nī nilavo kanavo uyire
paninīr malaro kuṟuvālkkiḽiyo
premaṁ premaṁ māyājālaṁ
viṇṇil pūkkuṁ tārājālaṁ
minnittĕḽiyuṁ nānāvarṇṇaṁ
uḽḽil niṟayuṁ pārāvāraṁ
ĕnnuṁ ĕnnuṁ munnilkkāṇān
kŏñjikkŏñjikkādil mūḽān
kaṇṇilkkaṇṇil kinnāraṁ sŏllān
pĕṇṇivaḽ ŏruvaḽ munnil tĕḽiññu
pinnĕ puñjiriccŏḍiyāl ĕnnĕ valaccū
kālnakhamunayāl kaḽaṁ varaccū
ĕnṟĕ mānasavaniyil vannu viriññu...
nī varumo kuḽirāy priyane ..
madhuraṁ tarumo manassin malare ..
ī ninavin siṟagil uyarāṁ
agale maḻavil niṟamāy paḍarāṁ
vĕḽḽittiṅgaḽ tĕḽiyuṁ ninavin niṟavil
maññaṇiñña kŏmbin kūṭṭil kuṟugāṁ
vĕḽḽittiṅgaḽ tĕḽiyuṁ ninavin niṟavil
maññaṇiñña kŏmbin kūṭṭil kuṟugāṁ
paṭṭuḍuttu pŏṭṭu kutti sandanakkuṟiyaṇiññu
malligappūmālasūḍi neḍiyavaḽ kaṇṇĕḻudi
ĕnṟĕ munnil varumo aḻaginnaḻagāy
muttamŏnnu tarumo kaviḽil kuḽirāy
nī nilavo kanavo uyire
paninīr malaro kuṟuvāl kiḽiyo
ī naḽinaṁ viḍaruṁ viralāy
taḽiril vĕṟude mṛduvāy taḻugāṁ
taṅgakkŏlussiḽaguṁ suvaḍugaḽalle
kuppivaḽa kiluṅṅuṁ kaiyyugaḽalle ..
taṅgakkŏlussiḽaguṁ suvaḍugaḽalle
kuppivaḽa kiluṅṅuṁ kaiyyugaḽalle
kaṇṇiyeṟĕyaḍuttuḽḽa kaṇṇinvala ĕṟiññĕnṟĕ
karaḽinṟĕ kaḍavattu mĕllĕ valiccaḍuppiccu
āḍippāḍi naḍakkāṁ arayannakkiḽiyāy....
tuḽḽittuḽḽikkaḽikkāṁ puḽḽikkalamānāy....
nī varumo kuḽirāy priyane ..
madhuraṁ tarumo manassin malare ..
(nī nilavo kanavo uyire .....)