o priye priye ninakkŏru gānaṁ
o..priye. ĕn prāṇaniluṇaruṁ gānaṁ
aṟiyādĕ ātmāvil siṟagu kuḍaññoraḻage
niṟamiḻiyil himagaṇamāy aliyugayāṇī virahaṁ
(o priye....)
janmaṅṅaḽāy puṇyodayaṅṅaḽāy kaivanna nāḽugaḽ
kaṇṇīrumāy kāṇākkinākkaḽāy nī tannŏrāśagaḽ
tiradallumedu kaḍalāy ñān dirayunnadedu siṟagāy ñān
prāṇanṟĕ novil..viḍabaṟayuṁ kiḽimagaḽāy..ĕṅṅu poyi nī..
(o priye....)
varṇṇaṅṅaḽāy puṣpotsavaṅṅaḽāy nī ĕnṟĕ vāḍiyil
saṁgīdamāy svapnāḍanaṅṅaḽil nī ĕnṟĕ jīvanil
alayunnadedu mugilāy ñān aṇayunnadedu tiriyāy ñān
egāndarāvil kanalĕriyuṁ katha tuḍarān ĕṅṅuboyi nī
(o priye....)