tāy tiṇḍra maṇṇe idu piḽḽaiyiṉ kadaṟal
ŏru perarasaṉ pulambal
tāy tiṇḍra maṇṇe idu piḽḽaiyiṉ kadaṟal
ŏru perarasaṉ pulambal
nĕllāḍiya nilam ĕṅge sŏllāḍiya avai ĕṅge
villāḍiya kaḽam ĕṅge kallāḍiya silai ĕṅge
tāy tiṇḍra maṇṇe tāy tiṇḍra maṇṇe
kayal viḽaiyāḍum vayalvĕḽi teḍi
kāyndu kaḻindaṉ kaṇgaḽ
kāviri malariṉ kaḍi maṉam teḍi karugi muḍindadu nāsi
silai vaḍimevum uḽi ŏli teḍi tirugi viḻundaṉa sĕvigaḽ
ūṉ pŏdi soṭriṉ teṉ suvai karudi
ŏṭṭi ularndadu nāvum
pulikkŏḍi pŏṟtta soḻa māndargaḽ
ĕlikkaṟi pŏṟippaduvo
kāṭrai kuḍikkum tāvaramāgi kālam kaḻippadu… o…
maṇḍai oḍugaḽ maṇḍiya nāṭṭai
maṉṉaṉ āḽuvado maṉṉaṉ āḽuvado… o… (tāy)
nŏṟuṅgum uḍalgaḽ piduṅgum uyirgaḽ
aḻugum nāḍu aḻugiṇḍra arasaṉ
paḻam tiṉṉum kiḽiyo piṇam tiṉṉum kaḻugo
tūdo muṉ viṉai tīdo
kaḽaṅgalum adira kaḽirugaḽ piḽira
soḻam aḻaittu povāyo
taṅgame ĕṉṉai tāy maṇṇil serttāl
puravigaḽ pole puraṇḍiruppom
āyiram āṇḍugaḽ sertta kaṇṇīrai
aruvigaḽ pole aḻudiruppom
adu varai adu varai… o…
tamiḻaṉ kāṇum tuyaram kaṇḍu
talaiyai suṭrum koḽe aḻāde
ĕṇḍro ŏru nāḽ viḍiyum ĕṇḍre
iravai sumakkum nāḍe aḻāde
nūṭrāṇḍugaḽum turavai tāṅgi
uraiyil tūṅgum vāḽe aḻāde
ĕndaṉ kaṇṇiṉ kaṇṇīr kaḻuva
ĕṉṉoḍu aḻuvum yāḻe aḻāde (nĕllāḍiya)
tāy tiṇḍra maṇṇe…. idu piḽḽaiyiṉ kadaṟal……
ŏru perarasaṉ pulambal…
