HYMNOS -UTWIBUKE LYRICS AND TRANSLATION
Isaiah 49:1 5Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. 17Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you. Abanyempano benshi baruhukiye mu bituro [The most gifted people rest in the graves] Abanditse indirimbo zagaruye benshi Ku gakiza baribagiranye [The powerful songwriters who led many to salvation have been forgotten] Abari intwari mu byo kwizera bararashwe baragwa [The mighty giants of faith have been shot dead] Abari baturangaje imbere bahumishijwe amaso n’ibirabagirana by’iyisi [Those who guided us were blinded by the pleasures of this world] Uko ibyo byose biba, niko urukundo rwawe rwiyongera umunsi ku munsi [Even while all these changes are happening, your unwavering love grows day by day] Imbabazi zawe zikuzura isi, maze abahora imbere yawe tugahabwa ihumure [Then y