kurlu
kurlu
Warlpiri
Warlpiri
Wiiny-wiinypa-kurlu
Ngarrurnu J. Jakamarrarlu Yirrarnu C. Nungarrayirli Kuruwarri kujurnu L. JungarrayirliYarda ngurrju manu
Corina Granites Nakamarrarlu First Edition 1978
Second Edition 2007
© Bilingual Resource Development Unit, Yuendumu
ISBN 1 920775 04 8
Wirlinyilpa karrkaja Wiiny-wiinypa.
Wiiny-wiinypalpa karrkaja nyampurla yatijarni
Kurdiji-kirlilpa yanu, kurdijilpa kangu. Murruly-karra,
murrruly-karra nyanu. Murruly-karra pakarnulpa-nyanu. Yapangku jintangkulpa-nyanu pakarnu
Wiiny-wiinyparlu. Pakarnulpa-nyanu. Mukulpa-nyanu pakarnu,
Ngula-jangkalpa karrkaja.
“Nganangkunkulu pakarnu?”
“Ngayi, kajulu yangka-paturlu pinyi jaja-jintarluju.”
Jukurrarlulkulpa wayi-wayi-purrurnu kurdiji manu kuturu-pinki. Karlilpa-jana manu. Kangulpa-jana.
“Yirnangkulu ngarra kuja purami.”
“Nyinayalu watiya-kujaku. Nyinayalu, kalaka-nyarra makurnta-panji parnpirni watiyarlu. Kalarna jinta-juku yani.
Jinta-jukulpa parnkaja yarda. Juka-juka yirrarnulpa-jana kurdiji. Karlarra-kurra, kakarrara-kurralpa-jana juka-juka yirrarnu. Juka-juka yirrarnulpa-jana kurdijiji. Ngula-jang-kalpa rdurruly-karrija... Pakarnulpa-nyanu. Mukulpa-nyanu pakarnu. Pakarnulpa-nyanu, turl-turl-pajurnulpa-nyanu. Kula nganta yangka yapa panungku kala jintangkulpa-nyanu
Ngula-jangkaju kulpaja... Yarda kulpaja, ngarilpa kulpaja murru-murulku ngayilki wijinilki ngayilpa-nyanu pajurnu. Yardalpa ngunaja.
Jukurra pardijalpa, yarda wayi-purrurnu. “Purarnangkulu marlpangku waja?”
“Watiya-kujakulu nyinaya. Nyinayalu watiya-nyayirni-wangu. Kalaka-nyarra parnpirni watiyarlu makurnta-panji.”
Yardalpa parnkaja. Pakarnulpa-nyanu. Yarda pakurnulpa murruly-karra, watiya-jukulpa pakarnu jintangku yijala. Pakarnulpa, mukulpa pakarnu. Mukulpa-nyanu pakarnu. Ngarilpa-nyanu jimanta-pinki pakarnu. Wanarri-pinkilpa-nyanu muku pajurnu.
Ngula-jangkaju...u jintakulku parnkaja. Nyanungurlulu miirda kangu. Wurnturu warntarlalu miirda kangu.
Purdangirlili puraja, ngayilpalu palkangkulpalu puranjayanu warntarlalu. Puranjayanulu...nyangulpalu. Juka-juka
yirrarnulpa-jana yangka kurdiji-patu. Kakarrara-kurra karlarra-kurra jana juka-juka yirrarnu. Nyanungu
yarnkanjarla pirri-manu kurlarni. Pakal-jurrurnu-jana jinta-kari watiya-jinta-kari wilykarra pakarnu. Kurdijilpa pakarnu. Nyanungulkulpa-nyanu pinjarla yirrarnu palkalku pakarnu.
“Yampiyangku! Yampiyangku! Yampiyangku!” yangka-paturlulu wangkaja.
“Yampiya-wajangku, wiyarrparlu kanpa-nyanu murru-murru pajirni. Pakarni kanpa-nyanu.”
Yangkaju jurlpurralku-jarrija, wiiny-wiinypakulu muku yanu. Tarnngalkulu paarr-pardija ngurungka. Jurlpu-jarrijalu muku panu-juku, jurlpu-jarrija-muku. Yanulkulu muku. Yangka yalumpu-juku Wakurlparla kakarrara ka karrimi mulju-pardu wita. Ngulangka-nyalu jurlpu-jarrija.
Mukurralkulu paarr-pardija. Jinta-warlayilki kalu jurlpu wapami kuja kalu karnari ngarni nyanungurluju, jurlpungku, wiiny-wiinyparlu. Yirdingka Wiiny-wiinyparla yijala
English Translation – The Grey Falcon
Story Told by Jack JakamarraWritten Down by Connie Nungarrayi
Translated by Mary Laughren and George Jampijinpa
Grey Falcon used to go out hunting. He went to the north side of Wakurlpa (big hill north of Yuendumu) and walked in a northerly direction.
He set off carrying a shield. He used to hit himself very hard indeed, and would keep on doing so. This Grey Falcon, used to hit himself. He hit himself all over savagely.
He came back home. “Who hit you?”
“Oh, those people from up there beat me up. You know the ones, whose grand-father is the same as mine.”
“Really?”
The next day he gathered up all his weapons. He went off with his nulla-nullas and boomerangs. The others asked him, “Can we follow you?”
“No, you stay here or you might get hit too. My wife’s relations might attack you too. I’ll go alone.”
He set off alone once again. He stuck his spears and shield in the ground on both sides, to the east and to the west. Then he attacked himself and hit himself all over. He really ripped his fl esh open. It was as though many people had attacked him, but really it was he alone, all by himself.
He went back home again badly wounded and aching all over. He lay down to sleep. The next day he got up and once again started gathering together all his weapons.
“Can we follow you in case you get hurt again?”, his family asked him.
“No, you others stay here in case you too get hurt”, he answered, “My wife’s relations might hit you also”, he added.
Off he ran again. This time he hit his shields. After that he started hitting himself again and smashing into hs shoulders. He cut himself all along his legs.
The next time he set out the other people in his family followed him, keeping well behind and out of sight. They followed him at a distance keeping to one side. He stood his shields upright in the ground to the east and west. He went and sat down on the south side. He started attacking each shield one by one and after that he started hitting himself again.
“Leave yourself alone! Stop hitting yourself! You’re the one, you’re hitting yourself.” Then he turned into a huge fl ock of birds, into the grey falcons and fl ew away.
On the East side of Wakulpa is a soakage. This is the place where the Grey Falcon be-came the many falcons that eat sand lizards. We call them Wiiny-wiinypa, Grey Falcon. The soakage is called Wiiny-wiinypa after the one who used to attack himself.
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