Paul Clement - Kitabu Lyrics

“Kitabu” is a Swahili worship song by Paul Clement that wonders at how great God’s works are. The refrain says that if God were a book, the singer would tell the story, and that if given a pen to write, the ink would run out. The next line gives the reason: “Matendo yako ni mengi wala hayaelezeki,” His deeds are many and cannot be explained.

The lyric repeats the same four lines, so the image becomes the whole song. It does not list particular works. Instead, it admits that no book or amount of ink could contain what God has done, and it leaves the singer in grateful wonder. The repetition suits congregational singing.

That idea is close to John 21:25, which says the world itself could not contain the books that would be written about Jesus’ works, and to Psalm 40:5 and Psalm 145:3, which speak of God’s wonders being too many to count. The song’s meaning is simple: gratitude that cannot be fully written.