Just thought I would share this song

[Bruce Scott]

'Wiyathul' sung by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQkb2VOyptw

"Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (born 22 January 1971) is an Indigenous Australian musician, who sings in the Yolngu language.

He was born in Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), off the coast of Arnhem Land, northern Australia about 69.5 kilometres from Darwin. He is from the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu and his mother is from the Galpu nation. He was born blind, has never learned Braille and does not have a guide dog or use a white cane. Y

He plays the drums, keyboards, guitar (a right-hand-strung guitar played left-handed) and didgeridoo, but it is the clarity of his singing voice that has attracted rave reviews. He sings stories of his land in both languages (Gälpu, Gumatj or Djambarrpuynu, all Yolŋu Matha) and English."
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffr...umul_Yunupingu

[The Wizard of BC]

I was not able to open the youtube video so I'm going to ask.

Is there a connection to kilts in your video?

[Andrews Son]

It's a very humbling song in an indigenous language of Australia. He sings it with a lot of soul and passion. I will be trying to get a translation of it.
Thank you for posting

And Steve it isn't about our love of kilts. For me personally it was welcome

[Bruce Scott]

I was not able to open the youtube video so I'm going to ask.

Is there a connection to kilts in your video?

None whatsoever I'm afraid, but I thought that posting it in The Pub would be acceptable. On reflection, perhaps it may have been better to have put it in Miscellaneous Forum.

Perhaps it doesn't belong here at all, I simply thought it worth sharing with the group.

[Bruce Scott]

It's a very humbling song in an indigenous language of Australia. He sings it with a lot of soul and passion. I will be trying to get a translation of it.
Thank you for posting

And Steve it isn't about our love of kilts. For me personally it was welcome

Here is a translation found online:

Two scrub fowl crying out, looking for Guwalilna the calls like woman crying, looking for Murrurnawu the cries returning his mind to the jungles at Mutlwutjna

Oh place Guwalilna, Warradika, Yumayna, m.m

Oh the old man cries, from the drink Oh dad Kamba-Djunadjuna, home Mayan-naraka bright in his mind Oh my two mums, beloved mums, hold Ruypu Milinditj

Oh my two mums, beloved mums, cry for the sacred spring Burarrapu Oh the place Guwalilna, Warradika, Yumayna, m.m





The orange footed scrub fowl, Djilawurr, are family and relatives to the Gumatj people