Anduru lowe ma yanena thura

Until I go my way through this dark world,
through this cruel life,
you called me by name and, with a longing voice,
freed me from my sinfulness
Until, remembering it, tears rise in me,
your pure, divine love
Until you took me in your arms and my sorrow was soothed,
you stayed beside me, Jesus

Making my broken heart an offering,
I have brought it to you
I know that you are able
to mend my shattered mind again
Be, I pray, a strength for me
to rise from where I have fallen
With a tender heart I give you my praise,
my God the Father, Jesus

Giving your life upon the cross, you showed your love to the world,
so that in mercy and compassion you might free every being
Lord, I offer you my heart as long as I live in this world
with my very life I will guard your love,
Jesus, my Lord God, forever

This is a hymn of gratitude to Jesus, sung by a believer who has been rescued from sin and now surrenders everything in return. The opening is a promise that stretches across a whole lifetime, “until I go my way through this dark world, through this cruel life.” Into that darkness comes the turning point of the singer’s faith: Jesus “called me by name” with “a longing voice” and “freed me from my sinfulness.” The love that saved him is described simply as “pure, divine love,” and he remembers Jesus staying “beside me” until his sorrow was soothed.

The middle verse is the heart of the prayer, an offering of brokenness. He brings his “broken heart” to Jesus “as an offering,” trusting that “you are able to mend my shattered mind again,” and asks for one thing, “a strength to rise from where I have fallen.” This is the honest posture of the hymn: it does not pretend to be whole, it offers its wounds and asks to be lifted.

The final verse looks to the cross and answers it with a vow. Because Jesus “gave his life upon the cross” to “free every being” in mercy and compassion, the singer responds with the only thing he has: “I offer you my heart as long as I live,” and “with my very life I will guard your love.” What the listener is left with is the simple, steady devotion of a saved soul, met in the dark, mended by love, and giving itself back to God for the whole of life.