Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Burundi
The flag of the Republic of Burundi is divided into four parts by a diagonal white cross. The upper and lower parts are red; the sides of the pole and the outside are green. The center of the cross bears a white disk in which are drawn three red stars with six branches, lined with green and arranged in a triangle (a star at the top, two stars at the bottom).
NATIONAL ANTHEM:
National anthem (adopted in 1962): Burundi Bwacu (Our Dear Burundi). Words of Jean-Baptiste Ntahokaja; music by Marc Barengayabo.
Burundi Bwacu
Burundi Buhire
Shinga icumu mu mashinga
Gaba intahe y’ubugabo kubugingo.
Warapfunywe ntiwapfuye,
Warahabishijwe ntiwahababuka.
Uhagurukana,
Uhagurukana,
Uhagurukana ubugabo urikukira,
Ukomerwa amashi n’amakungu,
Uhabw ‘ impundu n’abawe
Isamirane mu mashinga. (bis)
Burundi bwacu ragi rya basokuru
Ramutswa intahe n’ibihugu
Ufatanije ishaka n’ubuhizi.
Vuza impundu
Wiganzuye uwakuganza. (bis)
Burundi bwacu,
Nkora mutima kuri twese
Tugutuye amaboko, umutima n’ubuzima
Imana yakuduhaye ikudutungire.
Horana ubumwe n’abagabo n’itekane.
Sagwa n’urweze
Sagwa n’amahoro meza.