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

Hiragana
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

Rōmaji
Kimi ga Yo wa
Chiyo ni Yachiyo ni
Sazare-Ishi no
Iwao to Nari-te
Koke no Musu made

English
May your reign
Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations,
Until the pebbles
Grow into boulders
Lush with moss

Poetic English
May Japan's Reign
Last for ten thousand years
May her stones turn to rocks
May those rocks turn to boulders
May Japan Reign and Flourish