Lyrics
Verse 1
Ninakushukuru Mungu sababu ya bei
Hata uhai sikustahili
Ninakushukuru Mungu tena sababu ya dhiki
ata nikisali unajua namaanisha
Siokama eti nilitenda wema kwa kujalisha matendo yako makuu
Mimi Mungu ningekulipa nini. Ulikonitoa nisinge moyo wangu
matopeni topeni ukaniketisha na wakuu.
Umenipaa heshima ukanifuta machozi asante ooh Baba.
Chorus
Hata shukurani zangu kwako nashukuru.
Shukurani zangu kwako Baba
Verse 2
Aibu umefuta, fedheha umevuta, umenipa amani iliyo ya kweli.
Nakumbuka ndani yangu mimi ndo yule amabaye
nilitoka na kwa dharau kwisha hai.
Kuna kipindi nilikufa nikawa mifupa inayotembea.
Ikiwa kwa siku za usoni wakasema tunazika kesho.
Ila kwa huruma uliniponya na kaburi
Kwa huruma sitosahau wema wako wee.
Chorus (Repeat)
Shukurani zangu kwako nashukuru.
Shukurani zangu kwako Baba
Asante, Shukurani zangu kwako nashukuru.
Shukurani zangu kwako Baba
Verse 3
Kama ni kusoma tulisoma wengi umeruhusu niwe na kazi nzuri.
Ajali tulipata wengi umeruhusu nibaki na uzima
Ndoa zimefungwa nyingi umeruhusu tubaki na amani.
Furaha walikosa wengi umeruhusu tabasamu kwangu
Outro
Na Shukurani
yelele Mama, yelele mama, yelelele
yelele Mama, yelele mama, yelelele
yelele Mama, yelele mama, yelelele
yelele Mama, yelele mama, yelelele
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Shukurani" is a Swahili testimony song whose title simply means gratitude, offered here for both blessing and hardship rather than only for answered prayer. The opening verse admits directly that life itself was undeserved, then insists that thanks are not owed because of personal good behavior but purely as a response to God's great deeds, closing with an image of being lifted from mud and seated among the honored. A second verse turns to a specific memory of near-death, describing a period of being reduced to walking bones with others already anticipating a burial, only for mercy to intervene and rescue from the grave. A third verse widens the testimony into comparison, naming specific outcomes, employment, survival from accidents, marriages that held together, and moments of joy, all attributed to permission granted rather than personal achievement, especially set against others who did not receive the same. Structurally the song repeats its simple chorus of thanks after each expanding testimony, letting gratitude remain the constant response regardless of what specific mercy is being described.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 113:7-8 Describes raising the poor from the dust and seating them with princes, directly matching the lyric about being lifted from mud and seated among the honored.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Instructs giving thanks in all circumstances, matching the song's thanks for both blessing and hardship.
- Ezekiel 37:1-6 Describes a valley of dry bones brought back to life, matching the lyric about becoming walking bones before being rescued.