ā...ā...ā....
kāvilamme amme kāvilamme
kāḽiyamme amme kāḽiyamme
kaḽamĕḻudi kaigūppi muḍiyāṭṭaṁ tuḽḽumī
kanyagaḽĕ kāttaruḽaṇame amme
kadirmiḻigaḽ kanalmiḻigaḽ kaniyeṇame
(kāḽiyamme......)
kāvilamme amme kāvilamme....
ambiḽikkala sūḍunna tamburānṟĕ jaḍayil ninnu
sĕmbaratti pūttabolĕ uṇarnnoramme
dāriganṟĕ raktattāl sĕttippūmālayiṭṭa
vīrakhaḍgaṁ vīśiyĕḻunnaḽḽumamme
kāvugaḽuṁ kaḽarigaḽuṁ kāttaruḽaṇame ninṟĕ
kālscilamboli ulagāgĕ niṟayaṇamamme
(kāvugaḽuṁ.....)
kāvilamme amme kāvilamme
kāḽiyamme amme kāḽiyamme
kaḽamĕḻudi kaigūppi muḍiyāṭṭaṁ tuḽḽumī
kanyagaḽĕ kāttaruḽaṇame amme
kadirmiḻigaḽ kanalmiḻigaḽ kaniyeṇame
kāvilamme amme kāvilamme....