(Sung in Kiswahili)
Hivi najiuliza, Mungu angempa mwanadamu mamlaka
(I ask mself, if God gave humans the authority)
Ya kuamua ni nani ataamuka, ni nani atafariki
(To decide who will live, and who will die)
Hivi najiuliza Mungu angemuomba mwanadamu ushauri
(Here I ask myself, if God asked a man for counsel)
Ya kuamua ni nani atashushwa ni nani atainuka
(To decide who will be brought down and who will be lifted up)
Sisi wengine tungekuwa wapi? (Where would we be?)
Ama tena tungesema nini? (What we would say?)
Sisi wengine tungekuwa wapi? (Where would we be?)
Ama tena tungesema nini? (Again, what would we say?)
Refrain:
Afadhali Mungu si mwanadamu, oh sitaogopa
(It is better that God is not a man, I will not fear)
Afadhali Mungu si hasumani, oh sitaogopa
(Better that God is not a human being, I shall not fear)
Afadhali Mungu hana mshahuri, sitaogopa
(Grateful that God does not have an adviser, I will not be afraid)
Afadhali Mungu ni wetu sote, eh sitaogopa
(Grateful that God is for us all, I shall not be afraid)
Kama mwanadamu ndiye anaye peana uzima (If it was a human who gave life)
Sisi wengine tusingeishi tena (We would not be alive)
Kama mwanadamu ndiye anainuwa maskini (If it as a human who lifted up the poor)
Sisi wengine tusinge inuliwa (We would still be in poverty)
Kama mwanadamu ndiye anayepeana majina (If it was a man that gave out names)
Sisi wengine tusinge julikana (We would not be known)
Kama mwanadamu ndiye anaye peana kibali (If it as a man that gave favor)
Sisi wengine tusinge kubaliwa (We would not be accepted)
(Refrain)
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