manmathanāṁ sitragāran maḻavillin dūligayāle
kiḽivādililĕḻudiccertta madhurasitrame -mannil
malariṭṭa tāruṇyattin pudiya puṣpame (manmathanāṁ)
vĕṇṇilāvil kuḻaccudīrtta pradimāśilbame
kaṇṇiṇagaḽ kāttirunna surabhīsvapname
premayamunānadiyil nīnduṁ suvarṇṇamatsyame
premayamunānadiyil nīnduṁ suvarṇṇamatsyame -
tāmasikkān dāmarayallikkūḍu tarāṁ ñān
(manmathanāṁ)
ñānaṟiyādĕnniluḽḽa vīṇakkambigaḽil
gānadhāra mīṭṭiḍunnu ninṟĕ kaṇmunagaḽ
kālscilambŏli vīśivanna kavidāśagalame
kālscilambŏli vīśivanna kavidāśagalame nī
kālgṣaṇattilaṇiyaṟa pūgān kāraṇamĕnde ?
(manmathanāṁ)