dandagoburaṁ tabassinu tirayuṁ
gandharvva kaviyalla ñān
mūgadamūḍuṁ ṛṣigeśattilĕ muniyalla ñān ŏru
muniyalla ñān
kālattin kainakha kalabadiyāttŏru
kavidayuṇḍo viśva kavidayuṇḍo?
manuṣyanṟĕ saṅgalba gandhamillāttŏru
mandramuṇḍo veda mandramuṇḍo?
(dandagoburaṁ...)
yugasaṁkramaṅṅaḽ tan dāhaṅṅaḽillĕṅgil
ubaniṣal sūktamuṇḍo?
sakhinin madhuramāṁ ālasyamillātta
sarasvadiyāmamuṇḍo?
tāḽattil kāñjana maṇigiluṅṅāttŏru
rāgamuṇḍo divya rāgamuṇḍo?
śilayuḍĕ egānda svapnamillāttŏru
śilbamuṇḍo sneha śilbamuṇḍo?
(dandagoburaṁ...)