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120. Stakmen bin maindim ola ship
Yilstakmen yilmabanna nanigut
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Yilstakmen yilmabanna nanigut
Wulamburr Betlehem
Maruwarr jum-nayiman Godjiyunu
Girri! Yagul-yili.
Namumban yilunga “Ngayi yagul-yilni
Yumarr-da nanggaya ngaba.
Wunya durd-namban-da malmal
Barda yiligarri wulunga narni.”
Nurligirri maruwarra namban yilunga,
“Dali gada ngemberli wulunga.
Wulinya dul-wulangana-da malmal
Yarna-nyi buligirr yadji.”
Yilmaruwarr yilwuyga yilaja-gunu guda,
Warr-yilanna “God yamirni.
Nurla yamirni wulanga, yumarr wulunga,
Yumarr nyurranji.”
Yiliman yilmaruwarr, yillilmi yilmumban,
“Nyulinya guyn-nyularnu-da malmal.”
Yiliman yadjirru guyn-jilanna wulagi
Ngarl-yinbirranya.
Words by Margaret Sharpe and Barney Farrar. Tune: While shepherds watched their flocks by night.