Israel Mbonyi - Nzaririmbisha Lyrics

"Nzaririmbisha" ("I Will Sing") opens by naming the cross directly as what draws every burden near, describing peace, hope, and forgiveness as gifts received through a covenant relationship rather than earned qualities. That grounding in a specific covenant frames the song's later declarations of joyful singing as response rather than independent emotion.

Its chorus repeats a personal resolve to sing with abundant joy specifically because of salvation received, describing eyes made clear and a heart drawn to remain near God's feet whenever his words bring strength. A later verse addresses the heart directly, calling it fortunate and loved by a ruler greater than any human authority, before describing a holy nation drawn from kings and priests, language echoing a well-known description of God's covenant people.

Sung in Kinyarwanda within Rwandan worship tradition, the song functions as an extended, joyful response to salvation, its repeated chorus treating song itself as the appropriate reaction once the cross, covenant, and forgiveness described earlier have been personally received.