nagaraṁ vidhuraṁ! ĕriyuṁ hṛdayaṁ!
tīrādūraṁ janmāndaraṅṅaḽilūḍiniyuṁ
alayunnuvo...
dhamani rudhiranadiyāguṁ...
saḍulamŏḻigaḽ baliyeguṁ...
tamassu tamassinniḍayiliḍaṟivīḻuṁ yāmaṁ...
nagaraṁ vidhuraṁ... ĕriyuṁ hṛdayaṁ...
verbĕḍumĕnnormmagaḽ vedanayāyi...
kaḍalinu kuṟugĕ pāyunna kāṭrinĕ
karayuḍĕ niśvāsaṁ vĕṟude pinduḍarunnu.
ñānuṁ nīyumĕnna tīraṅṅaḽkkiḍayil
ārttirambunna ŏru kaḍaluṇḍ.
ĕnṟĕ, ĕnṟĕ ñānĕnna bhāvaṁ.
kaḍal pāḍumārdragīdaṁ
nĕñjilĕ muṟivil nī tŏṭṭaneraṁ
piḍayunnadĕndino uḽkkaḍalalabolĕ
suḍugāṭru mūḽuṁ bhūmī... paṟayū nī...
ĕviḍeyĕn bāṁsuri? aṟiyāmo?
(nagaraṁ)
vāḻvinṟĕ niḻal mūḍiya uḽḽaṟagaḽil
vākkugaḽkkadīdamāyi ormmayuḍĕ egāndamāya kūḍugaḽuṇḍ.
pagalil alaññudiriñña āśagaḽ niśapdamāy
rātriyil tirigĕ vann ĕnṟĕ hṛdayattĕ
muṭṭi viḽikkunnu. ĕnikku keḽkkāṁ.
ghanaśyāmasandrige nī māyave
iruḽil ñāneganāyi...
tirayunnadĕndino tĕnnalinalabolĕ
śubharāgaṁ teḍuṁ bhūmī... paṟayū nī...
ĕviḍeyĕn dilṟubā? aṟiyāmo?
(nagaraṁ)
kaḍannuboya kaṇṇīrinṟĕ rātrikku nerĕ nokki
ĕnṟĕ hṛdayaṁ viḍa paṟayunnu.
ĕviḍĕyo alayunna pragāśattĕ
tanṟĕ nĕñjileṭrānāyi
niśapdamāyi kāttirikkunnu ī iruṭṭ.
