kāveri nadiye kāṭrāḍuṁ kanave
kādal kaṇṇaḻage kaṇṇadāsanṟĕ kavida nī
pūkkālaṁ polĕ puṇyāhaṁ polĕ
ĕn nĕñjil niṟayuṁ nāṭṭu pāṭṭinṟĕ inima nī
maṇamagaḽe nalla mayilaḻage
ninṟĕ manassinṟĕ kāvaḍi sindŏrukk
kulamagaḽe kuññu kuyil mŏḻiye
nalla kuṟu kuḻal kummigaḽ kuravayiṭṭŏruṅṅ
(maṇamagaḽe...)
(kāveri nadiye..)
tālāṭṭuṁ pāṭṭ tamiḻ kŏñjunna manasse
taimāsaṁ ninnĕ pŏnnāl mūḍuṁ
taṅgattin nūlil tirumaṇamāy nāḽĕ
tĕmbāṇḍi teril varumo māran
maṇimulle mulle nin pūvāsaṁ ĕn śvāsaṁ
maṇi tuḽiye tuḽiye nī maññil ā mĕy māsaṁ
uyirinnoḍuyir serāṁ uṇarvoḍŏnnuṇarvāgāṁ
(maṇamagaḽe...)
sindūrasāndil siri sokkunna vĕyile
kŏñjuṁ nī tannāl kuṟiyāy sārttāṁ
kuṭrālaṁ kuruvī kuḽiraṇiyuṁ kuruvī
kuññāṭra kāṭrin siṟagil porū
mayilalle alle ī kaḽiyāṭṭaṁ kāṇūlle
kuyilalle alle pūṁkiṇṇāraṁ kūvūlle
uyirinnoḍuyir serāṁ uṇarvoḍŏnnuṇarvāgāṁ
(maṇamagaḽe...)
