Etwalkur’ inthurra ungkwanganga (Nearer, My God, to Thee) - THE WILLIAMS FAMILY (Live)

The Williams Family, hailing from Hermannsburg (Ntaria), NT, are siblings Genise, Damien and Nicholas Williams. This song was performed in the endangered Australian Aboriginal language of Western Aranda.
This video was created as a part of the Therrka Endangered Languages Music Series 2019 launch at CAAMA Music Studio in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia.
(Scroll down for lyrics)
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Indigenous Languages and Arts Department of Communications and the Arts, its Arts funding and Advisory body.
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Etwalkur’ inthurra ungkwanganga (Nearer, My God, to Thee) Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Etwalkur’ inthurra ungkwanganga,
(Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!)
Altjirra nukarrai, yinga namarra!
(E’en though it be a cross That raiseth me,)
Nyingalauwumala, yinga lyilhitjina:
(Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee,)
“Etwalkur’ inthurra Yinga namara!”
(Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!)
Verse 2:
Yinga tjaatha kngarra lhakalanga,
(Though, like the wanderer, The sun gone down,)
Ingwa kngarrala-ntam’ ankw-intamanga:
(Darkness be over me, My rest a stone,)
Altjirra-ramala ’tha nganha ’ritjina:
(Yet in my dreams I’d be Nearer, my God to Thee,)
Etwalkur’ inthurra Yinga namara!
(Nearer, my God, to Thee Nearer to Thee!)
Verse 3:
Tjaiya nuk’ urrkaapai alkir-urna,
(There let the way appear Steps unto heav’n;)
Angel-a ingkairnai nuk’ ilkwaatharra!
(All that Thou send’st to me In mercy giv’n;)
Nuka nguwanga nai, yinganha rraatjilai:
(Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to Thee,)
Etwalkur’ inthurra Yinga namara!
(Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!)
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Western Aranda Translations Advisor: David Roennfeldt
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Hymn 249 ('Nearer my God to Thee') in the "Arrarnta Lyilhintja Lutheran Wurlamparinyaka [Western Arrarnta Lutheran Hymnal]" published in 1997 by Finke River
Mission Board, Lutheran Church of Australia, Alice Springs NT
Tune: ALH 416
Nearer, My God, to Thee, Sarah F. Adams
Western Arrarnta: Tr. sts. 1-3 HAH, Updated translation by TGH Strehlow - circa 1950

[@SabbottCook]

My favourite hymn, love my Williams family, hope to see you back home again one day soon

[@lewinasena2304]

love this song ❤😊

[@BrettJennings-dz7lp]

I loved that version nice,very nice blessings on your family

[@joandickerson7493]

Beautiful ❤

[@Aussietari]

Simply🌈Beautiful.😌
Such a Talented Family.

[@amandawoods847]

Lovely 🕊💞 Thank you Williams family

[@JudiE7722]

Beautiful and thank you for blessing me with this song 🕊🤲🏽

[@janicemcmillan3027]

Very beautifully singing 👍💞

[@SheanneSheanne]

Perdeme language

[@bobby-dw6lu]

Does anyone know how I can ge this translated into the Dharawal Language?

[@jaaydoolan5816]

Jonathan.Doolan and the Areyonga.Band

[@yvonnebrumby9324]

Beautiful ❤️🙏