(Sung in Kinyarwanda)

Buriko ndushaho kugushaka (The more I search for You)
Niko ndushaho kukumenya (The more I get to know You) (Repeat)

Buriko ndushaho ku kwegera (The more I come closer to You)
Niko ndushaho gusa name (The more I resemble You) (Repeat)

Ndifuza gusa nawe (Lord I desire to be more like You)
Ndifuza gusa nawe (Lord I need to be more like You) (Repeat)

Ndusheho ku kwegera (Draw me close to You)
Ndusheho ku kwegera (Draw me close to You) (Repeat)

Ndusheho gusa nawe (I desire to be more like You)
Ndusheho gusa nawe (I desire to be more like You) (Repeat)

Nyigisha gusenga (Teach me to pray)
Guseng’ubudasiba (To pray unceasingly)
Ndibwo nzambikw’imbaraga (That is how I will receive the power)
Ndusheho gusa nawe (To be more like You) (Repeat)

Nyigish’Ijambo ryawe (Teach me Your Word)
Ndisome ubudasiba (That I may read everyday)
Niwbo nzagira kwizera (That is how I will have the faith)
Ndusheho gusa nawe (And be more like You) (Repeat)

Nyigisha gukunda (Teach me to love)
Ndetse n’abanzi banjye (To love even my enemies)
Nkuko wankunze nkiri mubi (As You loved me when yet a sinner)
Ndusheho gusa nawe (And be more like You) (Repeat)

Nyigisha gusenga (Teach me to pray)
Guseng’ubudasiba (To pray unceasingly)
Ndibwo nzambikw’imbaraga (That is how I will receive the power)
Ndusheho gusa nawe (To be more like You) (Repeat)

Ndusheho gusa nawe (To be more like You) x4

Ndifuza gusa nawe (Lord I need to be more like You)
Ndifuza gusa nawe (Lord I need to be more like You) (Repeat)

Ndakwiringiye Yesu (My trust is in You, Jesus)
Nizey’Ijambo ryawe (I believe what You have spoken)
Kukw’iyuvuze rimwe gusa (Your majesty when You command)
Biratungana (Shall come to pass) (Repeat)

Biratungana (Shall come to pass) x4

Sinzuko ‘kubigenza (I don’t know how You do it)
Sinzi nukubikora (And I don’t know the way You do it)
Icyo nzi nuko, iy’utegetse (But I know that, What You command)
Biratungana (Shall come to pass)
Har’ukuntu ubikora, iy’utegetse (When you say just a word)
Bigatungana (Everything becomes right)

Ntakikunanira, ntakikunanira (Nothing is impossible to You)
Icyonzi nuko, iy’utegetse (One thing I know, when you command)
Biratungana (Shall come to pass)
Harukuntu ubikora (I love the way You do it)
I’yutegetse, Bigatungana (Whatever You say, Shall all come to pass)

Harukuntu ubikora (I love the way You do it)
I’yutegetse, Bigatungana (Whatever You say, Shall all come to pass) (Repeat)

Tegeka Mwami (Speak, Lord) x4 (Repeat)

Ndakwiringiye Yesu (My trust is in You, Jesus)
Nizey’Ijambo ryawe (I believe what You have spoken)
Kukw’iyuvuze rimwe gusa (Your majesty when You command)
Biratungana (Shall come to pass) (Repeat)

Biratungana (Shall come to pass) x4