soṟu maṇakkum so nāḍā
soli maṇakka pugaḻ maṇakkap pŏṉṉiyaṉum
āṟu maṇakkum puṉal nāḍā
āṭci maṇakka aruḽ maṇakkum
īḻamadil sīvi maṇakkum kulottuṅgā...
vĕṭri maṇakka vīram maṇakka
puvaṉiyĕllām peṟu maṇakka piṟandāy nī
peraṟiñar poṭri maṇakka
vāḻiyave... vāḻiyave...
varum pagaivar paḍai kaṇḍu
mār taṭṭik kaḽam pugum
makkaḽaip pĕṭror vāḻga... ā...
maṇam kŏṇḍa tuṇaivarkku
viḍai tandu vel tanda
maṟak kulap pĕṇgaḽ vāḻga...
uraṅgŏṇḍu porāḍi udirattil nīrāḍi
aṟam kātta uḽḽam vāḻga...
tiramāṉa pugaḻ kŏṇḍa tiḍamāṉa toḽkaḽum
sĕyal vīrar marabum vāḻga...
ā... ā... ā... ā... ā... ā... ā... ā...
ā... ā... ā... ā... ā... ā...
ambuliyaik kuḻambākki
aravinda rasamoḍu amudum serttu...
iṉba niṟai mugamākki...
kayaliraṇḍai kaṇṇākki...
maṉṉaṉ īnda paiṅgiḽiye paiṅgiḽiye...
ayalŏruvar kaṇ paḍumo ĕṇḍrañji
ayalŏruvar kaṇ paḍumo ĕṇḍrañji
payattoḍuṉṉai kaṅgilile kāṇbadallāl
kaṇap pŏḻudum iṇai piriyā...
kālam ĕṇḍro... o... o....
