kāverippuḻayoraṁ karimbu pūkkuṁ kālaṁ
kāttirikkāmĕnnu sŏlliya
māne puḽḽimāne
ninnĕ kāṇānĕtra naḍanaḍannu ñāne
kuṭrālan denāṭril
kuḽiru taṇṇīr niṟaññappoḽ
kuṇḍāmalattāḻvarayil
kuṟuññimalar pūttappoḽ
maññaḽuṁ kuṅgumavuṁ mārikkŏḽunduṁ
aṇiññŏruṅṅi
maccānĕ teḍi teḍi
ūru suṭrān ñāniṟaṅṅi (kāveri...)
kaṇṇāḍikkaviḽatt sĕṅgadaḽiccuvappuḽḽa
pŏnnānikkāratti pudukkappĕṇṇe ninṟĕ
nikkāhin piṭrenn
nin kaṇṇil tĕḽiyumī
svarggīya śaraṟāndal edāṇ
maṁgalappūmāran kaṇ koṇil kŏḽuttiya
taṅgakkināvinṟĕ viḽakkāṇ
adu khalbilĕ snehattin pūttailaṁ pagarnnavan
katticcadāśa tan diriyāṇu
viṇṇavar nāṭṭilĕ menaga ñān
manmatha kathayilĕ nāyiga ñān sākṣāl
viṇṇavar nāṭṭilĕ menaga ñān
kaṇṇaḍaccirikkumī kāmugan dan
hṛdayabŏnmaṇi vīṇa mīṭṭuṁ gāyiga ñān
madhuramĕn lāvaṇyamagaranda pānabātraṁ
nugaruvānāy vegaṁ uṇaruga nī
uṇaruga nī uṇaruga
puṇaruga vīṇḍuṁ puṇaruga
puṇaruga nī
uṇaruga uṇaruga uṇaruga nī
