SONG TITLE: HOPE AFTER HOPE IS LOST*
*For Our Lady of Assumption - Riimenze, South Sudan*
*VERSE 1 (English) - The Beauty of the School*
When you enter Our Lady of Assumption in Riimenze, your eyes will see beauty that speaks.
Clean red-brick classes standing under green mango trees, a big hall in the middle shining like a mother watching her children.
The compound is peaceful, the buildings are arranged, the fields are open and bright.
It is not just a school built with cement, it is a home built with love and prayer in South Sudan.
*CHORUS*
Never did i know that there's hope after hope is lost
And never did i know that dreams are planted in Riimenze
But our lady of assumption does it all in south sudan
*VERSE 2 (PaZande) - Teaching and Morals*
Riimenze ngba du nga ba Maria ti Assumption du be school he du na be toro he.
Mbata na ngbanga na mana, na bihe na bika, na hio nga sende na du he.
Gbata mo hurugo be na du Kili, na du rengo na du nyemu.
Mbata aboroko na du kpere sa ngbadu, mo kipe fu be du nga sa na du nyakimo ti Kili.
Mo ba he a du be tiko na du be du kpere, he iso a du fu be a du na du kura fu be gu South Sudan.
_English meaning: The children learn to read and write, but also to respect, forgive and pray. Teachers guide them in God's way, with discipline and truth, growing goodness in their heart._
*CHORUS*
Never did i know that there's hope after hope is lost
And never did i know that dreams are planted in Riimenze
But our lady of assumption does it all in south sudan
*VERSE 3 (Juba Arabic) - Invitation*
Ya jama ta South Sudan, ta'alu shufu bi ayun kum!
Law daru aiyal ta kum yaguru kowayis wa yaba nas kowayis, jibu le Riimenze.
Hina Our Lady of Assumption fatah bab towo le kulu jan.
Madarasa samha, mu'alimin kowayisin, wa tarbiya ta kanisa al hagiigi.
Ma takhalu aiyal ta kum fi beit sai, jibu hum fi matarah al hilim bi zara.
Anina munadi kum, jibu aiyal ta kum fi Riimenze, fi South Sudan.
*FINAL CHORUS (Everyone)*
Never did i know that
