ŊALINDIPUY GANA RÄKUŊALA

FISHING BY THE LIGHT OF

THE MOON

ŊALINDIPUY GANA RÄKUŊALA

FISHING BY THE LIGHT OF

THE MOON

DHÄWUW a r m b i r r i r r wu ŋ u

MALINY'T JARr i k i l i w u ŋ u

P rin te d a t M ilingim bi L it e r a tu re P ro d u c t io n C e n t r e 1982

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Waŋganymirriy munhay miyalk ga nhanŋu JLundu'mirriŋu; man da gana nhinana raŋiŋura, dhäwu man da gana lakaranhamina.

2

Late one evening, a girl and her friend were

sitting on the beach. They were telling stories

to each other,

Man da gana galkurruna ŋalindiwa ŋayi dhu walma ga gapuwa ŋayi dhu ŋurrithirri. Ga djamarrkuliy' mandanha ŋäŋ'thurruna bitjarra, "Way! Nhaku nhuma ga dhiyala nhina?" ga bitjarra walala waŋana.

They were waiting for the moon to rise, and for

the tide to come in. All the other children were

asking them; "why are you sitting here?"

Ga manda ŋunhi miyalk ga nhanŋu Xundu'mirriŋu bitjarra waŋana, "Linyu ga dhuwala galkun qa^indiwa ga gapuwa. Märr ga linyu dhu marrtji räkunhalili, ŋuruŋiyi badayalay' na^indiy".

The two friends told the children that they were

waiting for the moon and the tide so that they

could go fishing by the light of the moon.

Ga dj amarrkuliy' mandanha ŋäŋ' thurruna bitjarra, "Napurru dhu bala marrtji, ga buma nhumalaŋgu yipaŋ mala ŋunha muŋunmuŋunŋura." Yurru manda waŋana bitjarra, "Dhuwala linyalaŋgu yipaŋ mala dharrwa, yurru buliki mala ŋanak !"

The children said to them, "We'll go and get some

bait for you among the mangroves."

Ga walalanydja dj amar rkuliny' t j a waŋana mandaŋgu bitjarra, "Bäydhi yäna napurru nhumalaŋgu dhu buma. ŋayi balaŋu nhumalaŋgu dhawar'yurru yipaŋ".Ga yoraŋala manda walalaŋgu, bala djamarrkuliny'tja ŋunhi marrtjinana gondhaŋalana yipaŋnha mandaŋgu muŋunmuŋunŋurana. Djudum'kurruna walala gana marrtjina.

The two friends said "But we've got some pieces of

meat here to use as bait." The children replied,

"We'll Just get them for you in case you run out of

bait'' So the two friends agreed with the children.

Then the children walked through the mud to where

the mangrove trees were.

Ga bay ŋunhi walala roŋi'ruŋiyina yipaŋŋura bunhaŋuru, ga gapuynydja ŋunhi walalanha marrtjina ŋayathaŋalana, bun'kumuŋurana.

Ga ŋayinydja ŋalindinydja ŋunhi bilina walmanana, ga manda lundu' many dj iynydj a mandaŋguwuy dhawatmaraŋalana mandaŋguwuy girriny*tja räkunhawuynydja ŋäthilimirri- yaŋalana.

By the time the children came back from collecting

bait among the mangroves, the tide was up to their

knees and the moon had risen up into the dark

black sky. The two girlfriends got their fishing

gear all ready for the fishing. All the children

gave to the girls the bait that they had

collected from the mangroves.

14Gurrupara mandanha walala yipaŋ, bala walala gurthana dhaŋalkuŋala; balanya galanydjakalanydja, räwak marwat dhalinygunhawuy ŋorra marrtji ŋuli raqikurru yarrakmaraŋala mindjirri ga milkmilk.Ga märr-weyindhi manda räkuŋala. Ŋayiny dj a ŋunhi garramatnha ŋa^indinydja, ŋayi gana djeŋarra' - yinanydja nhakuna yindi badayala1 ŋunhala garramat.

The children then built a big fire out of dried mangrove

leaves that lie along the beach to keep the sandflies

from biting the children and two airlsj

The moon rose up. It was so high and it shone like a

big torch in the sky.

Ga ŋunhi lundu'manydji gana räkuŋala, ga dj amarrkuliny' t j a gana dhäwu lakaranhamina. Nhinana walala gana liw'maraŋala gurthakurru. Ga märrmay' lundu*manydjiy gatmaraŋala dämbu-miriw wedu* balanya dhawarrakmirri guya, ga gurrupara manda märrma' djamarrkuli'nha ga mandaŋgunydja lurrkun guya.

16

While the two friends were fishing, the children were

teling stories to each other around the fire forthemselves.

The two friends caught five cat fish. They gave two to

the children, and they kept three,

Ga walala warrpam: marrtjina wäŋalili, ga ŋunhala wäŋaŋura walala batha'patharana. bala lukanana ŋunhiyi guyanydja.

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Then they all went home with the catfish that the two

friends had caught, And at home they cooked and dte the

fish,

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