Kanimullagal poottadu pole

kaṇimullagaḽ pūttadu polĕ kavide nin siri kaṇḍu
maṇimaññaḽarañña nilāvin aḻage nin kuṟi kaṇḍu
ŏru nimiṣagaligayil śiśiraśalabhame porū manassoḍaliyān
(kaṇimullagaḽ...)

ĕnnuṁ ninnĕ mātraṁ nĕñjinuḽḽil kātte ponnu
edo paṭṭudūval mĕtta nīrtti sāyū sāyū
melĕ mānattĕ naṟubaimbāl kiṇṇattil
irumaññin duḽḽigaḽāy ini nammaḽ serumboḽ
ŏru pudiya puḍavayāy adil ariya kasavumāy
ŏru pudiya puḍavayāy ariya kasavumāy ñān arigĕ varāṁ
(kaṇimullagaḽ...)

meghaṁ pĕydiṟaṅṅuṁ ninṟĕ kaṇṇil kāṇāmedo
premaṁ nĕydu pāḍuṁ svapnameṭruṁ māyājālaṁ
kŏccu nilāccimiḻil sĕṟu piccagamŏṭṭāy nī
maḻa meññŏru tāḻvarayil kunu kuññuviḽakkāy nī
ŏru praṇayaduḽasiyāy miḻi viriyuṁ uṣassu pol
ŏru praṇaya tuḽasiyāy viriyuṁ uṣassu pol ñān arigil varāṁ
(kaṇimullagaḽ...)

ninnĕ snehippū ñān māḽavige