Madhuram madhuram irattimadhuram

madhuraṁ madhuraṁ iraṭṭimadhuraṁ
ī jīvidaṁ iraṭṭimadhuraṁ
ninṟĕ duḥkhamāṁ kaybuṁ
ĕnṟĕ duḥkhamāṁ kaybuṁ
ŏnnu serumboḽ ĕndŏralbhudaṁ
madhuraṁ madhuraṁ
(madhuraṁ....)

kŏccu kŏccu svapnaṅṅaḽ tan
terugaḽil pogāṁ
accudaṇḍu vīṇu poyā
lŏrumiccu naḍakkāṁ
taḻugappĕḍumboḽ duḥkhavuṁ sukhame
aḍuttaṟiyumboḽ śatruvuṁ suhṛtte
(madhuraṁ...)

mīnamāsa venaliluṁ
maḻa sāṟumallo
maruviluṁ iḽaṁ pacca
talayāṭṭumallo
ninṟĕ kaṇṇīr ñān duḍaykkāṁ
ĕnṟĕ kaṇṇīr nī tuḍaykkū
iḍaykkiḍĕ puñjiriyĕ tālolikkū
(madhuraṁ...)