Hymn 5 Kuli Bwanji Kwathu?

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HOW FAR FROM HOME? 1 Kuli bwanji kwathu? Ndinafunsa, mlonda iye nati:
Usiku wapita ndithu, kwayandika kucha;
Usalire, yendabe ndi chiyembekezo chodala
Mpaka udzafika m’mwamba pa tsiku losatha.

2 Ndafunsa msrikali wa Khristu, iye nayimba nati:
Ndidzamenyanatu nkhondo patsala pang’ono.
Usalire, pirira kufikira nkhondo idzatha,
Pakuti olakika adzalandira mphotho.

3 Ndinafunsa dziko, nyanja ndi dzuwa izo zinati:
Nthawi ili kutha Yesu ali pafupitu,
Usalire, zizindikiro zili kuonekatu,
Chilengedwe chonse chilindira kudza kwake.

4 Kwathu mpafupitu! mau osangalatsa mtimanga,
Omwe adapukuta misozi ya olira,
Usalire, tidzakomanatu osalekananso
Zobvuta zitatha m’nyumba ya Atate wathu.