248. Hafi y' Umusaraba

Gushimisha · 5 verses

1.

Hafi y’ Umusaraba,

Aho ntura iteka,

Niho mperwa ku buntu

Amazi y’ ubugingo

Nirat’ umusaraba

kugez’ ubo nzaba

Mbony’ uburuhukiro

Hakurya y’ uruzi

(Near the Cross,)

(Where I dwell forever,)

(There I'm given freely)

(The water of life)

(I cherish the cross)

(Until I shall be)

(Seeing the resting place)

(Beyond the river)

2.

Nahageze nshobewe,

Nsinzwe n’ urubanza,

Yesu arambabarira,

Angotesh’ urukundo

(When I came exhausted,)

(Condemned by judgment,)

(Jesus forgave me,)

(And comforted me with love)

3.

Mwami Yes’ unyibutse

Uwo musaraba

kugira ngo ngendere

Mu gicucu cyawo

(Lord Jesus, remember me)

(At that cross)

(So that I may walk)

(In its shadow)

4.

Ni w’utuma nemera

Kwang’ iby’ isi rwose,

Kukw ari w’unkundisha

Yesu wamfiriye

(It's what makes me willing)

(To forsake all worldly things,)

(Because it's what makes me love)

(Jesus who died for me)

5.

Hafi y’ Umusaraba,

Ni ho ntur’iteka,

Ntegerej’ igihe cyo

Kwambuka rwa Ruzi

(Near the Cross,)

(There I dwell forever,)

(Waiting for the time)

(To cross that River)