Warungkapatukurlu

WARUNGKAPATUKURLU

Yirri-puraja manu yirrarnu Anthony Egan Jampijinparlu

Kuruwarri kujurnu Anthony Egan Jampijinparlu

(Warlpiri)

Produced by the Warlpiri Literature Production Centre Inc, Yuendumu NT 5751

with the assistance of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council

(c)Warlpiri Literature Production Centre Inc. 1984

Mungalyurrulpalu nyinaja watipatu

warluwana. Wangkajalpalunyanu.

Wangkajanyanu jintakariji.

"Yarnunjuku wajarna ngajuju."

Manupala wangkaja jirramakariji.

"Yuwayi, ngajarrarlangu yarnunjukuju

Manu wangkajalunyanu.

Jungajukulu yanu pawutukurlu manu

kurlardakurlu. Jungajukulu yanu ngapakurra

kurlirra. Manu rdipijalurla purlkaparduku

ngulajana wangkaja.

"Nyarrpara kanpalu yani?"

Ngulalu yalu-manu purlkaju.

"Yani karnalu ngapakurra kuyuku."

Ngulajana wangkaja purlkaparduju.

"M! M! Karlarra yaninjawangu pawutukurlu

Yukanjarla, kujurnulpalu ngapakurra

nitipinki kuyukupurda. Lawajuku. Kulalu

palka-manu kuyurlangu. Ngulajangkaju, yarda

kujurnulu ngapakurra nitiji. Lawajuku kulalu

palka-manu kuyurlangu. Manu wangkajalunyanu.

"Yanirlipa karlarra ngapa wirikirra kuyu

Jungajukulu karlarra yanu ngapa

wirikirra. Jurlpulpalu wirnpirlija. Manu

yarda kujurnulu niti ngapakurra.

Ngapakurralu palka-manu kuyu panunyayirnl.

Kulalu manngu-nyangu watipaturluju. Jurlpuju

Ngulajangkaju, wati jintanyanu wangkaja

"Kari lani-jarri karna."

Ngulapalangu ngarrurnu jirramakari watijarra

Jungajuku, wurnturulkulpalu yanurra

ngapawanaju, ngulajana ngapangurlu wilypi-

pardija rdaka wirijarlu jujukurlangu.

Ngulalu nyanjarla lani-jarrija manu purlajalu

Ngulajangkaju ngapakurra yirrpurnu

watikariji tarnngajuku jujungkuju

rdakawirijarlurluju. Jirramakarij ipala

purlaja lani yungungantapala puuly-mardakarla

jujukujaku. Ngula tarnngajuku muru-pungu

Manupala laningki puta-kangu pawutuju

purlanjakarrarlu. Yampinjayanupala kuyuju.

Manu jintakariji wangkaja.

"Yaliwana mayirli yani?"

"Yarujurlu ngurrakurra-jarrimi

Wangkajalpanyanu jintapardu. Ngula

lani-jarrija. Lawalkurla nyangu

jintakarikiji. Manunyanu wangkaja.

"Wara! Mantajulu! Yangarlulkurna

Jungajuku warungka-jarrijalku

yapawangurla. Warungka-warungkalku juuri-

pungu ngapakurra purlanjakurra. Julyurl-

wantinja-yanu lani jujukujaku. Yangka

ngapangurlu nyangu pirnki wurnturu

Jingijingi yanu pirnkikirra wardinyi

nganta. Yungu yukayarla jujukujaku

ngapawardingkikijaku. Yukajarra

kaninjarranyayirni kulanganta pirnkingka

Manulpa wita-jarrinja-yanu pirnkiji.

Ngulajangkaju manngu-nyangu.

"Yi! Kula nyampuju pirnki. Nyampuju

jujukurlangu lirra."

Manu purlanjaku rdirri-yungu

kiljinyayirni watiji.

Yuwayi, jungajukujana muru-pungu

ngapangka watipatuju warungka nganta.

Story by Anthony Egan Jampijinpa Three men sat around a campfire one morning talking. One man said, "I am hungry."

The second man said, "Me too."

"We will go fishing," the third man said. "We will use my canoe."

They walked a long way carrying their canoe and spears to the river. On the way, they came across a wise old man. He knew all the animals and fish that lived there. He said,

"Be careful when you go fishing on the river. Do not go to the river that flows to the lagoon. There is a monster who lives there."

The young men laughed and said,

"Old man, there is no monster here, but we will do as you say."

They put their canoe on the river and paddled down stream. All that day they searched for fish but caught nothing. The sun was sinking down. It was evening. One of the men said to his friends,

"This is no good. I am very hungry. There are no fish in this river. Let's go to the lagoon."

The two other men said,

"No! No! The old man said we mustn't go to the lagoon." The other man said,

"Pah! There is no monster." So they paddled to the lagoon.

As soon as they got there, they caught plenty of fish and crabs along the bank. And the birds were singing. They were excited catching as many fish as they could. They were so busy they didn't notice that the birds had stopped singing.

Suddenly the first man asked, "Do you notice something?" "No," said the second man.

They looked everywhere but there was no sign of life anywhere. The water had become black and stirred -- looking very evil. They were shivering. They turned their canoe around and started paddling. The only sound they heard was the splashing of their canoe.

MILYA-PUNGKALUJANA NYAMPU YIRDIPATU warungka mungalyurru wati ^ warlu v wangkaja ^ yarnunjuku ngapa ngapawardingki pawutu (boat) niti (net) rdipija purlka x kurlirra karlarra nyarrpara warntarla wurnturu juju v/ jujukujaku jujukurlangu panu panukatu panukatuku panunyayirni jurlpu - wirnpirlija kujurnu n yirrpurnu muru-pungu manngu-nyangu lani lani-jarrija lanilki laningki yukanjarla nyanjarla yangarlu jinta ^ jintapardu juurl-pungu julyurl-wanti pirnki pirnkingka pirnkikirra yuwurrku rdirri-yungu

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