“Japan National Anthem Lyrics”
Japan
Kimigayo
(His Majesty’s Reign)
君が代は 千代に八千代に
さざれ石の
いわおとなりて
こけのむすまで
[Romanized:]
Kimi ga yo wa
Chiyo ni yachiyo ni
Sazare ishi no
Iwao to nari te
Koke no musu made
[English:]
Thousands of years of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my lord, till what are pebbles now
By age united to mighty rocks shall grow
Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.