Kimigayo 君が代

May  boqortooyadaada 
Sii kun, siddeed kun oo jiil, 
Ilaa laga sii daayo qaansooyinka 
Kobcinaya qoryaha 
La soco xoorto
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Kumanaan sanadood oo farxad leh ayaa leh; 
Xaqiiji, [Akihito | sayidkaygiow], illaa hadda waxa taallaaba waa 
Markii ay gaboobaan dhagaxyada xoogan waa inay koraan 
Yaa ka soo horjeeda dhinacyada dareenka leh ee xayawaanka.
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OfficialKana (Hiragana)Rōmaji!Phonetic transcription (IPA)
!English translation
!Poetic English translation by Basil Hall Chamberlain君が代は
千代に八千代に
さざれ（細）石の
いわお（巌）となりて
こけ（苔）の生すまで（迄）きみがよは
ちよにやちよに
さざれいしの
いわおとなりて
こけのむすまでKimigayo wa
Chiyo ni yachiyo ni
Sazare-ishi no
Iwao to narite
Koke no musu madeMay your reign 
Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations, 
Until the pebbles 
Grow into boulders 
Lush with mossThousands of years of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my lord, until what are pebbles now
By ages united to mighty rocks shall grow
Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.