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Ngukunde Yesu. Mwami wanjye,Mukiza wanjye, ngukunde; Ngukunde, nkor' ibyo gushimwa N’ibikunezeza byose,Ngeze ku munsi wo gupfa, Yesu, nkigukunda !
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Nta wundi ngir' uhwanye nawe kuk' ungwiriz' imbabazi; Ngukunde, Yesu,
ngushimishe Akanwa, no mu mutima.Ni Wowe Yes’ ukuraho Ibyaha by'abantu.
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Ngukunde. Yesu Databuja, Mwana w'lmana Rurema; Ngukundish’ imbaraga zose, Nahw amakub' ari menshi,Ngeze ku munsi wo gupfa, Yesu, nkigukunda !