Ngukunde Yesu, Mwami wanjye

Ngukunde Yesu, Mwami wanjye,

Mukiza wanjye, ngukunde;

Ngukunde, nkor’ ibyo gushimwa

N’ibikunezeza byose,

Ngeze ku munsi wo gupfa,

Yesu, nkigukunda !

Nta wundi ngir’ uhwanye nawe

kuk’ ungwiriz’ imbabazi;

Ngukunde, Yesu, ngushimishe

Akanwa, no mu mutima

Ni Wowe Yes’ ukuraho

Ibyaha by’ abantu

Ngukunde. Yesu Databuja,

Mwana w’ Imana Rurema;

Ngukundish’ imbaraga zose,

Nahw amakub’ ari menshi,

Ngeze ku munsi wo gupfa,

Yesu, nkigukunda !