Lyrics
Verse 1
Ni mbali nimetoka, tena ni ajabu kuwa hai
Maana ningeshakufa, ni mengi nimeona
Tena ya kuvunja moyo, labda ningeshamwacha Mungu
Verse 2
Kama ni misongo ya mawazo
Magonjwa, mama, nimepitia, ninazoea
Maumivu ya kudharauliwa, umasikini
Ni kila siku, ninajipa moyo
Chorus
Ipo siku yangu tu, ipo siku, siku
Ipo siku yangu tu
Nami niba, niba, nibarikiwe
Nami nibarikiwe, nibarikiwe
Niba, niba, nibarikiwe
Verse 3
Ingawa kwa sasa wananisema vibaya,
Nami sishangai, najua ni ya wanadamu hayo
Ingawa sipati na ni kwa muda mrefu
Siachi kuomba; Mungu si kiziwi
Binadamu wema, ukiwa nacho
Kwa sasa waniepuka, sina rafiki wa dhati
Verse 2 (Repeat)
Chorus (Repeat)
Verse 4
Miaka imepita, unaombaga mtoto hupati
Vuta subira, maana Yeye hachelewi
Ona biashara imeandamwa mikosi, hupati
Usimwache Mungu, waganga watakuponza
Mpo kwa ndoa ila nyumbani amani hakuna
Msimwache Mungu, michepuko si jibu
Umeugua, tumaini la kupona hakuna
Usimtazame mwanadamu, siku yako imekaribia
Vamp
Najua ayaya (x3)
Verse 5
Misukosuko ya ndoa, mtoto anakusumbua
Giza likiingia, unawaza wapi utalala
Masimango, mashemeji, ati huzai mtoto
Masimango, mama wa kambo, umemchosha nyumbani
Usiwaze, usiumie, najua yote yatapita
Siku imekaribia, najua yote yatapita
Outro
Nawe ubarikiwe, nibarikiwe
Ubarikiwe, nibarikiwe
Nawe ubarikiwe
Uba, uba, ubarikiwe, eh
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Ipo Siku Yangu Nibarikiwe" ("My Day of Blessing Will Come") opens with survival itself described as remarkable, admitting that death seemed likely given everything endured, including moments discouraging enough to consider abandoning faith altogether. That honesty about near-despair sets the tone for a song built on hard-won perseverance rather than untested optimism.
Its verses name specific, ongoing struggles directly: illness, poverty, mockery, childlessness, business failure, marital conflict, and family hostility, refusing to generalize hardship into vague difficulty. Each named struggle is met with the same repeated response, insisting that a day of blessing is still coming despite prolonged waiting.
A recurring warning against consulting traditional healers instead of trusting God gives the song a specific pastoral concern, urging perseverance in prayer rather than alternative remedies during hardship. Rooted in Swahili gospel endurance music, the song functions as sustained encouragement through catalogued suffering, repeating its central promise of eventual blessing as the appropriate response to every listed trial.
Related Scripture
- Habakkuk 2:3 Describes a vision that will surely come and not delay, echoed in the song's assurance that God is not late in answering.
- Galatians 6:9 Encourages not growing weary in doing good because a harvest will come, echoed in the song's repeated promise of a coming day of blessing.