śivamallikkāvil kūvaḽaṁ pūttu kuṅgumaṁ pūttu
kāvaḽaṁkiḽi pāṭṭubāḍuṁ pañjamaṁ keṭṭu
maḻayuḍĕ miḻiyaḻagil ĕridiriyĕriyugayāy
puḻayuḍĕ naṟumŏḻiyil...
mŏḻiyil kavidagaḽudirugayāy...
jabamālabolĕ ñān miḍiccu maunamāy maunamāy
(śivamallikkāvil)
pālamarattil mandraṅṅaḽ jabikkuṁ haridamadhuridarātrigaḽe
pŏnveṇuvūduṁ gandharvvanoḍĕn praṇayabaribhavamodivarū
maṇsĕrādil minnuṁ vĕṇṇilāvin nāḽaṁ kaṇmiḻiykkuṁ tāḽaṁ
sagamaba dhabamaga rigabama garisani
(śivamallikkāvil)
devasadassil nādaṅṅaḽ viḍarttuṁ taraḽadaṁburudandigaḽe
nī paṇḍu pāḍuṁ pāṭṭinṟĕyīṇaṁ manassiluṇaruṁ sādhagamāy
āliykkuṁ mele kāṭruṟaṅṅuṁ neraṁ māmaḻaykkuṁ mīṭṭān
sagamaba dhabamaga rigabama garisani
(śivamallikkāvil)