248. Hafi y' Umusaraba

Gushimisha · 5 verses

1.

Hafi y’ Umusaraba,(Near the Cross,)

Aho ntura iteka,(Where I dwell forever,)

Niho mperwa ku buntu(There I'm given freely)

Amazi y’ ubugingo(The water of life)

Nirat’ umusaraba(I cherish the cross)

kugez’ ubo nzaba(Until I shall be)

Mbony’ uburuhukiro(Seeing the resting place)

Hakurya y’ uruzi(Beyond the river)

2.

Nahageze nshobewe,(When I came exhausted,)

Nsinzwe n’ urubanza,(Condemned by judgment,)

Yesu arambabarira,(Jesus forgave me,)

Angotesh’ urukundo(And comforted me with love)

3.

Mwami Yes’ unyibutse(Lord Jesus, remember me)

Uwo musaraba(At that cross)

kugira ngo ngendere(So that I may walk)

Mu gicucu cyawo(In its shadow)

4.

Ni w’utuma nemera(It's what makes me willing)

Kwang’ iby’ isi rwose,(To forsake all worldly things,)

Kukw ari w’unkundisha(Because it's what makes me love)

Yesu wamfiriye(Jesus who died for me)

5.

Hafi y’ Umusaraba,(Near the Cross,)

Ni ho ntur’iteka,(There I dwell forever,)

Ntegerej’ igihe cyo(Waiting for the time)

Kwambuka rwa Ruzi(To cross that River)