taṅga padakkattiṉ mele
ŏru muttu padittadu pole
inda paṭṭu kaṉṉaṅgaḽiṉ mele
ŏṇḍru tŏṭṭu kŏḍuttiḍalāmo
nīyum viṭṭu kŏḍuttiḍalāmo
mullai pū pallakku āḍai sumandu
mĕlla tavaḻvadu kaṇḍu
ŏru koḍi ĕṇṇam āsai nĕñjil
miṉṉi maṟaivadu uṇḍu
aḻagu naḍaiyai paḻagum silaiyai
aṇaikka vandeṉe
idaḻgaḽ pŏḻiyum amuda maḻaiyil
midakka vandeṉe (taṅga)
paṭṭāḍai tŏṭṭāḍa tĕṇḍral tuṇindu
pakkam naḍandadu ĕṉṉa ?
uyir kādal talaivaṉ kāval irukka
tŏṭṭu iḻuttadu ĕṉṉa ?
paṉiyil naṉaiyum malariṉ uḍalil kuḽir ĕḍukkado ? ŏruvaṉ maḍiyil mayaṅgum pŏḻudu sugam piṟakkado ? (taṅga padakkattiṉ) mele
kŏttoḍu muttāḍa vañji kŏḍiyai
tŏṭṭu tŏḍarndadu ĕṉṉa
andi mālai pŏḻudil kādal niṉaivai
kŏṭṭi aḽappadu ĕṉṉa ?
andi mālai pŏḻudil kādal niṉaivai
kŏṭṭi aḽappadu ĕṉṉa ?
ūrum uṟavum aṟiyum varaiyil
kaṇgaḽ maṭṭoḍu
maṇa mālai toḽil sūḍum nāḽil
kaigaḽ tŏṭṭāḍu
taṅga padakkattiṉ mele
ŏru muttu padittadu pole
inda paṭṭu kaṉṉaṅgaḽiṉ mele
ŏṇḍru tŏṭṭu kŏḍuttiḍalāmo
nīyum viṭṭu kŏḍuttiḍalāmo