[INTRO — Solo, very soft] Hmmmm…
Nhai
Mwari
wangu…
Tiri
vapfuuri
chete…
Tiri
vapfuuri
chete…
Takauya
tichichema,
tichitsvaga
chokurarama
nacho…
Tichivaka
dzimba,
tichitsvaga
mari,
tichitsvaga
zita…
Asi
rimwe
zuva…
zvose
zvichasara
shure.
[CHOIR – distant] Zvichasara
shure…
Zvichasara
shure… ---
[VERSE 1 — Deep lament] Kune
Muridzi
wemweya,
mari
haishandi
ikoko…
Kune
Muridzi
wemweya,
goridhe
harishandi
ikoko…
Kunyangwe
kushaiwa
kwangu
hakushandi
ikoko…
Kana
Mwari
vadana
mweya,
ndiani
angati, “
Ndichiri
pano”?
Nhasi
ndinoti, “
ndezvangu,”
mangwana
ndobvunzwa
kuti, “
Zvawanga
wakabata
izvi
zvakakubatsira
chii?”
Imba
yandakavaka…
ichasara.
Munda
wandakarima…
ichasara.
Mari
yandakachengeta…
ichasara.
Asi
mweya
wangu…
uchaenda
kupi? ---
[CHOIR — Crying response] LEAD:
Mari
haishandi
ikoko…
CHOIR:
Haiwa…
haishandi
ikoko…
LEAD:
Kushaiwa
hakushandi
ikoko…
CHOIR:
Haiwa…
hakushandi
ikoko…
LEAD:
Kana
wadana
Mwari…
CHOIR:
Hongu…
naAmeni…
ALL:
Hongu
naAmeni…
Hongu
naAmeni… ---
[VERSE 2 — 1 Timotio 6:17] Imi
vakapfuma
venyika
ino,
musazvikudza
pamusoro
pepfuma…
Nekuti
mari
inovimbisa
asi
haisi
shamwari
yechokwadi.
Nhasi
homwe
yakazara,
mangwana
maoko
asina
chinhu.
Nhasi
tafura
yakazara,
mangwana
zita
rako
rava
ndangariro.
Usavimba
nepfuma,
nekuti
pfuma
ine
magumo.
Vimba
naMwari,
iye
asingaperi.
Iye
anopa
mweya…
iye
anopa
hupenyu…
iye
anopa
zvokudya…
iye
anopa
kufema…
[CHOIR] Ndimi
tariro
yedu,
Mwari…
Ndimi
nhaka
yedu… ---
[PRE-CHORUS — Building slowly] Nhai
moyo
wangu…
sei
uchimhanya
uchitevera
nyika?
Sei
uchichema
uchiti, “
Ndoda
mari
yakawanda”?
Kana
zuva
rasvika,
mari
yose
ichanyarara.
Kana
guva
ravhurika,
homwe
haizopinduri.
Kana
Mwari
vadana…
uchapindura
sei? ---
[CHORUS — Full African choir] LEAD:
Mari
haishandi
ikoko!
CHOIR:
Haishandi
ikoko!
LEAD:
Mari
haishandi
ikoko!
CHOIR:
Haishandi
ikoko!
LEAD:
Pfuma
haishandi
ikoko!
CHOIR:
Haishandi
ikoko!
ALL:
Tiri
vafambi
venyika,
tiri
vapfuuri
parwendo,
hatina
kuuya
kuzogara…
Zvepanyika
pano
ndezvepano! ---
[VERSE 3 — Giving / 1 Timotio 6:18] Kana
Mwari
vakakupa,
usavhara
ruoko
rwako.
Kana
uine
chingwa,
rangarira
ane
nzara.
Kana
uine
jira,
rangarira
anotonhorwa.
Kana
uine
mari,
rangarira
ari
kushaya.
Usati, “
Ndakazvishandira
ndega…”
Ndiani
akakupa
simba?
Ndiani
akakupa
kufema?
Ndiani
akakupa
maoko
ekushandira
zvaunazvo?
[CHOIR – softly] Mwari
ndiye…
Mwari
ndiye…
Saka
ipa
uchiri
mupenyu,
rudo
ruchiri
mumaoko
ako.
Batsira
uchiri
nesimba,
nokuti
mangwana
maoko
ako
anogona
kunge
asisina
simba. ---
[BRIDGE — Deepest mourning] SOLO:
Ndakabata
mari…
asi
mari
haina
kundibata.
Ndakabata
pfuma…
asi
pfuma
haina
kundiponesa.
Ndakamhanya
nenyika…
asi
nyika
haina
kunditevera.
Ndakavaka
imba…
asi
handizogari
mairi
nokusingaperi.
Ndakarima
munda…
asi
rimwe
zuva
mumwe
achakohwa.
[LONG PAUSE] Nhai
Mwari…
kana
zvose
zvapera…
Muri
kundiziva
here? ---
[CHOIR — Whispered lament] Ndizivei
Mwari…
Ndizivei
Mwari…
Kana
zvose
zvapera…
Ndizivei
Mwari… ---
[VERSE 4 — The sojourner] Tiri
vatorwa
pasi
pano,
tiri
vapfuuri,
Mwari.
Nhasi
mwana…
mangwana
mukuru…
nhasi
simba…
mangwana
kupera
simba…
Nhasi
tinofamba,
mangwana
tinotakurwa.
Nhasi
tinotaura,
mangwana
vamwe
votitaurira.
Saka
nei
tichizvikudza
nezvinhu
zvinopfuura?
Nei
tichivenga
mumwe
nekuda
kwepfuma?
Nei
tichirwira
zvichasiiwa?
Zvepanyika
pano…
LEAD:
Mari
haishandi
ikoko!
CHOIR:
Haishandi
ikoko!
LEAD:
Pfuma
haishandi
ikoko!
CHOIR:
Haishandi
ikoko!
[Silence] Sir
Chaxi!!!!