Nokor Reach - English Translation

English Translation

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Verse I
Heaven protects our King
And gives him happiness and glory
To reign over our souls and our destinies,
The one being, heir of the Sovereign builders,
Guiding the proud old Kingdom.
Verse II
Temples are asleep in the forest
Remembering the glory of the grand kingdom
Like a rock the Khmer race is eternal.
Let us trust in the fate of Kampuchea
The empire which challenges the ages.
Verse III
Songs rise up from the pagodas
To the glory of holy Buddhist faith.
Let us be faithful to our ancestors' belief.
Thus heaven will lavish its bounty
Towards the ancient Khmer country, The Grand Kingdom.

Verse I
Heaven save the king
Give him happiness and glory
Us, servants of the king
Want to stay under your shade of glory
Of those who have the bloodline of who built temples of rock
May rule the Khmer land high and renowned.
Verse II
Temples are hidden in the forest
Reminds of the glory of Moha Nokor
The Khmer nation is like an eternal rock
We hope and bless, fate of Cambodia
The Great state which lives very old.
Verse III
Every pagodas heard with songs
Reciting it to remember Buddhism
Let us be faithful to our ancestors' belief
Then, heaven will lavish its bounty
to the Khmer country, a Great Kingdom

Verse I
Heavens protect the King
Send him happiness and glory
Us, your servants want you to reign
O heir of the Sovereign Builders
and rule the Khmer Land and make it high and filled with honor.
Verse II
Temples, hidden and asleep in the forest
Remembering glorious Moha Nokor
Khmer is eternal like a rock
We hope for the luck of Cambodia
The empire which challenges ages.
Verse III
Pagodas, heard with songs
Remembering the holy Buddhists
Let us be faithful to our fathers' faiths
Hence, the heavens will help prosper
Cambodia, the Great Kingdom

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