]

barrah-djun-
the two of them

boninj
went

yirrhwalung
inside

yirrhwalung yirrhwalung yirrhwalung bukah-kang
inside inside inside he took her

kanh warlang bukah-marnu-kurnh-nahnaninj woywoy
the orange bat was observing them poor thing

mak ng--
not--

manjh keninjh-kun
why is it

kanunh ngah-lng-yininj kah-yin
that I did this he thinks

dubmi ngah-lng-kirdikird-dih
now I don't have a woman

barrah-djarrk-doninj
they two died together

kanidjah wah-kah
there in the water

ooo
oh

kah-lng-kurnh-weh-minj
everything looks dark

kanh
this

keninjhbi balah-lng---
whatsit they

balah-lng-monworrinj
they turned themselves

manjh wanjkih
into animals

kanh warlang
the oange bat

biyi-walung
from man

kah-lng-monworrinj kanh warlang
he turned himself into the orange bat

kah-lng-yemi-karrinj
he hid himself in shame

nunh bah kah-lng-boninj wadda dun--- dun-kah
and for that reason he went to make his home in a hole

bad-dun-kah
in a cave

kah-lng-yininj
he thought

ngey mak nabikeninj ka-niyan
nobody will see me

mak nabikeninj nga-marnu-burlhmiyan
I won't come out for anyone

ngey-karn ngah-dja-nini djarra
I'll just stay there on my own

kah-yininj
he thought

for ever
for ever

munguyhmunguyh
for ever

kah-orindj-wan kanh
he's orange the

keninjhbi
whatsit

en dje-no tu
and his nose too

kah-dje-dun-boyenjboyenj na bikos im
he's got big nostrils now because he

kanh keninjhbi dje-no imin--
his nose he whatsit

kah-dadjkang keninjbi-dorrungh
he cut it with the whatsit

kanh lawk
with the stone knife

bukah-dje-dadjkanj weh-no
it cut his nose poor thing

en kah-dja-kurrubruk dubmi mak ngarra-niyan kanunh ngong
and that's true today we don't see these guys

munu kanidja
there only

djeh-ngalkiyan kardu wadda-dun am-- dun
we'll find its home in holes am--

bad-dun-kah
in caves

yibung-karn djirrbiyuk
as for the whistle duck

balah-dja-ni kanidjah keninjhbi-kah
they are still there in the whatsit

[click]

what would you say for billabong

bo-no
billabong

rorr-bo-no kah---
in the billabong

kanidja berrh-- bulnu kanh balah-ni dubmi
there open-- they live there now

balah-lng-monworrinj keninjhbi djirrbiyuk-ngong
they turned themselves into whistle ducks

yibung-karn bolung
as for the rainbow serpent

kah-lng-
then he

monburrinj bolung munguyhmunguyh
turned into a rainbow serpent for ever

keninjhbi kah-
whatsit it

rarraddi
shines

nunh bukah-yaka-kuno
when it rains for him

ngarrah-nan kah-rarraddi:
we see it shining

kah-yaka-kuno
when it rains

[inspiration]

nunh bah ngah-bengkan kanunh
but I actually know that this is

bolung
the rainbow serpent's

waral-no
spirit

woywoy
ah dear

en deds di end
and that's the end

bonj
that's it

[laughters]