mānattambiḽi maṇṇil mān miḻi
maramaḍi tuḍidāḽaṁ takṛtoṁ
kāñña vayaṭril kaḽḽu tĕḽakkaṇa
kalabila pŏḍibūraṁ timṛtoṁ
karimeghakkāḽa tan puṟameṟi pūṭṭuvānārānuṁ porānuṇḍo
karimeghakkāḽa tan puṟameṟi pūṭṭuvān
veṟe suṇayuḽḽorāṇ kuññuṇḍo
(mānattambiḽi....)
varaṇḍa maṇṇilu kĕḽagĕḽakkaṇa mākkode pŏnnu mākkode
ninṟĕ vĕyarppumuttinu vĕla paṟaññavanārĕḍā konāre
karaḽilittiri ĕrivaraykkaḍī kāndārī kuññu kāndārī
ninṟĕ pŏga pŏgakkĕḍī aḍibŏḽikkaḍī utsavanāḽallĕ
mutte mulle mŏhabbattin dĕlle
bejāṟākkīḍalle nammaḽĕ bejāṟākkīḍalle
(mānattambiḽi....)
talappŏlayiyuṁ paḍippurayilĕ tambrānuṁ pŏnnu tambrānuṁ
nammil suṟusuṟuṅṅanĕ suvaḍu vĕccĕnde takṛti tuḽḽāṭṭaṁ
ŏru tuḍamuḽḽil irambi sĕnnāl māḽoruṁ mele uḍayoruṁ
pinnĕ jādimadaṅṅaḽuṁ ayittavumillĕḍī kaḽḽinu kuññāve
āḍaḍī āṭ pāḍaḍī pāṭ
innu pĕrunnāḽalle o... innu pĕrunnāḽalle
(mānattambiḽi....)
