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Wurapuderri dim
I was a young girl,
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nimbi ngagadi tye.
back when this happened.
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Ngagadi tye agatyintyi,
So, I went fishing
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pugali ngayi werri,
with my cousin,
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e anggunin ngayi.
and with my grandads.
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Dirrkuri ngadde nime tye,
We went to this riverbank
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agatyintyi ne.
to go fishing.
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Ngayi ngaganing karrbu,
And I got down
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kuri nide
into the water
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anganggurr ngini.
to hunt for prawns.
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Yu anganggurr kana ngagadi wawu tye, minde
So I'm moving around collecting up prawns into … I had no
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peyik nide,
bag handy, so
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yerrtyi nide, wakay.
I’m just stuffing them into my bra, OK!
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Ngagadi tye,
Anyway I'm moving along
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yerrold one gatgat,
and there was some old fishing line
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yu kuruapukek nyine
underwater there,
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nginni tye.
where I was.
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Defirr ngayi wakay
And my foot got stuck in it,
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kuri nide wurru, kurapukek.
while I’m in the water, like right underwater.
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E ngemi pat ganggi,
And I was trying to stretch up,
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kuri kinyinapa wirrenge tye.
but the water was right up to here,
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Ngani, pefi,
and I'm like ...
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nginyinggin
And I could see
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pugali, anggunin,
my cousin, and grandpas,
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e ngirinne kay,
and I sung out to him,
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’anggunin!’ e ngagadi karrbu
‘Hey Grandpa!’ but then I sank down again,
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e nyinnimbi, pugali kana dinyingginngi.
and finally my cousin noticed me.
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'Tyagannimbi pugali?’, minminapa ngaganim karrbu,
'What's up cuz?’, but too late, I’ve sunk down again.
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yerrnyinnimbi gatgat pull'imdownbat mi.
That old fishing line was pulling me under.
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E anggunin kana yenin karrbu,
And Grandpa came down
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dangim fitit kuri nimbi.
and raised me up out of the water,
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Ngayi werri beyikinngi wul
and carried me back to the
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bank napa ...
bank
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derri!
I mean ‘derri’,
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Yu derri napa.
sorry, I should have said 'derri’.
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Wakay!
OK finished!
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