Lyrics
Chorus (Ewe)
Mawu Gbagbe akpe na wò
(Thank you living God)
Mawu Gbagbe akpe na wò
(Thank you living God)
Woe nye Fiawodzifia
(You are King of kings)
Woe nye ŋutikɔkɔe fia
(You are the King of Holiness)
Mawu Gbagbe akpe na wò
(Thank you living God)
Verse
Woe nye Mawu
(You are God)
Woe nye Mawu
(You are God)
Woe nye Mawu yi mavɔ me
(You are an everlasting God)
Chorus (Repeat)
Mawu Gbagbe akpe na wò
(Thank you living God)
Mawu Gbagbe akpe na wò
(Thank you living God)
Part 2 (Ewe)
O Gbɔgbɔ kɔkɔe
(O Holy Spirit)
O kplɔla nyuitɔ
(O perfect guide)
Nusi nèwɔ ta
(For what you've done)
Miàkafu wò
(We'll praise)
Miadzi "hale" haleluya
(We'll sing hallelujah)
Haleluya (Hallelujah)
Haleluya (Hallelujah)
Nusi nèwɔ ta
(For what you've done)
Miàkafu wò
(We'll praise)
Miadzi "hale" haleluya
(We'll sing hallelujah)
Part 2 (Twi)
O honhom kɔnkrɔn
(O Holy Spirit)
Oguanhwɛfo pa
(The good shepherd)
Nea W'ayε nti
(For what you've done)
Yɛ kanfo wo
(We praise you)
Yɛ to "hale" haleluya
(We'll sing Hallelujah)
Haleluya (Hallelujah)
Haleluya (Hallelujah)
Nea W'aye nti
(For what you've done)
Yɛ kanfo wo
(We praise you)
Yɛ to "hale" haleluya
(We'll sing Hallelujah)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Mawu Gbagbe (Thank You)" is built on direct, repeated thanks offered to God in an Ewe-language chorus, translated in the lyrics themselves as gratitude to the living God. The opening section names two specific titles, King of Kings and King of Holiness, before returning to the same repeated thanks, tying gratitude directly to God's supreme and holy character rather than to a specific granted request. A short middle section adds a third description, an everlasting God, extending the song's list of reasons for thanks into God's eternal nature. The second half of the song shifts its address to the Holy Spirit specifically, naming Him a perfect guide and good shepherd, and crediting unspecified deeds as the direct reason for a promised response, singing hallelujah. Structurally the song moves from thanking God generally to addressing the Holy Spirit specifically, letting the same pattern, naming a reason and responding with either thanks or hallelujah, repeat across both halves of the song.
Related Scripture
- Revelation 19:16 Names Christ King of Kings, directly matching the song's opening title.
- John 14:26 Describes the Holy Spirit as a guide and counselor, matching the song's title "perfect guide."
- Psalm 23:1 Names the Lord as shepherd, matching the song's title "good shepherd" for the Holy Spirit.