kāṭṭilĕ mainayĕ pāṭṭubaṭhippiccadāro kuḽirgāṭro
kāṭrinṟĕ tāḽattil āḍunna pŏnmuḽaṁ kāḍo malarmeḍo
alamālayāyiraṁ mayilāḍiḍunna pol iḽaguṁ kaḍalo ninayoraṁ
sandana pūṅgāvugaḽil tannannamāḍunna pūvugaḽo
pūvugaḽil āḍi varuṁ kuññu mālākhadan dṛkkaḻalo
tṛkkaḻalāḍuṁ pŏlttaḽayo
pŏlttaḽa sārttuṁ muttugaḽo
tāḽaṁ sŏllittannu
(kāṭṭilĕ..)
sĕṅgadaḽī kūmbugaḽil ten virunnuṇṇunna tumbigaḽo
tumbigaḽ tan pūñjiṟagil tuḽḽi tuḽumbunna pŏnvĕyilo
pŏnvĕyilāḍuṁ pulkkŏḍiyo
pulkkŏḍi tumbattĕ muttugaḽo
tāḽaṁ sŏllittannu
(kāṭṭilĕ..)