Viralugalillaatta vidvaanre kayyil

ĕndinu nalgi..
vīṇayĕndinu nalgi...

viralugaḽillātta vidvānṟĕ kayyil
vīṇayĕndinu nalgi..
kaṇṇugāṇā kuruḍanṟĕ munnil
kaṇṇāḍiyĕndinu kāṭṭī..

(viralugaḽillātta vidvānṟĕ kayyil
vīṇayĕndinu nalgi...)

saidanyamaṭrŏru devanṟĕ māṟil
sārttī pūjābuṣpaṁ ĕndinu
sārttī pūjābuṣpaṁ..
manassil...
manassil madhurasvapnaṅṅaḽumāy‌
mānkaṇṇugaḽil saṅgalbavumāy‌
mālayiṭṭu variccu ninnĕ
mālākha polŏru manasvinī...

(viralugaḽillātta vidvānṟĕ kayyil
vīṇayĕndinu nalgi...)

kaivaḽayallā aṇiyiccavaḽĕ
kaivilaṅṅugaḽāṇallo..
kaḻuttiliṭṭadu tāliyalla
karināgattinĕyāṇallo..
uḍañña śaṁkhāṇallo nī ini
uyarugayillā nādaṁ..
pŏḽiñña pullaṅguḻalāṇiniyadil
pŏṅṅivarillā saṁgīdaṁ..

pŏṭṭippoyoru paḽuṅgubātraṁ
ŏṭṭiccerugayillā..
paṭṭamaraṁ nī.. pāḻ‌maraṁ nī..
paṭṭamaraṁ nī pāḻ‌ maraṁ nī
paṭṭaḍayallo śaraṇaṁ.. nin
paṭṭaḍayallo śaraṇaṁ...