puttan valakkāre punnappaṟakkāre
puṟakkāṭṭu kaḍappuṟatt sāgara sāgara sāgara
ĕḍavappādi koḽ kaḻiññ
kaḍalinnakkarĕ mānaṁ tĕḽiññ
kŏdiccu kŏdiccu kŏdiccirunna
sāgara sāgara sāgara...
kāṇāppūmīninu pogaṇa toṇikkārā
mānattĕ pŏnvala vīśaṇa toṇikkārā
tīrattĕ tirayiliṟaṅṅaṇa mīnuṁ porā
tānānaṁ tāḽaṁ tuḽḽaṇa mīnuṁ porā
pālāḻīnnikkarĕyĕttiya pūmīn dāyo
pūvālan sĕmmīn dāyo sĕmmīn dāyo
sāgara kaḍappuṟattini utsavamāy hĕy sāgara
tĕrappuṟattini matsaramāy
sāgara kaḍappuṟattini utsavamāy hĕy sāgara
tĕrappuṟattini matsaramāy
tāmara takkiḽi nūlkkĕḍi pañjamiye
omana pŏnvala korkkĕḍi paiṅgiḽiye
oṇamāy oṇamāy pŏnnoṇamāy pŏnnoṇamāy
innallo nammuḍĕ kaḍalinu pūttirunāḽ
innallo sodināḽ pūttirunāḽ
naḍoḍippāṭṭugaḽ pāḍaṇa vānambāḍī
nīyeḻāṁ kaḍalinnakkarĕ nṛttaṁ kaṇḍo
āḍamme vañjigaḽaṅṅanĕ āḍammānaṁ
āḍamme attilumittilumāḍammānaṁ
sāgara vala niṟayaṇ pŏnnayila - hĕy
sāgara maḍi kiluṅṅaṇ pŏnnaḽiyā
sāgara vala niṟayaṇ pŏnnayila - hĕy
sāgara maḍi kiluṅṅaṇ pŏnnaḽiyā
poyi vā paḍikkĕ nikkaṇa māḽore
poyi vā kaḍaṁ tarānini mīnilla...elayya
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