38. Ai Mana, ndondor' umenye

Gushimisha · 6 verses

1.

Ai Mana, ndondor’ umenye(O God, search and know me)

Ibyo nkora byose,(In all that I do,)

Werekan’ uko ndi kose,(Show me what I truly am,)

Ntifat’ uko ntari(Not what I appear to be)

2.

Ndondorer’ uyu mutima:(Search this heart of mine:)

Ni Wow’ ushobora(You are the one able)

Kugaragaz’ ibirimo,(To reveal what is in it,)

Mu bgihisho bgawo(In its secret places)

3.

Umurik’ ahatabona,(Where the light cannot see,)

Ah’ umwijim’ uba(Where darkness dwells)

Ump’ umutim’ ukangutse,(Give me a pure heart,)

Uzinukw’ icyaha(Cleansed from sin)

4.

Kand’ umeny’ ibyo nibgira(And know what I think)

N’ imigambi yanjye;(And my plans;)

N’ ibimbamo binyanduza,(And the thoughts that confuse me,)

Bikangir’ imbohe(That bind me in chains)

5.

Mvugutira kand’ unshure,(Speak to me and turn me around,)

Inkamba zimvemo,(Let the scales fall from me,)

Umpindur’ icyuma cyawe(Make me Your instrument)

Uhor’ ukoresha(That You always use)

6.

Maze nkwikubit’ imbere(Then I will bow before You)

Mpishurirwe rwose(Completely changed)

Yukw Iman’ ar’ urukundo(Because God is love)

Rutagir’ ingano(That has no measure)