Verse
O Lord
(Oh Seigneur)
My God
(mon Dieu)
All that i want
(Tout ce que je veux)
Is your touch
(est ton contact)
My faith
(Ma foi)
Is heightened
(est renforcée)
On this mountain
(Sur cette montagne)
To drink from your love
(Pour boire à ton amour)
Chorus
Yesu, Mai Rahama
(Jesus, the merciful one)
Jésus, le miséricordieux
Ji addua ta
(please hear my prayer)
S'il te plaît , Entends ma prière
Ban da wani sai Kai
(i have no one but you)
Je n'ai personne d'autre que toi
Yesu, Mai Rahama
(Jesus, the merciful one)
Jésus, le miséricordieux
Ga hawaye na
(here is my cry)
Voici mon cri
Ban da wani sai Kai
(i have no one but you)
Je n'ai personne d'autre que toi
BRIDGE
Ban da wani sai Kai
(i have no one but you)
Je n'ai personne d'autre que toi
Ban da wani sai Kai
(i have no one but you)
Je n'ai personne d'autre que toi
Ka nuna ma’ni jinkai
(Look upon me with compassion)
Regarde-moi avec compassion
Ban da wani sai Kai
(i have no one but you)
Je n'ai pas personne d'autre que toi
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Rahama
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Oct 16, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Kaestrings builds "Rahama" around a bilingual plea that keeps circling back to one confession: there is no one else. The verses open in English and French, asking for God's touch and describing faith made stronger on a mountain, where the singer wants to drink from divine love. That image gives way to the chorus, sung in Hausa with French translation, where Jesus is addressed as "Mai Rahama" — the merciful one. The repeated line "Ban da wani sai Kai" anchors the song: I have no one but you. What makes it striking is the way the bridge turns that same phrase into a prayer for compassion, asking God to look upon the singer with pity rather than simply declaring devotion. The cry is honest and unadorned, a person bringing tears and need before a merciful Savior. The song doesn't resolve into triumph; it stays in the posture of asking, which is where its quiet power lives.
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