Verse 1
Ai Data wo mw ijuru,
Tur' abasaruzi,
Ubakure muri twe
Babone kugenda,
Bavuge Yesu cyane
Ko yaducunguye,
Kw ari We Mana yacu
Irokor' ab' isi
Verse 2
Yaguherey' ubuntu;
Jy' utangir' ubundi!
Ibyo dufite byose
Bikomok' ahw iri
Twemeze cyane rwose,
Mucunguzi wacu,
Gutumwa nawe hose
Mu bo wapfiriye
Verse 3
Mukiza wacu Yesu,
Utwuzuz' Umwuka,
Mwami tukwigireho,
Nkuko wagendaga
Twe kub' abanyabute,
Dushishikarire
Gukor' ibyo tubwirwa
N' Iman' ihoraho
Verse 4
Reb' igihugu cyacu,
Uko barimbuka!
Ntubabazwa n' i wanyu,
Akaga barimo?
Satan' Umwami wabo
Arabazitiye,
Ashaka ko babana
Mur' urya murimo
Verse 5
Induru ziravuze,
Ubatabar' ubu!
N' ucogozwa n' iby' isi,
Babwirwa na nde se?
Tang' umubiri wawe
N' ingingo n' ubgenge,
Ubone gutabara
Abo yapfiriye
Verse 6
Urwanane na Yesu:
Kweta bihebuje!
We kwitwaz' umufuka
N' ibitabo gusa!
Gend' ubyawe n' Imana
Ukijijwe rwose,
Wuzuy' Umwuka Wera
No kwizera na ko
Verse 7
Ijwi ry' Umwami Yesu
Rirakubwira ngo:
Jya mu mahanga yose,
Uvug' ibya Yesu,
Babyarw' ubwa kabiri
Yes' abarokore,
Babatizwe n' amazi
N' Umwuka Wera de