Paadum nisayidil aadum taruni nyaaan

pāḍuṁ niśayidil
āḍuṁ taruṇi ñān
tuḍibol tuḍikkuṁ adharaṁ ŏnnu
nugarān varū nī priyane

māran darunna pūkkaḽ
māṟil viḍaruṁ veḽa
manmathageḽī naḍanaveḽa
madanagudūhala meḽa
taraḽida hṛdayadalaṅṅaḽil kuḽiriḍuṁ
rāsaśṛṁgāra meḽa
(pāḍuṁ..)

dāhaṁ vaḽaruṁ tanuvil
serkkuga maname nī
asthigaḽ toṟuṁ paḍarnniḍaṭṭe
mārasaṁgamalahari
aḍi mudal muḍi varĕ
aṇuviluṁ tanuviluṁ
svargganirvṛti pagarū
(pāḍū..)