Waŋganymi waluyu dhupal gayŋan nyinan Ḻaḻu ga Wirrmu ŋarru galki manimiŋa ŋirrimaŋa.
Ŋarru ḻundu'manydji banha dhupal yulŋum, ga………………………..
…………. waŋganymim waluyu dhupal dhaykunhaminan.
Bala nhan Ḻaḻum Ŋarirri' garruwan bitjanan, "Ŋayam ŋarru dhaŋu balan ŋarra monukḻin garmakḻi bay ga ŋunhalayan gayŋa nyena bala ŋaya ŋarru djuḻuḻ'yuna gärraŋḻin miṯtjil mä nhunu nhäna ŋarru ŋangawulnha biyapulma rumbal nhäma."
Ŋarru nhan Wirrmu nhangu ŋaramurryinan gay, bala nhan bitjanan garruwan,
"Ma', gatju maŋgarran ga banha nhunu barkthu waŋayim,
ga djunaman-wala yana guṯawatjnha. Ŋangawulnha nhunu ŋarru biyapulma wälŋayi.
Baya ḻinygu ŋayam barkthu waŋayi, ga ḻurrkun' yana ḏaykun'".
Ga biyapul ŋaya barkthu wälŋayi.
Bala nhan Ḻaḻum Ŋarirri' ŋarranan bala nyinan moṉukŋan garmakŋa bala nhan djuḻuḻ'yuwanan gärraŋlin miṯtjiḻ. Bitjanan ḻinygun ŋunhalayan nhan gayŋan nyinan dhuŋgarra ga dhuŋgarra ga yana ḻinygu ga rumbal nhan ŋarran miny'tjimiyin bitjan banha gärraŋ malanynha.
Ga nhanmam Wirrmum ŋarran balan garramatḻin ga nyinan gayŋan ŋunhalan ḻinygun garramatnha maŋanŋan. Ga bitjan ḻinygu Wirrmuyu nhan bayiŋ Wirrmu waŋayi, ga ḻurrkun' walu bayiŋ djuḻkthun ga biyapul nhan bayiŋ wälŋayi.
Ga waripum nhan bayiŋ Wirrmu djälyi nhänharaw nhangu Ḻaḻuwu Ŋarirri'wu ŋarru ŋangawulnha nhan bayiŋ maḻŋ'thumanma nhana bili nhan bayiŋ banha malthun ŋunhukun gärraŋgun miny'tjiwu.
Djunama, waŋganydhum waluyu nhan Ḻaḻum Ŋarirri' waŋayinan,
ŋarru guṯawatjnha,
ḻinygu nhan Wirrmuyu ŋätjil nhanguḻi rakaran.
Ga djinaŋum-wala dhanal gayŋa ŋunha Ḻaḻu Ŋarirri' mala badak nyena miny'tji-wapthun ŋunhalaya gärraŋŋa miṯtjiŋa.
Ga banhaya ḻinygu ŋunha waŋgany Wirrmum gayŋa goyum ŋunha garramatma maŋanŋam ……………
banha nhan bayiŋ waŋayi ḻurrkun' walu bitjan ḻinygu Wirrmu ŋupan.
Once, long ago, Parrot Fish and Moon lived together near a river bank. They were very good friends, until……………………….
…..one day they had an argument. Parrot Fish said she would leave the river bank and go to live in the sea. She said she would hide under the coral so Moon would never see her again.
This made Moon angry, so he answered her like this, "When you die, it will be forever, it will be the end of you. But when I die, it will be for three days. After three days I will live again."
Then Moon rose up into the sky and stayed there forever.
Parrot fish went to live in the sea and hid under the corals. She lived happily for many years and her body became very colourful just like the coral.
Then, one day Parrot Fish died,
and just as Moon had said, it was FOREVER.
Some Parrot Fish still live under the coral today and are just as colourful.
But the same Moon still lives in the sky………………and dies for three days every month.
