kaṟakku kambani kaṟakku kambani
kaṟakku kambani ḍayaṟakṭar ñān
tuṇaykku kiṭṭiya nīyo - nammuḍĕ
kaṟakku kambani mānejar
(kaṟakku kambani)
paṭhicca muṟagaḽ payaṭri ñānŏru
paṇiykku serān paṇamuṇḍākkān
paḍaccadambra maṇḍayilĕḻudiya
kuṟippu māṭrān vaḻiyillallo
(kaṟakku kambani)
rāppagal joligaḽ paladuṁ nokki
śāppāḍinuṁ vagayillādāy
kāṣāyattil kaḍanna neraṁ
kālu piḍiykkānāḽuṇḍāy
(kaṟakku kambani)
sakkaravākkinnĕṇṇayŏḻiccāl
sakraṁ kūḍādoḍuṁ vaṇḍi
kaṟakku kambani ŏnnuṇḍākkān
miḍukku mātraṁ mūladhanaṁ hā
(kaṟakku kambani)