Without You

Without You

Without You

Without You

Before the morning light had touched the sky,

Before a single breath, before the first cry,

You were the Author, the source of all things,

Without You, Lord, we are nothing.

Like a river that has no spring to feed its flow,

Like a flame without a fire, nowhere left to go,

We are empty vessels, dry and incomplete,

Without You, God, we cannot stand on our own feet.

Without You I am nothing, nothing at all,

A hollow echo bouncing off an empty wall.

You are the breath in me, the ground beneath my feet,

Without You, Lord, I am never complete.

Adim ka nku okuko,

(Adim ka osisi na-amighi mkpuru)

Ewesuga gi odighi ihe m bụ

(Onyenweanyi, Ị bụ ihe niile m bụ.)

Adim ka nku okuko,

(Adim ka osisi na-amighi mkpuru)

Ewesuga gi odighi ihe m bụ

(Onyenweanyi, Ị bụ ihe niile m bụ.)

What is glory if Your hand is not the source?

What is wisdom if it veers from Your true course?

The builder labours hard but builds in vain,

If You, Lord God, do not sustain.

Like a river that has no spring to feed its flow,

Like a flame without a fire, nowhere left to go,

We are empty vessels, dry and incomplete,

Without You, God, we cannot stand on our own feet.

Without You I am nothing, nothing at all,

A hollow echo bouncing off an empty wall.

You are the breath in me, the ground beneath my feet,

Without You, Lord, I am never complete.

Adim ka nku okuko,

(Adim ka osisi na-amighi mkpuru)

Ewesuga gi odighi ihe m bụ

(Onyenweanyi, Ị bụ ihe niile m bụ.)

Adim ka nku okuko,

(Adim ka osisi na-amighi mkpuru)

Ewesuga gi odighi ihe m bụ

(Onyenweanyi, Ị bụ ihe niile m bụ.)

So I lay down every pride, I lay down every crown,

Every wall I ever built, Lord, let it all come down.

For in my weakness You are glorified and strong, To You, the God of all, all praise and power belong.

I will not boast in riches, in title or in name, For without Your grace I know that I am just the same, A dry bone in the valley, waiting for Your breath, Only You, O God, can call life out of death.

You are the vine and we are just the branches,

Apart from You we wither in our places.

In You we live, we move, we have our being,

Without You, Lord, there is no worth in breathing.

Have Your way in us consume us like a fire,

You are our only need, our one and true desire.

Like a river that has no spring to feed its flow,

Like a flame without a fire, nowhere left to go,

We are empty vessels, dry and incomplete,

Without You, God, we cannot stand on our own feet.

Without You I am nothing, nothing at all,

A hollow echo bouncing off an empty wall.

You are the breath in me, the ground beneath my feet,

Without You, Lord, I am never complete.

Adim ka nku okuko,

(Adim ka osisi na-amighi mkpuru)

Ewesuga gi odighi ihe m bụ

(Onyenweanyi, Ị bụ ihe niile m bụ.)

Adim ka nku okuko,

(Adim ka osisi na-amighi mkpuru)

Ewesuga gi odighi ihe m bụ

(Onyenweanyi, Ị bụ ihe niile m bụ.)