kathabaṟayāṁ kathabaṟayāṁ
kaḽiyalla kalyāṇaṁ adubaṟayāṁ
madhuvumilla vidhuvumilla madhuvidhuvin kathabaṟayāṁ
kathabaṟayāṁ.......
śāstamaṁgalattammāvan āsti nālumakkaḽ
nāluṁ nālu pūkkaḽ nallanārīmaṇigaḽ
mĕliññunīṇḍa sumadi, taḍiccuruṇḍa ramaṇi
kaviḽuvīrtta kalyāṇi, kŏdicciṟāṇi komaḽaṁ
ammāvanṟĕ sukṛtaṁ aḍiccu loṭṭaṟi bambar ā....
nālumakkaḍĕ kalyāṇavuṁ moḍiyāyi naḍannu
ādyarātrivannū ādyavidhu viḍarnnu
kayyil pālumendi kaṇmaṇigaḽ naḍannu
kathabaṟayāṁ.......
sumadiyuḍĕ priyadaman jyodiṣattil samardhan
kavaḍinirattivĕccu kaḽaṅṅaḽ paladu varaccu
bhāviphalaṁ kuṟiccu pĕṇṇo ninnu viṟaccu
rāvumuḻuvan pāvaṁ rāhumūlaṁ valaññu
kathabaṟayāṁ........
ramaṇidan kaṇavanŏru ṟammigaḽi virudan
jokkar vannillĕṅgil svayaṁ jokkaṟāguṁ boṟan
rātridīruṁ varĕyumavan sīṭṭugaśakkiyirunnu
pĕṇṇavanĕ nokki kaṇṇubūṭṭādirunnu
raṇḍuguttusīṭṭumadi pĕṇṇuveṇḍa ninakk
ĕnnusŏlli viḍabaṟaññu ramaṇiyiṟaṅṅi naḍannu
kalyāṇiyĕ kĕṭṭiyadŏru kavidayĕḻuttugāran
pradibhayŏkkĕ tāḍiyāyi vaḽarnna romapramukhan
pĕṇṇin kaṇṇil nokkiyavan varṇṇanayil muḻugi
pūnilāvu polĕnī ten kināvu polĕ
vĕṇṇayalle meni urugumĕḍī kemī
kegageṭṭu kuḻaññu kāgaḽiyuṁ kaḻiññu
kavidageṭṭu karaññu avaḽ kālattiṟaṅṅi naḍannu
kathabaṟayāṁ......
komaḽattin kaibiḍiccu koṅgaṇṇan paṇikkar
kiṭṭamundiri puḽikkumĕnnu oriyiḍuṁ kuṟukkan
pĕṇṇaḍuttu sĕnnu avan kaṇṇaḍavĕccuḻiññu
āśayaṭroravanavaḽuḍĕ doṣamĕṇṇiyirunnu
kaṇṇuleśaṁ sĕṟut, mūkkinŏru vaḽav
vaḍivaḻak kuṟav,vyāgaraṇappiśak
uṟakkamiḽaccu pĕṇṇ ulakkabolĕ ninnu
nāṟī ĕnnu viḽiccu pinnĕ kāṟittuppi naḍannu
kathabaṟayāṁ........
