142. Untwar' untwar untware, Yesu

Gushimisha · 4 verses

1.

Untwar’ untwar’untware, Yesu,(Take me, take me, take me, Jesus,)

Mwami Yes’ untegeke !(Lord Jesus, rule over me!)

Untwar’ ungir’ ’imbata yawe(Take me, make me Your servant)

Mwami Yes’untegeke!(Lord Jesus, rule over me!)

2.

Ibyaha byanjye byari byinshi:(My sins were many and great:)

Mwami Yes’untegeke!(Lord Jesus, rule over me!)

Nyamara, byos’ urabijyana:(But still, You carried them all:)

Mwami Yes’untegeke!(Lord Jesus, rule over me!)

3.

Wangabiy’ amahoro menshi:(You poured out abundant peace:)

Mwami Yes’untegeke!(Lord Jesus, rule over me!)

Ubwo wangeze mu mutima,(When You entered my heart,)

Mwami Yes’untegeke!(Lord Jesus, rule over me!)

4.

Gumana nanjy’ iminsi yose:(Remain with me all my days:)

Mwami Yes’untegeke!(Lord Jesus, rule over me!)

Tutari kumwe, naba mfuye:(Apart from You, I would die:)

Mwami Yes’untegeke!(Lord Jesus, rule over me!)