Lyrics
Chorus
Nina njaa na uwepo wako
Nina kiu sanaa
Nautamani uwepo wako
Nina kiu sana
Kama ayala atamanivyo maji ya mto
Ndivyo nafsi yakuonea shauku
Chorus
Nina njaa na uwepo wako
Nina kiu sanaa
Nautamani uwepo wako
Nina kiu sana
Kama ayala atamanivyo maji ya mto
Ndivyo nafsi yakuonea shauku
Verse 1
Natamani niwe kama wewe
Niwaze kama wewe
Niwachukulie wengine kama unavyowachukulia
Kila mwenye kiu aje wewe ni maji ya uzima
Nina kiu sanaa
Verse 2
Uliposema nitafute usoo
Moyo wangu ukasema Bwana uso wako nitaufuta
Ninatafuta tafuta uso wako
Ninakesha kanisana ninasoma Bibilia ninaomba
Nina kiu sanaa
Chorus
Kama ayala atamanivyo maji ya mto
Ndivyo nafsi yakuonea shauku
Kama ayala atamanivyo maji ya mto
Ndivyo nafsi yakuonea shauku
Outro
Unijaze roho mtakatifu
Unijaze Bwana
Unijaze roho mtakatifu
Unijaze Bwana
Outro
Unijaze roho mtakatifu
Unijaze Bwana
Unijaze roho mtakatifu
Unijaze Bwana
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Nina Njaa Nina Kiu is a Swahili song of spiritual hunger and thirst for God. The refrain says the singer is hungry for His presence and very thirsty, longing for it as a deer longs for streams of water, so the soul longs for Him. The verses ask to be like Him, to think like Him and to treat others as He treats them, calling Him the water of life for everyone who is thirsty.
The next section recalls that when God said to seek His face, the heart answered that it would seek it, and describes staying up in church, reading the Bible and praying, then ends with a prayer to be filled with the Holy Spirit. The themes follow Psalm 42:1-2, Psalm 27:8, Matthew 5:6 and John 7:37-38, with Ephesians 5:18 for being filled. The repeated chorus and plain wording make it a simple prayer of longing.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 42:1-2 The soul longs for God like a deer for streams of water.
- Psalm 27:8 The psalmist's heart says to seek God's face.
- John 7:37-38 Jesus invites the thirsty to come to Him and drink.