421. Nguhaye, Data wera

Gushimisha · 5 verses

1.

Nguhaye, Data wera,(I give You, Holy Father,)

Uyu mwaka wose,(This whole year,)

Ngo mbone kub’ uwa we(That I may see it as Yours)

Mu bibaho byose(In all that happens)

Sinasaba kw ibyago(I do not ask for dangers)

Mbikurwaho byose;(To be removed from me entirely;)

Icyo ngusabye n’ uko(What I ask of You is that)

Nzajya ngushimisha(I may always praise You)

2.

Mbe, ni nde wah’ umwana(Now, who is the child)

Byos’ ibyo yifuza ?(Who gets everything they wish?)

Nyamara se ntamwima(Yet a father does not withhold)

Ibyiza by’ ukuri(The true good things)

Nawe, Man’ iby’ uduha(You too, Lord, what You give us)

Biradukwiriye:(Is fitting for us:)

Birut’ ibyo twibwira(It is better than what we tell ourselves)

N’ ibyo twisabira(And what we ask for)

3.

Ahar’ ubuntu bwawe(Wherever Your kindness)

Buzanyemerera(Allows me)

Kubon’ ihirwe ryinshi(To see much blessing)

Ntari nsanzwe mfite;(That I did not previously have;)

Byamera bityo, Mwami,(If it is so, Lord,)

Nzajya ngushimira,(I will give You thanks,)

Ngo nkuz’ izina ryawe(That I may make Your name known)

Mu bataryemeye(Among those who do not believe)

4.

Nib’ uzashaka yuko(If You should choose that)

Mbon’ imibabaro(I experience sorrow)

N’ ibyago n’ amakuba,(And dangers and blows,)

Ngo mfush’ ibyo nkunda;(To lose what I love;)

Nabg’ uzamfashe, Mana,(You will also help me, God,)

Ngo nibuke Yesu,(That I remember Jesus,)

Uburyo yihanganye,(How He endured,)

Ubgo yamfiraga(How He died for me)

5.

Nuko, mu byago byose(So, in all dangers)

Nzajya ngusingiza,(I will give You glory,)

Menye kw iby’ umpa byose,(Knowing in all You give me,)

Biva mu rukundo(It comes from Your love)

Nuk’ uyu mwaka wose(So this whole year)

Ub’ uwawe, Mana;(May be Yours, God;)

Mu byiza no mu byago,(In good times and in dangers,)

Mbiguhimbarishe(May I dedicate it to You)