Student poems
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The ocean scares me
By Nikita, Kara, HayleyThe ocean scares me
It's so big
It's so open
It’s endless -
Ngaya dharawal mob (with my dharawal mob)
By LelandDharawal
Nagumbi ngayagang burri burri
Ngaya travel around gadu -
Ngaya nandhi garrigarran (I watch the sea)
By IndianaDharawal
Ngayagang dijirang
ngaya nandhi garrigarran -
Nalu of gadu (bear of the ocean)
By TameshaDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
Ngayagang nalu of gadu -
Mudji ungah (friends with shark)
By LucasDharawal
Nagangbi ngayagang burri burri
Mudji ungah -
Banda djadja (Brother boys)
By GabbyDharawal
Nayagang burri burri banda djadja
Ngabumaya bugi burri burri -
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Ngaya make dhanj gali (Make the fish dance)
By KhiarnaDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
ngaya make dhanj gali -
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Ngayagang Burri Burri (I am Whale)
By MarniDharawal
ngayagang Burri Burri
mudji gunaagaan -
Ngaya bugi with baruwaluwu (I swim with dolphin)
By JahmillyDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
Ngaya bugi with baruwaluwu -
We are weaving
By AliyehI am burri burri (whale)
we’re weaving
writing words
like babaa (father) -
The closer I get to wuri (the sun)
By DylanDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
Bugi through guru -
My ngura is guru (My Country is deep water)
By ElijahDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
ngayagang budbat dharagang -
Around djal (Around the shells)
By MahalniaDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
ngaya think mara is delicious and easy to catch -
Umbara (Black duck)
By NatahliI am an umbara (Black Duck)
wise, funny, loving and have many friends
I fly over Country and greet my people
gliding through the pond -
Burri burri in badu (Whale in the water)
By MasonDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
in badu -
Yabun (singing and beating time)
By JosephDharawal
Nagangbi ngayagang burri burri
ngaya bugi and gama yabun -
Ngaya bugi garrigarran (I swim around the world)
By KathrynDharawal
Naganbi ngayagang burri burri
ngaya bugi garrigarran
