The official language of Uganda is English and Swahili. This Swahili song is one of my all time favorite choir songs and we sang it occasionally at Bethlehem for a couple years too. It is based off of the hymn "All Creatures of our God and King" and "sifuni mungo" means "praise God (the Lord)". I'm happy to sing it for you or you could just look it up online--the children's choirs are the best!
All creatures of our God and King (O sifuni mungu)
Lift up your voice and with us sing (O sifuni mungu)
Thou burning sun with golden beam (imbeni, imbeni)
Thou silver moon with softer gleam (pazeni sauti imbeni)
Viumbe Vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu
Viumbe Vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu
Pazeni sauti ilinasi mwimbe
Pazeni sauti ilinasi mwimbe
All men (watu wote)
All creatures (viumbe vyote)
Everybody (awaye yote)
Praise the Lord (sifu mungu)
All men (watu wote)
All creatures (viumbe vyote)
Everybody (awaye yote)
Praise the Lord (sifu mungu)
Thou rushing wind that art so strong (O sifuni mungu)
Ye clouds that sail in heaven along (O sifuni mungu)
Thou rising morn in praise rejoice (imbeni, imbeni)
Ye lights of evening find a voice (pazeni sauti imbeni)
Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu
Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu
Pazeni sauti ilinasi mwimbe
Pazeni sauti ilinasi mwimbe
Thou flowing water pure and clear (hm.hm.hm.hm)
Make music for thy Lord to hear! (hm.hm.hm.hm.)
Thou fire, so masterful and bright (Imbeni!)
That givest man both warmth and light.(Imbeni!)
Let all things their Creator bless (O sifuni mungu)
And worship Him in humbleness (O sifuni mungu)
O praise the Father, praise the Son (imbeni, imbeni)
And praise the Spirit, three in one (pazeni sauti imbeni)
Tusifu mungu
Tusifu mungu
pazeni sauti na wote imbeni
O sifuni mungu!
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