Mbwire Bagorozi umunsi ugumye

Igisigo cyahimbwe na Muhabura wa Bwayi

Mbwire Bagorozi umunsi ugumye

W'Abami banganye,

Mwebwe bene umunsi yatumaga Gatambira

Iwa Mutwarampigu.

Mutaragara atabayeho impamvu

Atumweyo gutongana,

Bagateka ku rugo.

Urwo rugo rukaba urw'Ingoma nkuru

Batambira ba Bitugu,

Biguzi azacya kunyaga Byeguno.

Amagingo bajya kuyikuraho nyirayo

Na yo Mutukura iteterewe

Ikagomba umugabo.

Ntondere Mukozi umutaga ukakaye,

W'Abagabe bakikanye,

Mwebwe bene umutaga

Yatokoye Matambi ibya Gitebo.

Intonganya ivuye ku rutare,

Na yo Rutare igiye mukwokera i Mututu.

Iyo ni iyo bashikanuraho nyirayo,

Impfuke-ngabe, Bashimana ba Kirimacondo,

Bazaca inzira iwa Cyokezo.

Urugo rwe mu kurutwika

Ngo bikorere iyo ngabe,

Ibanje igakora umuntu mu nda.



None utahazi aho Bagorozi,

Ukunde mpakubwire !

Nkubwire igishyigura Umwami w'ahandi,

Akava ku ntebe ye,

Agatabaguza agaturumbuka

Agata urugo rwe,

N'abarutuye aho bakarwotsa.

Kiti-ihi-se, akaba impunzi,

Yagwana n'ígícó kikifatira,

Akanywera mu gïco.

Uwo ni umuragurirwa

Ujyanye n'abarasanyi

Ngo bamukure ku bwatsi,

Azigurukwe n'ibyo yarimo yimye,

Tukabyenda igihugu tukagihinga,

Umwami nyiracyo imbonwa imuyongobeje,

Akagenda atyo.



None utahazi aho Bagorozi,

Ukunde mpakubwire !

Nkubwire ko itabaro risa

Ritagira umucengeri,

Ricyura iminyago misa,

Bitarimo ingoma y'ingabe

N'intebe y'Umugabe

I Mugogoma wa Nyiramugabe,

Nyamugongo wa Nyamurwana !

Umunsi du wo kubicyura

Mugabo Mvumbana,

Aho bigomba umugabo.

Aho ga nyine bagashyira amasuka

Abahinzi ba Bisoro bya Bisage,

Amasaka agasenyuka mu matongo;

Ngo: ''Aho nyine hasenyewe nyiraho !''

Nk'imirima itamanzuye mu Busanza.



None aho Bagorozi,

Ukunde mpakubwire !

Nkubwire ko yaremye imishyo

Irora imana ziramizwa amata

Mugutuma iyobora itabaro rikanyaga,

Rigatukirwa ngo ''Tora Naka,

Guca igihugu !''

Aho kwaya ngo ''kora impamba !''

Isi yose ngo ''bêhu !''

Imbonwa imubunga imbere

Kuzazana ingoma.



None utahazi aho Bagorozi,

Ukunde mpakubwire !

Nkubwire ko hakurenganye

Ufite amatwi n'amaso:

Iyo imbonwa itaraboneka,

Umwami arindira mu rugo rwe

Atetse ku ntebe ye,

Indamutsa ikamubyukira bagasenga;

Akabarirwa amakuru

Ngo: ''Iriya ngo barwanye !''

Imbonwa yaboneka rero,

Ikagenda shishi itabona,

Ikaboneza mu rugo rwe

Ikabwagara hakagendwa.

Imico ugira, ukayagira,

Ngo ni ''bwira wumve !''

Ubonye iki kiremu untambitseho,

Ngo ni jye wagaye abagabo

Bishe umubisha i Kiyonza

Yaje aririra Kari-nzobe

Ngo ije mu nzu umu !

None nakubwira umuti

W'abatabazi bategekerwa

Wo gukura abanzi

Bakabavana ku ngoma

Ugasebanya n'aho unsabana

Ubeshya ngo barareshya ?

Wigire aha uvuge

Uwazanye ingoma y'ingabe

Karinga ikayijya hejuru.

Mu byo uvuga ibyo unywerewe,

Jye nakuva imbere.

Ubonye iri tabaro ry'i Mubone,

Ryageze ku itabaro ry'i Murama,

I Murabirane wa Nyiramurari na Nimurahure,

Ko yatabaje iwa Nyamihamba.

Umututsi wabonyweho ikimara,

Bahungu, ashobora ahagumye:

Urya simuringanije na Rwambali.

Imbonwa yabonetse, nk'iyanyaze Rubuga,

Irya yaruse nyarute.

Hariho ga n'intwari, sinzigaya:

Iyo zijya gucyura iminyago

Ingoma zibuririraho.

UMPE ICYANZU NKUBWIRE AH'UMUNTU

Umpe icyanzu nkubwire ah'umuntu:

Sinatinze mu matungo,

Sinakwanze zikamwa:

Nanyazwe n'utazimpaye



Bintera igihunga !

Ntekereza indaro mbi naraye

Bararanzira ba Mudahakana

Nsanga ariyo ndaro mbi:

Uko nayisanze irakijyana !



Iki gisigo Gahuriro yakibwiye Kagame wahise acyandukura hari ku ngoma ya Mutara III Rudahigwa (1931-1959)

Imana ni yo ikiranuka

Yankingiye urugumye,

Rugumira rwa Rubazi,

Nkaba nkigendera jye mu Rwanda.

Hari abato ba none

N'abakuru ba kera banduta ubukuru,

Iryo batabonye jye nkaribibutsa:

Mbona ko itagira ubutati

Yankuye iyo kure cyane !



Mpikurirwa n'iyambonye

Rugira rw'i Ruganda kwa Ruganzu,

Inzanye nibuka n'ibitereko

Bya Nteretsingoma ya Mbabazi

Yanterekeraga mu ijabiro,

Namubwira ijambo wenyine akarishima.

Nkagira ngo ni we Mana wenyine,

Naho Imana ni ebyiri,

Akaba umuntu uwo.



Muzi n'uko akura ahaga,

Impabagabo ya Mudahakana,

Uko nayibonye iraturema:

Irema abantu igakiza abandi

Uburyo ikiranuka ndabiyishima.



Ingejeje no ku Mwami

Wa Mwambarirangoma wa Mwamugaba,

Ndahiriwe iramunshyikiriza.

Nta bwo Rugira iyoberwa Umwami.

Mwikozi, iyakwise ni yo yakuduhaye,



Witwa nka Yo.



Twashize impuhwe z'Abahutu

Duhabwa impundu tukiri amahoro

I Muhoza baragukundiye ngo kazime.

Mutima, watuboneye n'umuti:

Uvura igihugu icyago

Cyusa cya Birali

Twari turwaye mu Rwanda rwawe.

Umurozi ntaruta umurogora,

Umugabo ntaruta Umwami

Umwami ntarusha amatungo umuyoboke;

Watubereye Imana Mbangira

Mbaraga ya Mwikozi

Utuvuna bwangu.



Watubwiye ko abakire bafasha abakene

Mukenurambere wa Mutabazi,

Ngo mbone aratamba

Ngira ngo mbonye umuntu !

Azinyaga atakubwiye impamvu.

Mpabose ya Musangwa,

Wambariza iyo ngingo !



Mwimanyi, si impuha nkubwira:

Impundu navugije ngabanye iwanyu

Zingana induru navugije nanyazwe:

Zateye rubanda gutangara.

Si n'amarenga ngucira:

Ndacana ntiwake,

Ndakiriza mu myotsi,

Hari impembyi, singihembera.

Nakizwa n'uko uncikiririje nkiri hafi

Waba unkuye iyo kure cyane.



Ariko sindi amahoro

Kandi si ibyo guhorwa:

Wampoza ayo andiza

Muhoza, unkundiye,

Izanjye ngororano wazisanganwa.



Ni iteka amburana ntahari

Andengera ndi imusozi

Sahunga rya Gasogwe, ati: "Mpore !

Inka so yaguhaye nzazikuvunamo !"

Erega Mivumbi, nakubonye urya munsi

Ungarura nahabye

Wabonye nyobye irembo

Uranyobora inzira ngaruka aha.



Nawe ntiwakurwa ku ryo wavuze

Kandi ari irivuze imfura

Ntirihinyuka, Badahinyuka

Ba Muhuruzi wa Ruhamya,

Iryagambye Ngozi rigamburuza nde ?

Kabone n'aho waza uri ikinani cyane

Ntiwakura iryo kinanira cya Cyizindura yavuze:

Ubwo uba ucyibeshye

Kigahinduka ikinyoma !



Jye nta cyo ncumuye

Ijambo ryawe rirakiza.

Kurya uri umugabe nka Mibambwe,

Mwami wa Kavunwa

Wavutse i Kanyoni kwa Gihinira.

Urankuze ubwatsi, Busuhuko,

Ncyure ishyaka:

Iyo ntakiye Imana

Ntaka induzi ikagaba

Nkigabana ijana.


Alexis Kagame, Introduction aux grands genres lyriques de l'ancien Rwanda, Butare, 1969, pp. 156-163.