Motse oo re o hlolohetsweng (There’s a land that is fairer than day)
Re se re o bona pejana (And by faith we can see it afar)
Leha maranyan’a sa le teng (For the Father waits over the way)
O se o hlahile, wa khanya (To prepare us a dwelling place there) (Repeat)
Refrain:
Monateng, kapele! (In the sweet by and by)
Re se re tla kopana bohle (We shall meet on that beautiful shore)
Monateng, kapele! (In the sweet by and by)
Re se re tla kopana bohle (We shall meet on that beautiful shore) (Repeat)
Ntate o re lebeletse teng (To our bountiful Father above)
Re lokiseditswe ditulo (we will offer our tribute of praise)
Ana re tla finyella neneng (For the glorious gift of His love)
Monyakeng ola wa lerato (And the blessings that hallow our days) (Repeat)
Pre-Refrain:
Enyi wakristu wapenzi (Dear beloved Christians)
Njooni Bwana anatualika (Come, the Lord invites us)
Kwenye karamu (To the feast) (Repeat)
Refrain:
Kwanza ndugu tazama (Behold brethren)
Meza yake inavyopendeza (How beautiful His table)
Yeye Bwana na wateule (The Lord and the chosen ones)
Wameizunguka meza yake (Have surrounded His table)
Haya ndugu sismama nawe ushiriki (Come brethren, stand and partake)(Repeat)
Njoni Bwana atuita (Come, the Lord calls us)
Mza yake sasa itayari (His table is now ready)
Haya simama (Stand up)
Nenda nawe ushiriki (Go and partake)
(Pre-Refrain + Refrain)
Kama wewe wastahili (If you are worthy)
Fanya hima ukampokee (Hurry and receive Him)
Ndicho chakula (That is the food)
Chenye uzima milele (That has eternal life)
(Pre-Refrain + Refrain)
Yeye katuandalia (He has prepared for us)
Masikini pia matajiri (The poor and the rich)
Ukarimu gani (What generosity)
Bwana Yesu alionao (The Lord Jesus has)
Kristo wa neema yote (Come, thou Fount of every blessing)
Imbisha moyo wangu (Tune my heart to sing thy grace)
Mifulizo ya Baraka (Streams of mercy, never ceasing)
Inaamsha shangwe kuu (Call for songs of loudest praise)
Unifunze nikupende (Teach me some melodious sonnet)
Nikuandame kote (Sung by flaming tongues above)
Moyo wangu ukajae (Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it)
Furaha na tumaini (Mount of God’s unchanging love!)
Namshukuru sana Bwana (Here I raise my Ebenezer)
Aniwezesha huku (Hither by thy help I’m come)
Salama aniongoza (And I hope, by thy good pleasure)
Hata kule nyumbani (Safely to arrive at home)
Yesu alinitafuta (Jesus sought me when a stranger)
Njiani mbali kwake (Wandering from the fold of God)
Akatoa damu yake (He, to rescue me from danger)
Nipone hatarini (Interposed his precious blood)
Kweli mimi mwiwa mkubwa (O to grace how great a debtor)
Wa neema daima (Daily I’m constrained to be)
Wema wako unifunge (Let that grace now, like a fetter)
Zaidi kwako Bwana (Bind my wandering heart to thee)
Ili nisivutwe tena (Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it)
Kukuacha ee Mponya (Prone to leave the God I love)
Nitwalie moyo wangu (Here’s my heart, O take and seal it)
Uwe wako kamili (Seal it for thy courts above)
Moyo wangu ukajae (Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it)
Furaha na tumaini (Mount of God’s unchanging love!)(Repeat)
Akatoa damu yake (He, to rescue me from danger)
Nipone hatarini (Interposed his precious blood)(Repeat)
Nitwalie moyo wangu (Here’s my heart, O take and seal it)
Uwe wako kamili (Seal it for thy courts above)(Repeat)
Refrain:
Lango ndiye Yesu Bwana (The gate is Lord Jesus)
Wote waingie Kwake (Let all pass through Him)
Lango, lango, lango, lango! (The gates, the gates, the gates!)
La Mbinguni ni wazi (Of heaven is open)(Repeat)
Liko lango moja wazi (There is an open gate)
Ni lango la mbinguni (The gate to heaven)
Na wote waingiao (All who enter the gates)
Watapata nafasi (Will find their place) (Repeat)
Liko lango moja wazi (There is an open gate)
Ni lango la mbinguni (The gate to heaven)
Na wote waingiao (All who enter the gates)
Watapata nafasi (Will find their place)
(From the Top)
Refrain:
Lango ndiye Yesu Bwana (The gate is Lord Jesus)
Wote waingie Kwake (Let all pass through Him)
Lango, lango, lango, lango! (The gates, the gates, the gates!)
La Mbinguni ni wazi (Of heaven is open)(Repeat)
Yesu ndiye lango hili (Jesus is the gate)
Hata sasa li wazi (It is even now open)
Kwa wakubwa na wadogo (To the old and young)
Tajiri na maskini (The rich and the poor)
(Refrain)
Hili ni lango la raha (This is the gate of joy)
Ni lango la rehema (The gate of mercy)
Kila mtu apitaye (For everyone who passes through it)
Hana majonzi tena (Will have no more sorrow)
