"Rwanda Rwacu" (Kinyarwanda: [ɾɡwɑːndɑ ɾɡwɑtʃu]) or "Our Rwanda" was the national anthem of Rwanda from 1962 to January 1st 2002, when it was replaced with Rwanda Nziza.
Rwanda Rwacu
| English: Our Rwanda |
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Former anthem of  Rwanda
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| Lyrics |
Abypruntwi, 1962 |
| Music |
Abypruntwi, 1960 |
| Adopted |
1962[1] |
| Kinyarwanda lyrics |
English translation |
- Rwanda rwacu, Rwanda gihugu cyambyaye,
- Ndakuratana ishyaka n'ubutwali.
- Iyo nibutse ibigwi wagize kugeza ubu,
- Nshimira Abarwanashyaka bazanye Repubulika idahinyuka.
- Bavandimwe b'uru Rwanda rwacu twese
- Nimuhaguruke,
- Turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuri,
- Mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.
- Impundu ni zivuge mu Rwanda hose,
- Repubulika yakuye ubuhake,
- Ubukolonize bwagiye nk'ifuni iheze.
- Shinga umuzi Demokarasi
- Waduhaye kwitorera abategetsi.
- Banyarwanda: abakuru
- Namwe abato mwizihiye u Rwanda,
- Turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuri,
- Mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.
- Bavukarwanda mwese muvuze impundu,
- Demokarasi yarwo iraganje.
- Twayiharaniye rwose twese uko tungana.
- Gatutsi, Gatwa na Gahutu
- Namwe Banyarwanda bandi mwabyiyemeje,
- Indepandansi twatsindiye
- Twese hamwe tuyishyikire,
- Turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuri,
- Mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.
- Nimuze dusingize Ibendera ryacu.
- Arakabaho na Perezida wacu.
- Barakabaho abaturage b'iki Gihugu.
- Intego yacu Banyarwanda
- Twishyire kandi twizane mu Rwanda rwacu.
- Twese hamwe, twunge ubumwe
- Nta mususu dutere imbere ko,
- Turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuri,
- 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,
- Let us cherish her in peace and in truth,
- In freedom and in harmony!
- Let the victory drums beat throughout all Rwanda!
- The Republic has swept away feudal bondage.
- Colonialism has faded away like a worn-out shoe.
- Democracy, take root!
- Through you we have chosen our own rulers.
- People of Rwanda, old and young, citizens all,
- Let us cherish her in peace and in truth,
- In freedom and in harmony!
- Home-born Rwandans all, beat the victory drums!
- 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 it in peace and in truth,
- In freedom and in harmony!
- Come let us extol our Flag!
- Long live our President, long live the citizens of our land!
- Let this be our aim, people 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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