Student poems
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Ngaya bugi garrigarran (I swim around the world)
By KathrynDharawal
Naganbi ngayagang burri burri
ngaya bugi garrigarran -
Ngaya bugi in the bright blue (I swim in the bright blue)
By SpencerDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
ngaya bugi in the bright blue -
The ocean scares me
By Nikita, Kara, HayleyThe ocean scares me
It's so big
It's so open
It’s endless -
The closer I get to wuri (the sun)
By DylanDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
Bugi through guru -
Ngaya ngambumaya badu (I love water)
By LeahDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
Ngaya live in guru -
Gurbin barawaluwu (Cousin dolphin)
By MaleahDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
ngaya gali up and back -
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Yabun (singing and beating time)
By JosephDharawal
Nagangbi ngayagang burri burri
ngaya bugi and gama yabun -
Ngaya nandhi garrigarran (I watch the sea)
By IndianaDharawal
Ngayagang dijirang
ngaya nandhi garrigarran -
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Nalu of gadu (bear of the ocean)
By TameshaDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
Ngayagang nalu of gadu -
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 -
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Around djal (Around the shells)
By MahalniaDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
ngaya think mara is delicious and easy to catch -
My ngura is guru (My Country is deep water)
By ElijahDharawal
Ngayagang burri burri
ngayagang budbat dharagang -
Mudji ungah (friends with shark)
By LucasDharawal
Nagangbi ngayagang burri burri
Mudji ungah -
Ngaya dharawal mob (with my dharawal mob)
By LelandDharawal
Nagumbi ngayagang burri burri
Ngaya travel around gadu -
We are weaving
By AliyehI am burri burri (whale)
we’re weaving
writing words
like babaa (father) -
Banda djadja (Brother boys)
By GabbyDharawal
Nayagang burri burri banda djadja
Ngabumaya bugi burri burri
