BUYIMA YUURAAYUURAA - BREATHE SLOW
By Kara Tuck
Published 11 June 2025
DALIGA NGALUWIGA
Beneath the waves
GAAN BURRUGIYN BINDIGUWA
Whale swims through deep water
GARRUNDJIYN YURRUNGGA GURRWAGA
Jump above ocean
DJUUKAN GILI DAANDA
Sunlight on skin
WUBAMA GAAN WANGGAL
Do whale dance
NYUNDA BUYIMAYN DJUKAL
She breathes big
NYUNDA BUYIMAYN YUURAAYUURAA
She breathes slow
MULUMUN MURAPANGA BANGAY
Coastline in flower now
GAAN BURRUGIYN BARRABA GIMBIGUBAGUWA BARRAYGUWA
Whale swims through my Grandmother’s Country
NYUN.GUBA BINDJI BURRUL BURRAYGARAY
Her belly heavy with child
NYUNDA YAWUTUNGGA DJUKALDA
She on big journey
BURRUGIYN BATHUGU GUUTALGURAYNDU
Swims towards warm water
GAAN NGAYA NGURRAMAYN MITJIDIYN WAKULDIYN
Mother whale make camp for little one
NYUNDA NGARRAYN NYUN.GUBA MARIN
She listens to her body
NGARRAYN BARRAY
Listens to Country
WIYALA MARA YUURAAYUURAA
Said to go slow
NYUNDA BUYIMAYN DJUKAL
She breathes big
NYUNDA BUYIMAYN YUURAAYUURAA
She breathes slow
BINDJI WILIMBU BUYIGARAY
Belly full with breath
GAANDU NGAYAGU GIRAMBIT BUMBIYN
Mother whale blows saltwater
GURRWAGABIRANG BARRAYABIRANG YURRAGU BARRAYGU
From Ocean Country to Sky Country
BUYIMA DJUKAL
Breathe big
BUYIMA YUURAAYUURAA
Breathe slow
NYUNDA WANGGAYN YUURAAYUURAA DALIGA GURRWAGA
She dances slow under the sea
GAANGUBA BARAYA MILWU MUKUGA
Whale’s song soft in ear
BARAYA BAARAGUBADAMAY
Song like ebb tide
WUYI BARAYA DANGAYGABIRANG
This song from long time ago
BUYIMA DJUKAL
Breathe big
BUYIMA YUURAAYUURAA
Breathe slow
WALANG
Head
YUKUL
Heart
BUYI
Breath
WAKULDA
At one
DANGAYGALGUBA BARAYA YII WANYIMBUWANYIMBU
Ancestor’s song here always
GAANDU NYIIRUNANG DUNGGA
Whale show us
DUUMUL BUYIMALIYN DJUKAL
Keep breathing big
DUUMUL BUYIMALIYN YUURAAYUURAA
Keep breathing slow