Lyrics
Intro
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Verse 1
Nalikuwa sijiwezi unyonge ulinilemea
Sikuwa na tumaini ya mbele kuendelea
Imani ilififia sikuona kabisa
Kama moja ya nyenzo iliyotikisika aah
Nalikosa tabasamu usoni
Tegemeo sikuona maishani
Nikashindwa endelea mbele
Hali iliyofanya nikwame kule
Chorus (Repeat)
Ulikonitoa ni mbali sana
Ni kweli umenikomboa nashukuru sana
Ulikonitoa ni mbali sana
Ukanikomboa na zile laana
Refrain (Repeat)
Mbali sana, mbali sana
Mbali sana nashukuru Bwana
Verse 2
Uliona haiko shwari mimi kupotea njia
Sijui namna gani uliwaza ukanihurumia
Nalifanya nia jangwa mvua kutonyeshe
Nami mche mbichi maji yalinikaukia
Shida mateso sina tena, yamewekwa nyuma
Mimi wa Yesu mwingine sina
Wa kurudisha nyuma
Wakati wa kuokolewa umekubalika
Kwa haki na ushupavu wake ukatibitika
Chorus (Repeat)
Refrain (Repeat)
Outro
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Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Mbali Sana" ("Very Far") opens with an extended description of collapse, weakness, fading faith, and a smile lost from the face, naming each symptom of hopelessness in detail before any resolution appears. That accumulated description of despair frames the entire song around how far gone the situation truly was.
Its chorus names the distance of that former place directly, brought from very far, crediting redemption from both that condition and from curses specifically named. A second verse extends the imagery further, comparing personal dryness to a desert denied rain, before declaring that struggle now lies behind rather than ahead.
Sung in Swahili within East African gospel tradition, the song functions as an extended personal testimony of rescue from deep despair, its closing verse naming salvation's timing as accepted and established through righteousness, repeating gratitude to the Lord as the song's settled, final response to deliverance already accomplished.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 40:2 Describes being lifted from a desolate pit onto solid ground, echoed in the song's testimony of being rescued from a very low place.
- Galatians 3:13 Describes being redeemed from the curse, directly echoed in the song's description of being redeemed from curses.