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Ecizoru tualu, [United free,]
Driwala ni [For liberty]
Tualuru ama nga pa so ra! [Together we'll always stand!]
Yuganda la! [Oh Uganda!]
Nyaku driwala niri [The land of freedom]
Afe mini ama leta azini ava azi ngazo ri [Our love and labour we give]
Ama jo ejele pie dria [And with neighbours all]
Kari amadri ni lelerile [At our country's call]
Ovuzu asi anzu si azini agiru. [In peace and friendship we'll live.]
Yuganda la! [Oh Uganda!]
Nyaku amani nyaka fepiri [The land that feeds us]
Etusi azini nyaku oso si [By sun and fertile soils grown]
Nyaku amani leleturi [For our own dear land]
Ama nga etu driasi pa tu mibe [We shall always stand]
Nyaku Afirika ni Ndripituri dria. [The Pearl of Africa's crown.]
Lugbara Anthem (Approved by Lugbara Kari from a competition won by Mercy Deogratious Ajedra and launched on Wednesday 6th October 2021 in Mvara, Arua):
1. Ama Lugbara ru, ama 'ba aluni [We are Lugbara, we are one people]
Afa azi ma co ama esele ku [Nothing should divide us]
Leta asianzu be ama eselea [Love and peace among us]
Ama 'ba aleru, e'yo ada lepi ni [We are loving people, who love the truth].
2. Ama a'bi 'ba ama, ovuzu suru nduni [Our ancestry has made us, to be a different tribe]
Wudrikurua 'di eyi ma eselea dria [Among all these in the world].
Suru drile, opi, Agofe amani [Our clanheads, chiefs, Agofe],
Lugbara Kari eci ama tualu [Lugbara Kari unites us].
3. ADROU fe amani lonyi capini 'bo [GOD has given us enough wealth already]:
Nyaku, pati, yi, anyapa, oli be [Land, trees, water, animals, with air]
Ama eciti tualu, angu amani ezozu [Let us unite, to develop our place],
Ama nga paso o(k)poru Lugbara ru [We will stand strong as Lugbara]!
Wura Amvu [Colour Garden]/ 12-Colour Clock/ Richard Of Yumbe Gave Stela Beautiful Pearls (ROYGSBP):
eka = red/ crimson/ scarlet
orenzi (pronounced orenji) = orange
yelo = yellow
gurini/ patibi le = green
bulu = blue/ indigo/ cyan/ aqua/ sky blue
papo = purple/ violet
piniki = pink/ magenta/ hotpink/ fuchsia
maruni = maroon
okaza, okazaru, okalamgba (for sth), wara wara (walala for sb), okata, oka = brown (brown skinned), becoming brownish, become brownish with dirt
foro(foro), foroto = grey, greyish (England or UK English), gray, grayish (American English)
horohoro, perepere, walalaru = light
ini (inikini) = black (darkish)
inibiricici (inicici), inikukuru = very dark
enisi-emvesi, inisi-imvesi, korikori = black and white
imve = white
imve silili, 'wilili (pronounced whilili), imve sisirili = very white, pure white
The Verb "Be":
I am = Ma
You (singular) are = Mi