Tanzania Nakupenda Kwa Moyo Wote

"Tanzania Nakupenda Kwa Moyo Wote" is a Swahili language patriotic song about Tanzania in East Africa.[1] The song's history and authorship is uncertain, but stretches back to the colonial days, when then it was sung as thus "Tanganyika, Tanganyika nakupenda kwa moyo wote."

It cannot be ruled out that it was part of an attempt to develop a national anthem towards the end of colonial rule before the South African lyrics version that was introduced and popularized by South African freedom fighters became adopted as anthem. The composition effort could have been coordinated by colonial officials in the last days of British colonialism in Tanganyika. It was changed to Tanzania, Tanzania after the formation of the Tanzanian union in 1964. In Tanzania it is frequently sung alongside the national anthem "Mungu Ibariki Afrika".

The song appears in the 2004 documentary Darwin's Nightmare in which a female sex worker sings the song to seemingly uninterested Russian pilots.

The song was performed in Australia for the fourth President of Tanzania, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, when he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Newcastle.[2]

Lyrics

Tanzania Tanzania
Nakupenda kwa moyo wote
Nchi yangu Tanzania
Jina lako ni tamu sana
Nilalapo nakuota wewe
Niamkapo ni heri mama wee
Tanzania Tanzania
Nakupenda kwa moyo wote
Tanzania Tanzania
Ninapokwenda safarini
Kutazama maajabu Biashara nayo makazi
Sitaweza kusahau mimi mambo mema ya kwetu kabisa
Tanzania Tanzania
Nakupenda kwa moyo wote
Tanzani Tanzania
Watu wako ni wema sana
Nchi nyingi za kuota nuru ya ko hakuna tena
Na wageni wa kukimbilia ngome yako imara kweli wee
Tanzania Tanzania
Heri yako kwa mataifa
Tanzania Tanzania
Karibu wasio na kwao
Wenye shida na taabu
Hukimbizwa na walo wezi
Tanzania yawakaribisha
Tuungane kiume chema wee
Tanzania Tanzania
Mola awe na we daima.

Translation

Tanzania Tanzania
I love you with all my heart
My country Tanzania
Your name is very sweet
When I sleep I dream of you
When I wake I am at peace
Tanzania Tanzania
I love you with all my heart

References

  1. ↑ "Tanzanian Patriotic Songs" (Swahili website). East African Development Library. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  2. ↑ Bernadette Mathias singing 20 July 2015

2. Bernadette Matthias singing 20 July 2015

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