nīla kaṇgoḍiyil laya maunasāgaraṁ
sneha pūttiṅgaḽ tan hṛdayaṁ
nīlāgāśa vīthigaḽ varṇṇodāramāy
edo kāruṇyattin akkaldāmayil
viṇṇin ŏlivin iḽaṁ pūkkaḽ tan
nīla kaṇgoḍiyil...
śyāmārāma vediyil maṇṇin hemagīdaṁ
pūvinnuḽttaḍaṅṅaḽil vaṇḍin āravaṁ
porū pŏnvasandame nīhārārdrayāy
taḽirugaḽ ulayuṁ mĕyyil tĕḽiniḻalāṭṭamāy
pāṭṭin pŏruḽāy kaḽimaṇ vīṇayil
pallaviyāy radiyuḍĕ pallaviyāy
madhurida mañjariyuṇaruṁ vaibhavamāy
(nīla kaṇgoḍiyil...)
mūḍalmaññu selayil rāvin mĕyyulaññu
paninīrscolayāgave kanivin īṇamāy
porū saitraveṇuvil kaivalyaṅṅaḽe
maradagamaṇiyuṁ malayil mugilaṇi sernnu poy
kuḽirāy taḻugi madagara mārudan
ālolaṁ pāḍuṁ mohinigaḽ
sulaḽida sandanagandhamuṇarttumboḽ
(nīla kaṇgoḍiyil...)
