26. Ndashakashak' umwana wa njye

Agakiza · 4 verses

1.

Ndashakashak’ umwana wa njye,

Uri he se, mwana wanjye?

Mbere wajyag’ unezeza rwose,

Na none ndacyakwibuka

Uri he se mwana wanjye?

Uri he se mwana wanjye?

Garuka ningoga!

Mwana wanjye nku nda,

Ni wowe nshak’ uyu munsi

(I am searching for my child,)

(Where are you, my child?)

(Before, you used to make me truly happy,)

(And still now I remember you)

(Where are you, my child?)

(Where are you, my child?)

(Return quickly!)

(My beloved child,)

(It is you I seek today)

2.

Mbere wari wejejwe rwose,

Ukimberey’ umwana

Non’ ubu wanduriye mu byaha,

N’ inzira mbi wahisemo

(Before you were truly pure,)

(When you were still my child)

(But now you have become defiled in sins,)

(And the bad path you have chosen)

3.

None ndifuza kukubona,

Ko wagend’ utunganye

Nkongera kukumv’ useng’ Imana

Ushimir’ Umwami Yesu

(Now I desire to see you,)

(That you would walk uprightly)

(To hear you pray to God again)

(Thanking the Lord Jesus)

4.

Nshakashakir’ iyi nzimizi

Uyishakish’ urukundo

Ndamukiriz’ uwo mwana wanjye,

Mubwire yuko murinze

(I am searching for this lost one)

(Seek them with love)

(I greet that child of mine,)

(Tell them that you are watching over them)