Lyrics
Verse 1
Nimekaa nimetulia, nikaikumbuka misukosuko ya nyuma
Niliyopitia mimi, maama sikuwa hivi
Mlo wa siku tu nilisota, haijalishi nilibadili mipango
Nihame kijiji, nijaribu na mjini
Kula kulala tu nilikosa, kusoma kwa shida huyu huyu mimi
Moyo ulichoka, kuishi kanichoka
Tunakusaidai leo, mara ya mwisho hapa usirudi tena
Moyo ulichoka, nilipo ambiwa hivi
Nilitamani niyaweze maisha lakini mi sikuwa na jinsi
Bado niliamini, ipo siku utatenda mungu
Ninawaza na kutathmini kichwani nakuona bwana
Ulivyonileta hapa mbali sana
Umenitoa mbali sana
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Nitaimba na kukushukuru isingekuwa wewe bwana
Mimi nisingeweza kuyatenda haya
Umenitoa mbali sana
Verse 2
Nashukuru umeniona kati ya waliokuwa chini sana ukaniinua
Bwana wanipenda, tena ukanibariki mimi
Hukuangalia hizi dhambi zangu zote mimi
Nausimulia wema wako bwana siku zote
Na leo nashuhudia bwana, matendo yako makuu sana
Tena hayahesabiki bwana kamwe hayapimiki tena
Ahadi zako ni za kweli, wanilinda na kunitunza
Ona na keti yesu, meza na wakuu yesu
Asante baba, yesu nakusifu leo nipe zaburi yako yesu niimbe niitumze
Wewe ni muweza hakuna kama wewe bwana
Ninawaza na kutathmini kichwani nakuona bwana
Ulivyonileta hapa mbali sana
Umenitoa mbali sana
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Outro (Repeat x4)
Mbali sana, umenitoa mbali sana
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Mbali Sana" ("Very Far") opens with a settled, reflective voice recalling past turmoil in detail, a hard season of struggling for food, giving up schooling, and growing exhausted with life itself. That extended, specific recollection of hardship frames the entire song around contrast between past despair and present gratitude.
Its refrain names that contrast directly, declaring that God has brought the singer from very far away, repeating the phrase as a settled conclusion rather than a fleeting feeling. A later verse describes being seen and lifted up while still at the lowest point, with sin overlooked rather than counted, crediting that reversal entirely to grace rather than self-effort.
Sung in Swahili within East African gospel tradition, the song functions as an extended personal testimony of deliverance from despair, its closing section reducing the entire account to one repeated declaration, brought from very far, sung as unqualified gratitude for a rescue the singer could not have accomplished alone.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 40:2 Describes being lifted out of a pit of despair onto solid ground, echoed in the song's testimony of being raised from a very low place.
- Psalm 103:10 Describes God not treating people as their sins deserve, echoed in the song's description of sin being overlooked rather than counted.