(Sung in Kiswahili)

Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Abide, abide, abide!) x4

Kaa, kaa, Bwana (Abide, Lord)
Kaa ndani yangu (Abide in me)
Usiondoke kwangu (Do not leave me)
Kaa nami (Abide in me)

Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Stay, stay, stay) x4

Mji ulioununua (It is the city that you purchased)
Ukaujjenga mwenyewe, Bwana (Lord, You built it Yourself)
Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Stay, stay, stay)
Mji ukautengeneza (You beautified the city)
Ukaupamba kwa gharama kubwa (And decorated it at great cost)
Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Stay, stay, stay)
Kaa kaa, Bwana (Stay, Lord stay)
Kaa ndani yangu (Abide in me)
Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Stay, stay, stay)

Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Stay, stay, stay) x4
(Fanya makao) (Make it Your place)
Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Stay, stay, stay)

We si mgeni tena (You are no longer a guest)
Bwana mwenye milki halali (The Lord with the rights)
Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Stay, stay, stay)
Hati miliki unayo (You have the title deed)
Upange kila kitu ndani, Bwana (Rearrange everything within me, Lord)
Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Stay, stay, stay)
Usiwe mgeni tena (You are no longer a guest)
Usiwe wa kutembea mara kwa mara (You should not be an acquaintance)

Kaa, kaa, kaa! (Stay, stay, stay) x4