155. Yesu, nguhagaz' imbere

Gushimisha · 5 verses

1.

Yesu, nguhagaz’ imbere,(Jesus, I stand before You,)

Nibaza binyobeye(Asking in bewilderment)

Icyakunkundishij’ utyo,(What made You love me so,)

Nd’ uwatsinzwe, mpindanye(Me, a defeated, ruined one)

Biranyobeye, birantangaje:(It bewilders me, it amazes me:)

Nzajya mbitangarira !(I will keep wondering!)

Biranyobeye, birantangaje,(It bewilders me, it amazes me,)

Yuko wankunz’ utyo, Yesu !(That You loved me so, Jesus!)

2.

Wasenze kubwanjy’ utya, ngo:(How You suffered for me, saying:)

Ntibib’ uko jye nshaka(This is not what I desire)

N’ ibyaha byanjye byakwishe,(And my sins killed You,)

Ntabg’ ari za nguma nsa !(Not the nails alone!)

3.

Birya byuya by’ amaraso,(Those drops of blood,)

Ntangar’ iyo mbyibutse:(I cannot forget them:)

Ibyo byabaye kubganjye(What happened for my sake)

Rya jor’ i Getsemane(That day in Gethsemane)

4.

Wishyizehw ibyaha byanjye,(You were charged with my sins,)

Bihinduka nk’ ibyawe;(They became as if Yours;)

Wehoho nta cyo wakoze:(Yet You had done nothing wrong:)

Ni jye bakujijije!(It was I who betrayed You!)

5.

Wabambwe mu cyimbo cyanjye,(You were bound in my chains,)

Ng’ unkize kurimbuka,(To save me from sinking,)

Ahubwo nzajye mw ijuru,(That I might go to heaven,)

Ngushim’ ubudasiba(And praise You without ceasing)