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Recorded by Maïa Ponsonnet on 12th July 2012 in the afternoon, at Maggie's house in Weemol, on the veranda, working on Dalabon with Maggie Tukumba. She comments on photos series G6. Transcribed and translated by Ellison Luk 2017 (under MP's supervision).

She's ashamed...and maybe me, I'm blocking her face, is that right?

ka-h-medmo-yer-mu kardu ngey nga-h-medmo-dabk-a ka-h-mon? (MP orientates the story towards shame and protection from shame.)

She is ashamed,

ka-h-medmo-yer-mu

and you over there...

bah njing-yih kanhdah

you block her from view,

da-h-koh-dabk-ang

maybe because he's looking at her this way.

nahda kardu buka-h-n-ey-kun

He looks at her this way,

buka-h-n-ey nahda

but you block (the view of) her face.

bah njing-yih da-h-medmo-dabk-ang

Or maybe because I'm blocking the side (of her face)

oh kardu nga-h-redj-dabk-a mahkih

She is ashamed, (turned) that way, but

ka-h-lng-medmo-yer-mu nuhka

she on the other hand, her face is turned away.

yibung-karn ka-h-medmo-boled-minj

Mmm.

mmm

You block (the view of) her face,

da-h-medmo-dabk-ang

she is looking over here, and

nunda ka-h-kurnh-n-ey

he is looking at her this way.

nahda buka-h-n-ey

But you are sitting in the middle (between them),

bah bulhdjarn dja-h-lng-ni

you're sitting down.

dja-h-lng-drunuka-n

So you block the view of her face.

da-h-lng-medmo-dabk-ang

She looks that way over there,

nuhkah ka-h-lng-kurnh-na-n

Maybe even here I'm blocking her

kardu nidjarra mahkih ngah-redj-dabk-a

with her head bent down.

ka-h-djud-kurlkkurlka-n

Nuh-uh, you're blocking her face.

mhmh da-h-mehdu-dabk-ang

And she...

kanh ka-h-lng---

and she's blocking her own gaze a bit as well,

ka-h-lng-woh-koh-dabk-arru-n mahkih

her head bent down,

ka-h-djud-kurlkkurlka-n

because you keep looking at her.

njing-yih mah da-h-buh-nahna-n

You keep insistently looking at her.

da-h-kakku-naHna-n

And this man...

nunda mah biyi

he keeps looking at your backs together.

norr ka-h-dolku-naHna-n djarrk-no

And what are these two thinking, she...

nunda mah marruh barra-h-yi-n buka-h---

she has her back against them here.

buka-h-dolkudolku-dabk-a nunda

This is what this one is doing.

nunda yihda ka-h-yi-n

He keeps spying on the two of you.

norr ka-h-molk-naHna-n

Maybe she's jealous of him.

kardu buka-h-merey-n-an

That's what she is doing.

ka-h-yi-n nunda yihda

I have my back turned on them two

*bunu nga-h-ngabb-un dolku-ngan not repeated dolku-ngabbu-n repeated instead firmly

You have your back on them two.

bunu da-h-dolku-ngabb-ong

these two

nunda korda

You have your back on them two.

bunu da-h-dolku-ngabb-ong

And even here I have my back against them.

en nidjarra mahkih nga-h-dolku-dabk-a

You give your back to these two.

yu bin gibit bekbun la dubala

?No?

nawo

You have your back on her, and she has her back on you in return

dja-h-lng-dolku-ngabb-ong yibung-karn-wali

because...

dumadji

you're always blocking her gaze.

da-h-koh-dabk-a munguyh

You're not letting her look around this way

mak da-lardemh-mu nahda ka-h-malk-n-an

at this man.

kanh biyi-kah

She can't look around (at the man),

mak buka-marnu-malk-n-an

but you can all the time.

bah njing-yih munguyh

You... ??

dja-h-lng-dorrung-djurru-nam-urru-n

Here as well maybe I'm blocking her face.

nidjarra mahkih kardu kardu ngah-medmo dabk-a

you're blocking her gaze.

da-h-koh-dabk-a

This is why her head is bent down.

kanh ka-h-lng-djud-kurlkkurlka-n

A bit

woh

I'm sitting facing the two of them

bunu nga-h-mehdu-ni

You keep blocking her face.

da-h-dja-medmo-dabk-a

She cannot look around at the men (the way that you are)

nahda mak buka-marnu-kurnh-na-n kahke

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Nuh-uh. You have your side to the two of them.

mhmh bunu da-h-lirri-ngabb-ong

No, you have your side to the two men.

na bunu da-h--- lirri-no-ngu

Yeah, not your chest.

yow nunda mak mehdu-ngu kahke