Original Kinyarwanda lyrics with line-by-line translation. Toggle the translation on or off using the checkbox.
Rwanda nziza gihugu cyacu
Rwanda, our beautiful and dear country
Wuje imisozi, ibiyaga n’ibirunga
Adorned of hills, lakes and volcanoes
Ngobyi iduhetse gahorane ishya.
Motherland, would be always filled of happiness
Rekatukurate tukuvuge ibigwi
Us all your children: Abanyarwanda
Wowe utubumbiye hamwe twese
Let us sing your glare and proclaim your high facts
Abanyarwanda uko watubyaye
You, maternal bosom of us all
Berwa, sugira, singizwa iteka.
Would be admired forever, prosperous and cover of praises.
Horana Imana murage mwiza
Invaluable heritage, that God protects to you
Ibyo tugukesha ntibishyikirwa:
You filled us priceless goods
Umuco dusangiye uraturanga
Our common culture identifies us
Ururimi rwacu rukaduhuza
Our single language unifies us
Ubwenge, umutima, amaboko yacu
That our intelligence, our conscience and our forces
Nibigukungahaze bikwiye
Fill you with varied riches
Nuko utere imbere ubutitsa.
For an unceasingly renewed development.
Abakurambere b’intwari
Our valorous ancestors
Bitanze batizigama
Gave themselves bodies and souls
Baraguhanga uvamo ubukombe
As far as making you a big nation
Utsinda ubukoroni na mpatsebihugu
You overcame the colonial-imperialistic yoke
Byayogoje Afurika yose
That has devastated Africa entirely
None uraganje mu bwigenge
And has your joy of your sovereign independence
Tubikomeyeho uko turi twese.
Acquired that constantly we will defend.
Komeza imihigo rwanda dukunda
Maintain this cape, beloved Rwanda,
Duhagurukiye kukwitangira
Standing, we commit for you
Ngo amahoro asabe mu bagutuye
So that peace reigns countrywide
Wishyire wizane muri byose
That you are free of all hindrance
Urangwe n’ishyaka, utere imbere
That your determination hires progress
Uhamye umubano n’amahanga yose
That you have excellent relations with all countries
Maze ijabo ryawe riguhe ijambo.
And that finally your pride is worth your esteem.