Let me call them the ancestors.
The fathers and the mothers of our
Fathers and mothers
And on and on.
Let me go back to the recent source of
Our life.
When life used to rotate on Rwandan
Core values. kera,
Kera cyane;
I Rwanda hakiri iwabo wabantu.
Ibisambu byuzuye inyambo,
Amata agifite gitereka.
Kera urukundo ariwo muco.
Hutu, Tutsi and twa were the temporary social classes.
We were a strong Trinity.
Twari ubutatu bw'ubutamenwa, budakomwa munkokora.
Benerugigana, bogacaracara barabibonye birabahanda; ntibyabanyura bigira inama yo kudutanya bogatanira muryinzitane.
King Musinga was assassinated for his beliefs that made him a king.
It didn't took long;
His son Mutara III Rudahigwa sacrificed his soul for independence.
Ntihashize kera,
Repubulika iyo ngiyo iba yatashye
I Rwanda;
Ngo rubanda rugufi yewe
Nabo bahabwe umwanya.
Aba mazuru maremare biswe abanyabesnia, bagirwa
Inzoka,
Inyenzi;
Izo zareshyaga na metero ebyiri. Hhm
Iyo leta,
Yimakaje umuco wokudahana
Ibiba urwango mubanyarwanda;
Ubundi yiyise iyabatabazi ite ?? Uhm?
Twarumwe mbere yumwaduko,
GUTE BADUCIYEMO AMOKO??
Abakuru nibambwire.
Baradushutse?
Oya, bashuka abana.
Baraturoze ngo tubabere
Imbata.
Teta yagize ati, " twabameneye ibanga batureba abahanga bo kudutanya."
Nuko jenoside ntiyatinze gukongezwa na RTLM, kangura, kambanda nabandi.
Mwijoro ryiya 06 Mata 1994;
His plane was shot.
Icyirere cyarijimye,
Cyuzuramo ubwicanyi ndegakamere.
Brutality rose from hell.
Rengarenga zarashizwe,
Uwitwaga Mututsi aharigwa.
Impinja zasimbuye imboga mwisekuru.
Abana, abari abamararungu ubuhiri
Burababona.
Abari, abari abakundwa bahaswe
Imibonano.
Babivanamo inda zo gukurwamo abandi bahandurira agakoko
Bamwe karanabahitana.
Nukuri; Bishwe bahagaze.
Abasore na base birwanyeho
Nkabibisesero;
Ariko
Amaherezo aba ya yandi.
Machetes had no mercy.
' Don't kill me', was a laughing matter.
Many perpetrators,
Many men, about 2M of them
Called so { new job, no wage}
Called so { patriotism}
Grenade, insenda; ibyari Eglise namastade ubu ninzibutso.
Imigezi
Yarankweye iranigwa,
Imbwa
Zirarya zirijuta.
Urwango rwagizwe kampara,
Itabaza ry'uRwanda rirazimwa.
What a time,
100days felt like 100years.
We lost boys and girls and their dreams.
They went to a place we can't visit them anymore.
We lost the place to call beautiful home.
We nearly lost everything.
Some families were completely
Whiped out
And no one left to tell
Their hobbies and nicknames.
I'm standing here,. To honor more than
A million innocent Tutsi souls
That
Were killed
In genocide against Tutsi in 1994.
Twarababuze ariko sibose
Kuko
Intwari z'urwanda zirahabaye
Ntitwazimira.
Burya data yanyise nabi
Kutanyita
NKOTANYI wa KAYIHURA.
Ariko shenge ya ndeze
Gitore.
If reincarnation exist,
I believe one of their souls was
Reborn in me. And
I have a feeling it's
Rwigema's.
They removed us from
Hell holes and
Burnt roofs.
Number of orphans showed the gravity of the genocide against Tutsi in 1994.
Streets became their homes,
Smoking was the only
Hobby
To stop them from crying.
Imitima yabo yabaye nkibuye
Ryurushyo.
Kuyoba kure siko gupfa banyarwanda.
Rwanda is better than harsh history of genocide against Tutsi in 1994.
No body get chance
To change
The past, but
We have all rights to make our
Future
The bright side of Africa.
It's now a quarter of century,
We should make sure
NEVER AGAIN
Ain't just a slogan.
What went wrong around
Should never
Come back around.
Humura Rwanda
Ntuzongera gushavura mpari
Humura gihugu nkunda,
Humura mubyeyi
Humura Rwanda nziza.
~Derrick KAYIHURA~
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