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- rwanda rwacu, rwanda gihugu
- cyambyaye, ndakuratan'ishyaka
- n'ubutwali. iyo nibuts'ibi gwi wagize
- kugez'ubu, nshimira abarwanashyaka
- bazanye republika idahinyaka.
- bavandimwe b'uru rwanda
- rwacu twese nimuhaguruke;
- turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli,
- mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.
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- impundu ni zivuge mu rwanda hose:
- republika yaku y'ubuhake,
- ubukolonize bwagiye nk'ifum'iheze.
- shing'umuzi demokarasi waduhaye
- kwitorera abategetsi.
- banyarwanda: abakuru namw'abato
- mwizihiy'u rwanda:
- turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli,
- mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.
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- bavuka rwanda mwese muvuz'impundu,
- demokarasi yarwo iraganje.
- twayiharaniye rwose twes'uko
- tungana. atutsi, gatwana gahutu namwe
- banyarwanda mwabyiyemeje,
- indepandansi twatsindiye
- twese hamwe tuyishyigikire:
- turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli,
- mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.
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- nimucyo dusingiz'ibendera ryacu.
- arakabaho na prezida wacu.
- barakabahw'abaturage b'iki gihugu.
- intego yacu banyarwanda twishyire
- kandi twizane mu rwanda rwacu.
- twese hamwe, twung'ubumwe
- nta mususu duter'imberoko:
- turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli,
- mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.
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- my rwanda land that gave me birth,
- fearlessly, tirelessly,
- i boast of you!
- when i recall your achievements
- to this very day,
- i praise the pioneers who have
- brought in our unshakeable republic.
- brothers all, sons of this rwanda of
- ours, come rise up all of you,
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- let us cherish her in peace and in
- truth, in freedom and in harmony!
- let the victory drums beat
- throughout all rwanda!
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- the republic has swept away
- feudal bondage.
- colonialism has faded away like a
- worn-out shoe.
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- democracy take root! through you we
- have chosen our own rulers.
- people of rwanda, young and old,
- citizens all,
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- let us cherish her in peace and in
- truth, in freedom and in harmony!
- home-born rwandans all,
- beat the victory drums!
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- democracy has triumphed in our land.
- all of us together we have striven
- for it arduously. together we have
- decreed it - tutsi, twa, hutu, with
- other racial elements,
- this hard-won independence of ours,
- let us all join to build it up!
- let us cherish her in peace and in
- truth, in freedom and in harmony!
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- come let us extol our flag!
- long live our president,
- long live the citizens of our land!
- let this be our aim,
- citizens of rwanda:
- to stand on our own feet,
- in our own right,
- by our own means.
- let us promote unity
- and banish fear.
- let us go forward
- together in rwanda.
- let us cherish her in peace and in
- truth, in freedom and in harmony!
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