Lyrics
Verse 1
Wakati wa kulima mi nililima kwa maumivu
Hata niipopanda ilibidi kusubiri
Hata niipopanda ilibidi kusubiri
Nilisubiri kwa maumivu mi nilingoja
Nilisubiri sikusahau kumwagilia
Mi nilisubiri sikuwacha weka mbolea
Leo ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa neema
Leo, leo subira imevuta heri
Leo, leo ni siku yangu aha
Chorus
Huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Mwaka wa heshima yangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Mwaka wa baraka yangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Mwaka wa heshima yangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Mwaka wa baraka yangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Verse 2
Nayaona mema kwa maisha yangu nayaona
Maandiko yamesema aonavyo mtu ndivyo alivyo
Huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa heshima
Huu ni mwaka wangu, ni mwaka wa urejesho
Bridge
Vilivyoliwa na nzige na tunutu vinarudishwa
Ile heshima niliyoikosa naipata
Maana huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa heshima
Kila apandacho mtu atavuna
Nilipanda kwa maumivu leo navuna kwa furaha
Ile miaka iloliwa na nzige na tunutu wee
Bwana anairudisha tena double double
Tag
Mwaka wa kumiliki, mwaka wa kutawala
Mwaka wa heshima
Mwaka uliokubalika na Mungu kwangu ndio huu
Mimi ni mwaka wangu tena mwaka wangu
Mwaka wa urejesho ooh
Huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Mwaka wa heshima yangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Mwaka wa baraka yangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Huu ni mwaka wangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Mwaka wa heshima yangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Mwaka wa baraka yangu, mwaka wangu wa mavuno
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Mwaka Wangu is a Swahili song that declares a year of harvest after a long time of patient work. The opening describes plowing in pain and then waiting after planting, waiting in pain, remembering to water and to apply fertilizer, and then announcing that today is the year of grace and that patience has brought blessing. The chorus repeats that this is the year of harvest, of honor and of blessing.
The next lines say the singer sees good things coming, that Scripture says a person is as he sees, and that what was eaten by the locust and caterpillar is being restored. The song adds that whatever one plants is harvested, that planting in pain leads to reaping in joy, and that the Lord returns the lost years double, in a year of ownership and honor. The themes follow Joel 2:25, Galatians 6:9 and Psalm 126:5-6. The repeated chorus gives the song a triumphant, hopeful tone.
Related Scripture
- Joel 2:25 The Lord promises to restore the years eaten by the locust.
- Galatians 6:9 Believers will reap at the proper time if they do not give up.
- Psalm 126:5-6 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.