NANGALA-JARRA
YAPINTA-JARRA

YAPINTA NANGALA-JARRA-KURLU
Yimi ngarrurnu; Lucy Nangalarlu
Yimi yirrarnu; Judy Napaljarrirli
manu Marjorie Nungarrayirli
Kuruwarri kujurnu;
Janet Nakamarrarlu
Wirliyajarrayirla 1990

Nyurruwiyi kalalu yapa-panu
nyinaja. Ngulaju kalalu nyinaja
Nangala-jarra, kakiyi, jaja,
ngamirni, papa, jamirdi, yaparla
manu wantirri.

Ngulajangkaju mungangkajalu
yanurnu yapa-panu-kari ngula-jana
muku-panturnu Nangala-jarraku 
palangu-patu. Nangala-jarrajulpa
pala wuruly-karrija yurrkurla.

Ngulajangkaju mungalyurru jarrija
palangu Nangala-jarraku. Ngulalpa
pala yulaja nyanunguku palangu-
patuku. Ngulalu-jana muku
pakarnu.

Ngulajangkaju-pala yanu wurnalku
kirri-kari-kirra. Ngulaju-pala
yanu wurnturu.

Yanu pala kirri-kari-kirra
ngulalpalu yapa panu nyinaja.
Ngula-warnu kala-pala nyinaja
ngula kala pala karnta-patu
manyu-kurra nyinaja
yarlukuru-rla.

Ngulajangkaju wuraji-wuraji-pala
yanu, walirli jana nyangu
yapa-jarra Jungarrayi-jarra.
Wangkaja pala wati nyanungu-
jarraju. “ Nyiya kuyu-jarra
nyumpalaju." Karnta-jarra-pala
wangkaja."Nangala-jarra kala."
"Wall pala yantarni, Nangala-
jarrakuju Jungarrayi-jarra."

Ngulajangkaju kangulkulu-jana
Jungarrayi -jarrarlu-kirri-kirraju
Nangala-jarraju. Nganjirni
nyanglu-jana yapa paturluju.

Ngulajangkaju jarnku marrirdi-
jarrijapala jungarrayi-jarraju
Nangala-jarra-kurra. Kalalu-jana
jurnta nyinaja ngurrangka.

Japakulu-jana kangu wirlinyi
Jungarrayi-jarra-rluju, Nangala-
jarraju. Yali warnulu pina yanurnu
ngurrakurra. Kuyu pinki-kirli.

Yali-warnu pala yanu Jungarrayi-
jarra. Yangka-kurra pala yanu
ngapa-parnta-kurra warnirri-
kirra. Ngulangkalpa pala nyinaja,
walili-jana nyangu yapa-jarra-
pala yanurnu yapakari-jarra
kurlarda-parnta-jarra. Jungarrayi
-jarra-lu-jana panturnu ngunanja-
kurra-juku. Nyanungu-jarra-rluju
yapa-kari-jarra-rlu. Palija pala
Jungarrayi -jarraju.

Japaku-rla kari-rla, Nangala-
jarra pala yulanjaku tirri-yungu,
“Nyiya-jangka kanpala yulami?
Wiyarrpa-jarra". "Miyalurlu
karnarlu-jana nyanyi,
panturnulu-jana marda."

Jungajukulu-jana nyangu
Jungarrayi- jarraju, yanurnulu -
jana-yapaju. "Karnuru -jarra pala
ngunaya nyurnu -jarra," wangkajalu
yapa patuju.

Jungarrayi-jarrajulpa pala ngunaja
nyurnu-jarra, yali-kirra palu
jana-yanurnu yapaju.

Nangala-jarraju-pala yanurnu.
Yapa-paturlu ngula palu-jana
nyangu Jungarrayi-jarra ngunanja-
kurra, wali palu yukaja miyalu-
kurra Jungarrayi-jarrarlaju, panu -
jukulu yukaja, Nangala jarrarlangu.

THE ORPHANS
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
by Janet Nakamarra Long
In the dreamtime there was a group of people living together. There were two Nangalas with their brothers, sisters, grandfathers and mothers, fathers and grand mothers. One morning another group of people came to their camp and killed the family. The only ones left were the two Nangalas. They had run off into the bushes and were hiding
Morning came and the Nangalas saw their family lying everywhere and they started to cry in mourning.
The next day they left and went away to another place. They travelled a long way.
They came and saw a lot of people. They came and sat with the other ladies in the womens single camp.
In the afternoon the two Nangalas went out hunting and saw two Jungarrayis.
The two Jungarrayis said to the Nangalas "What skin are you?” The two Nangalas said "We're Nangalas."The two Jungarrayis said "Come with us".
The two Jungarrayis took the two Nangalas back home with them.
Coming home the people saw the two couples coming to the camp.
Then the Jungarrayis got married with the Nangalas and they all lived with the other people.
One day they took the Nangalas out hunting and came home with lots of meat.
The next day the Jungarrayis went hunting to the same rock-hole that they had been to before. They spent the whole day hunting at the rock-hole. Then the Jungarrayis saw two strangers with spears coming towards them
The strangers speared the Jungarrayis and left them lying dead.
That same day the Nangalas started to cry. The people were asking the Nangalas "Why are you crying poor women?" "We can feel it in our stomachs, maybe they were speared".
The Nangalas were right about what had happened to t he Jungarrayis.
They were speared and left dead.
The Jungarrayis were lying where they had been speared.People came crying to where the dead bodies were.
The Jungarrayis were lying dead where they had been speared. People came crying to where the dead bodies were. The Nangalas came. People saw the two Jungarrayis lying. The people were all feeling sorry and the two widows were mourning.