Name: Angel by Katrina Harris
Duration: 5 min 34 s
Description: Written for Andrew and Susan, and anyone who has ever lost someone they loved. They are not lost or forgotten, but live forever in our hearts, protecting and guiding us on our own journey.

This song was written in 2021 as I contemplated, from my non aboriginal perspective, the power and inspiration of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
I asked my Darug friend Stacy Etal to translate and sing the first verse of the song in Darug language. 
Stacy says: 
Translating into Darug language isn’t an easy task. Due to our language nearly being lost there are many gaps in our vocabulary and certain English words were not used by Darug speakers. As a Community, Darug people are now working on rediscovering our language with the help of linguists and members of the Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation and the Dharug Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation. 
I have translated the words in Verse 1 into an aboriginal perspective and the words are the closest translation I have been able to come up with in consultation with my language teacher Jasmine Seymour.  The words are:
Bayady’u budbudin
I spoke from the heart 
Gumbady’u yaragulgu 
I shouted it clean 
Bayady’u budbudin
I spoke from the heart 
Ngarabami yagu
You will hear now

We hope you will sing this song loud and clear! You can find resources for choirs and community singing groups here: http://bit.ly/Voicesong
Enjoy - Suze & Stacy :-)
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Thanks to our wonderful studio choir - The Sound Patterns: 
Sopranos: Irene Otter, Sue Woodhead, Holly McPherson
Tenors: Keiran Holmes, Angela Cice, Darryl Roberts Jim Mulhearn
Baritone: Stephen Evans, Darryl Roberts

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