Lyrics
Verse 1
Kila siku
Kila saa
Umwaminifu bwana
Kila siku
Kila saa
Umwaminifu bwana
Verse 2
Umwaminifu bwana
Umwaminifu Yesu
Kila siku
Na kila saa
Umwaminifu bwana
Umwaminifu bwana
Umwaminifu Yesu
Kila siku
Na kila saa
Umwaminifu bwana
Verse 3
Umwaminifu siku zote
Umwaminifu daima
Si siku moja tu
Ni siku zote
Umwaminifu bwana
Umwaminifu siku zote
Umwaminifu daima
Si siku moja tu
Ni siku zote
Umwaminifu bwana
Verse 1 (Repeat)
Outro (Multilingual)
Wewe ni mwaminifu siku zote
Katika hali zote
Wewe ni mwaminifu Yesu
Uaminifu wako haulinganishwi
Ni wa vizazi hadi vizazi
Every day and every hour
You're faithful oh Lord
Every day and every hour
You're faithful oh Lord
Chaque jour et chaque heure
Tu es fidèle Seigneur
Chaque jour et chaque heure
Tu es fidèle Seigneur
Ndalo duto gisaa duto
Itimo madongo Nyasacha
Ndalo duto gisaa duto
Itimo madongo Nyasacha
Buli lunaku na buli sawa
Oli mwesigwa mukama
Buli lunaku na buli sawa
Oli mwesigwa mukama
Imisi yose umwanya wose
Urumwizigirwa mwami
Imisi yose umwanya wose
Urumwizigirwa mwami
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Meaning & Inspiration
"U Mwaminifu" is a Swahili worship song whose title and repeated refrain simply state that God is faithful. Rather than developing a narrative, the early verses repeat that one claim in slightly different phrasings, every day and every hour, insisting that faithfulness is not occasional but constant. A later verse makes that point explicit by contrast, stating plainly that God's faithfulness is not a single day's occurrence but something true on all days without exception. The song's most distinctive feature is its closing section, which repeats the same declaration of faithfulness across several languages, English, French, and multiple East African languages, before returning to Swahili to state that this faithfulness cannot be compared to anything else and extends across generations. That multilingual repetition turns a simple personal confession into something closer to a shared, cross-cultural testimony, suggesting that God's constancy is being recognized by many different voices rather than a single individual's experience.
Related Scripture
- Lamentations 3:22-23 States that God's mercies are new every morning and His faithfulness is great, directly matching the song's central refrain.
- Deuteronomy 7:9 Describes God keeping covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations, matching the closing lyric about faithfulness across generations.