Celebrating Ingumba Iyamagomya

My dear friend Ingumba Iyamagomya We have once more gathered We've come to honor you To recollect and remember The man Ingumba Iyamagomya And see the meaning of your life You were a great teacher Lived what you taught You drank what you preached You were generous and inspiring teacher You gave knowledge freely A gift we now know you were to us Someone so dear A friend, a teacher, a human being Endowed with confidence and prudence You pulled many lives out of the abyss of hopelessness You helped may up the rocky path up the nasty hills You guided many through thickest and dangerous forest of life You served, shared and inspired In your life you fulfilled the meaning of friendship Throughout the years You lived to die but one day at a time