Ngayrayagal didjurigur (Soon enough)

~ poem is written partially in Gadigal with interpretations by Joel Davison

Ngayrayagal didjurigur
Soon enough

Soon enough

Birragu gudjibi
Hollow and decayed
Wurral gujimay
Sluggish and blinded
Wiribay dagura
Worn out and cold

Dudbadjami
You concealed yourself
Nanga
Sleepy
Wulumi Birragu gudjibi
Worse, hollow and decayed

Manuwi Buwabili
Feet buried
Damuna
Refusing
Bulwurra yiningma
Gaze, allowed to fall
Bemulguwiya
Only grit
Wulumi Wurral Gujimay
Worse, sluggish and blinded

Wiribay Dagura
Worn out and cold
Gadi wari
Under and away
Ngarrawan biyal
Distant and no where

Gunamabami ngyini
You will set yourself alight again
Manabami ngyini
You will collect yourself again
Nabami ngyini
You will see yourself again
Ngyinila
You must

Djarradjarrabawawi
They will lean on you
Nababami muru
You will see the path
Walamami
You will return
Munurubuni
Do not forget
Ngyinila
You must