158. Umvir' ijwi rya Yesu

Gushimisha · 7 verses

1.

Umvir’ ijwi rya Yesu,

Ni we Mukiza wawe

Umv’arakubaz’ ati:

Munyabyah’ urankunda ?

(Hear the voice of Jesus,)

(He is your Savior)

(Hear Him asking you:)

(O sinner, do you love Me?)

2.

Umugore yabasha

Kwibagirw’ umwana we?

Nahw ibyo byashoboka,

Jyeho nzajya nkwibuka

(Can a woman)

(Forget her child?)

(Even if that were possible,)

(I will always remember you)

3.

Ni jye wakubohoye,

Nkuvur’ibikomere;

Ni jye waguhabuye;

Ni jyemucy’ ukwakira

(It is I who set you free,)

(I heal your wounds;)

(It is I who purchased you;)

(It is I alone who receives you)

4.

Kand’urukundo rwanjye

Ntirubasha gushira;

Rurut’ urandi rwose,

Kuko rutarangira

(And My love)

(Cannot fade;)

(It surpasses all others,)

(For it never ends)

5.

Mu gihe gikwiriye,

Nzakujyana mw ijuru;

Uzabon’ ibyishimo:

Mbes’ urankunda cyane ?

(In the appointed time,)

(I will take you to heaven;)

(You will see the joys:)

(Do you love Me greatly?)

6.

Mwami, birambabaje

K’ urukundo ngukunda

Ari ruke hanyuma

Y’ urwo rukundo rwawe

(Lord, it troubles me)

(That the love I have for You)

(Is so little compared)

(To that love of Yours)

7.

Ndagukunda buhoro,

Nubwo bidahebuje

Nuk’ umpe kurushaho

Kugukunda, Mukiza

(I love You weakly,)

(Though not worthily)

(So give me more)

(Love for You, Savior)