277. Mwam' ubugingo bwacu ni nk'...
Gushimisha · 5 verses
Mwam’ ubugingo bwacu ni nk’ umunsi:
Ni buke rwose ntiburama cyane;
Kand’ ibyishimo byabgo birashira:
Mwam’ udahinduka, tugumane
(Lord, our life is like a day:)
(It is short indeed, it does not last long;)
(And its joys fade away:)
(Unchanging Lord, stay with us)
Gumana nanjye, kuk’ umuns’ ukuze,
Dore burije, Mwami, ndagushaka;
Ni mbur’ abandi bose bo kumfasha,
Tugumane, Mwami, tugumane
(Stay with me, for the day is ending,)
(Behold it is evening, Lord, I seek You;)
(If I lack all others to help me,)
(Stay with us, Lord, stay with us)
Iminsi yose mba ngushaka, Mwami,
Iyo Satan’ antey’ andwanya cyane,
Nta wundi mfit’ ubasha kuntabara;
Tugumane, Mwami, tugumane
(Every day I seek You, Lord,)
(When Satan attacks and fights me greatly,)
(I have no other with power to help me;)
(Stay with us, Lord, stay with us)
Singir’ umwanzi n’ umwe turi kumwe,
Kand’ amakuba ntambabaza cyane;
Intorezo y’ urupfu yaracitse;
Byose ni byiza, ni tugumana
(I have no enemy when we are together,)
(And troubles do not distress me greatly;)
(The sting of death has been removed;)
(All is well, if we stay together)
Amaso n’ aremb’ uzambonekere,
Nzabon’ ubwiza bwawe bwo mw ijuru,
Nzasiga vub’ umwijirna wo mw isi,
No mw ipfa ryanjye, tuzagumane !
(When my eyes grow dim, appear to me,)
(I will see Your heavenly beauty,)
(I will soon leave the darkness of this world,)
(And even in my death, we will stay together!)