169. Mana, nkuko Wafashaga

Gushimisha · 7 verses

1.

Mana, nkuko Wafashaga(God, as You helped)

Basogukuruza,(Our ancestors,)

Niko natw’ uzadufasha(So too will You help us)

Mu myak’irimbere(In years to come)

2.

Umuyaga W’ishuheri(The wind of the desert)

Urawuturinda(You protect us from)

Uzatuber’ubuturo(You will be our shelter)

Budashir’iteka(Everlasting)

3.

Ker’ abakwiringiraga(Those who trusted in You of old)

Bari mu mahoro(Were at peace)

Tugufite, ntitwifuza(We have You, we do not desire)

Undi Murengezi(Another Protector)

4.

Imisoz’itararemwa,(The mountains not yet created,)

Is’itarabumbwa,(The earth not yet formed,)

Uhereye Kera Kose,(From the beginning of time,)

Ur’uko Wahoze(You are as You have been)

5.

Imyak’ igihumbi, Mana(A thousand years, O God)

Ni myinshi Kuri twe(Are many to us)

Kuri Wow’iguhwaniye(To You who are eternal)

N’umuns’umwe Gusa(Like one day only)

6.

Imyak’ ijyan’iby’iyi(The years that pass in this)

Si nk’amaz’ahurura,(World are like flowing waters,)

Bikibagirana vuba(Forgotten quickly)

Nk’inzozi z’umuntu(Like the dreams of man)

7.

Mana, Wadutabaraga(God, You cared for us)

Mu minsi yakera(In days of old)

Na non’uzaturengera(And now You will protect us)

Tugeze kugupfa(Until we die to You)