Good Friday Meditation: Bapa - Father [Song]

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BAPA
By Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu [1971-2017]

Warwuyu ŋarranha mulkana
ŋaraku bapawu
ŋurununa gunipunharayu
yaa, bäpa marrkapmirri

ŋathina wilawilayurruna
ŋuruŋuna djarrawalyurruna
liya-wayma Bekulŋura
yaa, bäpa marrkapmirri
mmm....

ŋäthina Djotarra manda
garray Dhuwandjika Daylulu
ŋuruŋuna djarrapalwuyu
liya-wayma wäŋaŋura Gunyaŋarri
mmm....

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

FATHER

Grief have taken hold of me
for my father
when the sun sets
oh, beloved father.

Crying and crying
when the sun goes down
my mind there at Bekulnura
oh, beloved father
mmm....

Two Gumatj ladies crying
ancestor boss ladies Dhuwandjika and Daylulu
when the sun sets
my mind there at the place Gunyanara (Bekulnura)
mmm....


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A Note From The Gull


In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum.

Thank you, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare