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Amahirwe ntiyansekeye

Abandi barushya no kuvuka

Naho jyewe nduha buri munsi kugeza gupfa

Ndahendahenda amahirwe yanjye

Ariko akanga kunsekera

Nasabye umukobwa w'igitego baramutinye,

Babimenye baramuntwara

Mahirwe yanjye mahirwe yanjye

Nshumbusha undi nshire amalira

Nirutse mu nyuma z'ifaranga maze kuronka

Bansha inyuma baransahura

Mahirwe yanjye wagiye hehe?

Ko nsangira inyanya n'inyoni!

Nari narubatse ndakomeza nitwa umukungu

Serwakira insenyera liva

Ko se nta na kimwe cyarokotse

Mahirwe yanjye wagiye he?

Aho nkomanze nsubizwa inyuma nasaba nkimwa

Navukanye amaraso mabi

Imvura iranyagira mu mutwe

Umuvu ukantwara umutima

Ayi mana nyagasani

Ntumaho umugaragu wawe

Nyoherereza akalire

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Nkire imanga y'amananiza