kālam kaligālam āgippoccuḍā
kambyūṭṭar kaḍavuḽāga māṟippoccuḍā
āmbaḽaiye tĕriyāma kŏḻanda pŏṟakkudu
pŏmbaḽaiṅga serndu iṅga kuḍumbam naḍakkudu
ṭappu maṭṭum vĕccirundā podum nīṅga
tappu kippu sĕñjālum niyāyam
pŏyyum sattiyam sĕyyum inda pūmi ĕppaḍi uyyum
idap pākkap pākka maṉuṣaṉ kŏṇḍa pakti kŏṟaiyudu
viṉai tīrkka vanda sāmi kūḍa āttil karaiyudu
mahāgaṇabadi mahāgaṇabadi mahāgaṇabadi mahāgaṇabadi
kaṇṇagikkuk koyil kaṭṭum kaṟpu mikka nāḍidu
kaṟpuṉṉā ĕttaṉa liṭṭar puduppŏṇṇu keṭkudu (isai)
aḍa sela pāvāḍa adu malaiyeṟippoccu
miḍiyoḍu suridārum pŏdu uḍaiyāgippoccu
poḻi puṇṇākku paḽḽi ĕdukku
tandāle paṭṭam irukku
eṭṭil uḽḽadu ŏḻukkam andu roṭṭil vandadum vaḻukkum
idap pākkap pākka maṉuṣaṉ kŏṇḍa pakti kŏṟaiyudu
viṉai tīrkka vanda sāmi kūḍa āttil karaiyudu
mahāgaṇabadi mahāgaṇabadi
aṇṇaṉukku je kādal maṉṉaṉukku je marat tamiḻaṉukku je
namma talaivaṉukku je je
talaivaṉukku je je talaivaṉukku je je
tiraiyila pŏygaḽa sŏṉṉā sādisaṉam nambudu
karuttuḽḽa kaviñjaṉ sŏṉṉā kāda tūram oḍudu (isai)
aḍa sattuḽḽa tāṉiyam adu kāṇāmap poccu
vĕṟum pŏkkuḽḽa arisi pŏdu uṇavāgip poccu
pāsam kaṇṇīru paḻaiya tŏlla tāye sĕttālum aḻuvadilla
aḍa eḻuguṇḍalavāḍa idu iṉṉaikkut tirundum nāḍā
aḍa pākkap pākka maṉuṣaṉ kŏṇḍa pakti kŏṟaiyudu
viṉai tīrkka vanda sāmi kūḍa āttil karaiyudu
mahāgaṇabadi mahāgaṇabadi
kālam kaligālam āgippoccuḍā (isai)
kambyūṭṭar kaḍavuḽāga māṟippoccuḍā (isai)
āmbaḽaiye tĕriyāma kŏḻanda pŏṟakkudu
pŏmbaḽaiṅga serndu iṅga kuḍumbam naḍakkudu
ṭappu maṭṭum vĕccirundā podum nīṅga
tappu kippu sĕñjālum niyāyam
pŏyyum sattiyam sĕyyum inda pūmi ĕppaḍi uyyum
idap pākkap pākka maṉuṣaṉ kŏṇḍa pakti kŏṟaiyudu
viṉai tīrkka vanda sāmi kūḍa āttil karaiyudu
mahāgaṇabadi mahāgaṇabadi mahāgaṇabadi mahāgaṇabadi