Songtext Baywara Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

Baywara

I heard my mother
from the long distance
making me cry
yä ŋäṉḏ..i

Mother dreaming
storm clouds building across the sky
wo..o, murryun wäŋa ŋupan

The place was changing
for the new season
yambaṯthun dhawalyu wirrpaŋuya

Yä my mother, Baywara
you are creator, yä ŋäṉḏi

Ḻikandja ŋäṉḏi walala, Guṉdjuḻpurr
Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi
m..m

Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Guwarruku
Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila, m..m
Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Wandjuḏupa
Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra, m..m
Wiripunydja ḻikam, ŋäṉḏi Dhämayi
Waŋarrthuḻa mala Birritjama
m..m

Yä my mother, Baywara
You are creator, yä ŋäṉḏi
Yä my mother, Baywara
You are Creator, yä ŋäṉḏi

I heard my mother
from the long distance
making me cry yā ŋāṉḏi

My Mother dreaming
the storm clouds building across the sky
W..o murryun wäŋa ŋupan

The place was changing
for the new season
yambaṯthun dhawalyu wirrpaŋuya

Yä my mother, Baywara
You are creator, yä ŋāṉḏi

Ḻikandja ŋäṉḏi walala, Guṉdjuḻpurr
Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi

Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Guwarruku
Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila m..m

Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Wandjuḏupa
Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra
m..m

Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Dhämayi
Waŋarrthuḻa 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, Guṉdjuḻpurr
Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi
m..m

And Mother Ancestor, Guwarruku
Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila, m..m
And Mother Ancestor Wandjuḏupa
Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra, m..m
Mother ancestor's other names Dhämayi
Waŋarrthuḻa, 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, Guṉdjuḻpurr
Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi

And Mother Ancestor, Guwarruku
Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila, m..m

And Mother Ancestor Wandjuḏupa
Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra
m..m

Mother ancestor's other names Dhämayi
Waŋarrthuḻa, the Birritjama nation
m..m